Empty Pill Bottles

Rather than throw away your empty pill bottles, a group called Matthew 25: Minis- tries (Internet site: earth911.com/inspire/diy/ reuse-pill-bottles) will donate them to people that don’t have the luxury of the sturdy con- tainers. More than half of Americans take two prescription drugs leaving our landfills with a lot of empty bottles.

The Matthew 25: Ministries, an interna- tional humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization, accepts donations of empty plastic pill bottles. The bottles are either sent to places where medical supplies are needed or are shredded and recycled. The Ministries fulfill the dual needs of improving medical care in developing countries and caring for our environment.

Empty bottles can be sent as is for re- cycling. However, for groups in need, the Ministries asks for your help in getting the bottles ready to donate before sending them.

  • Remove the label, leaving no glue or residue.
  • Wash the bottles in hot water and dish soap, rinse and dryimage055
  • All bottles must have a plastic
  • Sort bottles by color and type and place clean, recapped bottles in large Ziploc®bags marked “Clean Bottles”.

When you’re ready to ship your pill bot- tles, address your package to:

Matthew 25: Ministries, 11060 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242.

Beginning in the 1970s, Dr. Donald Tashkin of UCLA learned that “smoking marijuana actually dilated the airways rather than constricting them. It was a significant amount of bronchodilation,” he says, caused by the compound in marijuana that’s also responsible for causing the smok- er to feel “high” – tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. Experts agree more research needs to be done before anyone can conclusively say whether smoking marijuana is a safe activity from the perspective of lung health. Part of the problem in determining whether marijuana is helpful or harmful is because it is complicated by the fact that many marijuana smokers also smoke tobacco cigarettes. The trick is to distinguish the effects of tobacco from the effects of mari- juana smoking.

Inhaled vaporized cannabis did not ease shortness of breath during exertion in advanced COPD. The use of a single-dose inhalation of vaporized cannabis had no effect on exertional breathlessness, exer- cise endurance time, and airway function in adults with COPD, according to recent research. The CAN BREATHE in COPD study was conducted at the McConnell Centre for Innovative Medicine of the McGill University Health Centre in Mon- treal, Quebec, Canada. Results of the study were published in the Annals of the Amer- ican Thoracic Society.

 

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