[Pharmwaste] Pharmaceuticals Symposium - Register Now!

[Jennifer Crittenden]

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The 2008 International Symposium on Pharmaceuticals in the Home and Environment:  Catalysts for Change*

Monday-Tuesday
November 10-11, 2008
Wyndham Hotel Portland Airport
South Portland, ME

To view the complete advance program and register:  Go to
[ http://www.mainebenzo.org/2008conference.htm ]http://www.mainebenzo.org/2008conference.htm

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The following CEUs have been applied for: physicians (CMEs), pharmacists, and social workers

Certificates of Attendance will be provided.

Hear from senior Federal officials:

Benjamin Grumbles, J.D., LL.M., Assistant Administrator for Water 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sam Pulcrano, Vice President of Sustainability
United States Postal Service

Mark Caverly, Chief Liaison and Policy, Office of Diversion Control
United States Drug Enforcement Administration

James R. Hunter, R.Ph., M.P.H., Senior Program Manager
United States Food and Drug Administration

Plus

"Election 2008:  What it All Means for Pharmaceuticals in the Home and Environment"
Richard G. Stefanacci, D.O., M.G.H., M.B.A., Associate Professor of Health Policy, Founding Executive Director, Health Policy Institute, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

"Lessons From the 4th Century BC:  'First Do No Harm'"
Wendy J. Wolf, M.D., President and CEO, 
Maine Health Access Foundation

John R. Gimpel, D.O., M.Ed., Vice President Health Affairs and Dean,
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

and State of Maine Commissioners

Brenda Harvey, Commissioner, 
Maine Department of Health and Human Services

David P. Littell, Commissioner, 
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Anne H. Jordan, Commissioner, Maine Department of Public Safety

To view a listing of all our expert speakers and to register:  Go to
[ http://www.mainebenzo.org/2008conference.htm ]http://www.mainebenzo.org/2008conference.htm

Presentations are scheduled by top level state health care, prescription drug, substance abuse, and drug return and disposal experts from Maine, Missouri, Washington State, Illinois, California, Texas, Massachusetts, Vermont, Washington, DC,
Wyoming, Wisconsin, Colorado, Canada, and New Zealand.

This conference is custom designed for health care professionals, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, environmentalists, substance abuse professionals, and others concerned with the human and environmental impact of prescription drugs on
individuals, families, and communities.

This year's conference will be the gathering place for disseminating the latest trend data available on prescription drug use and abuse.  It will also showcase the rapidly expanding number of innovative demonstrations throughout the United States
and beyond that promote responsible, effective, efficient, and safe prescribing, usage, return and disposal practices.

Topics to be addressed include:

* Drug diversion, fraud, prevention, and abuse
* New drug-related developments at the federal and state level
* Innovative national and international prescription drug return and disposal programs
* The environmental and health impacts of drug waste
* Medication management and prescribing
* And much, much more!

Plus, hear the latest developments on the Athens Declaration - an international declaration addressing unused consumer medications signed by the vote of attendees at the 2nd International Conference on the Environment held in Athens, Greece.

*Representing the official venue for the Sixth Annual Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group Conference and the Fifth Annual Unused Drug Return Conference

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To view the advance program and register:  Go to
[ http://www.mainebenzo.org/2008conference.htm ]http://www.mainebenzo.org/2008conference.htm

To reserve exhibit table space:  Go to
[ http://www.mainebenzo.org/2008conference.htm ]http://www.mainebenzo.org/2008conference.htm

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