A recent study led by Kit Delgado and Anish Agarwal explores whether providing opioid disposal kits at discharge improves safe medication disposal. The study found that patients given a kit were 10.6% more likely to dispose of unused opioids, suggesting a simple, low-cost intervention can reduce excess opioids in the community. While questions remain about scalability, researchers emphasize the potential for hospitals and insurers to integrate disposal kits into standard post-surgical care to enhance opioid safety.
