A comic strip that shows the lifecycle of a medication from when it is received by a patient to when it is destroyed. The first panel shows a doctor and a patient in a pharmacy. The doctor is standing at a counter handing the patient a prescription bottle. The caption reads "Patient receives prescription from the pharmacist." In the second panel the patient is holding a phone to his ear and appears to be answering a call. The caption reads "At the end of the prescription duration patient calls 'Take Back Program.'"

In the third panel there is a cardboard box next to an open mailbox. The caption reads "Pre-postage paid package arrives in patient's mailbox." In the fourth panel there is a hand putting a blue box into the cardboard box next to the mailbox. The caption reads "Patient sends any remaining prescription and packaging to the 'Take Back Program.'" The fifth panel shows a factory surrounded by trees. The factory has a sign that reads "Incinerator". The caption reads "Product is destroyed."

• Illustration

• Addiction