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A new year is a time to reassess, get organized, and put to work that old adage -- 'out with the old and in with the new'.  That includes-- your medicine cabinet.

The American Pharmacists Association is recommending people go through their prescription drugs once a year, and throw out all unused and expired medications.

Expired medications can lose their potency, reducing their effectiveness and unused drugs can be misused, if they fall into the wrong hands.