[Pharmwaste] FW: [Sludge] FW: to flush or not to flush.........

Fri Jan 16 12:05:57 EST 2009

DEA's statutory responsibility is to enforce current statutes and
regulations.  They are not then enemy of drug disposal.  

RUM  is for the country and the government system in Australia is very
different that USA.  E.G.  "To support this program, funding is provided
to National Return and Disposal of Unwanted Medicines Ltd. This
not-for-profit company collects and destroys unwanted and out-of-date
medicines and expects to collect data that will help to identify the
reasons for and types of medicines being returned for destruction."

Key words include but are not limited funding, not-for-profit and very
important for health care providers expects to collect data that will
help to identify the reasons for and types of medicines being returned
for destruction

Sincerely,

Adele D. Audet, R.Ph.

MA Department of Public Health

Assistant Director,  Drug Control Program

305 South Street

Jamaica Plain MA 02130

Phone 617-983-6712

FAX    617-524-8062

-----Original Message-----
From: Tenace, Laurie [mailto:Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us] 
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:09 AM
To: Sue Dayton; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
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Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] FW: [Sludge] FW: to flush or not to
flush.........

It sounds like there are lots of new people to the list serve chiming in
on

this. Take back at pharmacies is not such pie-in-the-sky. Check out

Australia's RUM (Return Unwanted Medications) program:

http://www.returnmed.com.au/

Here's info on Canadian programs:
http://www.napra.org/docs/0/97/194/184.asp

Laurie

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[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Sue
Dayton

Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:01 AM

To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us

Subject: [Pharmwaste] FW: [Sludge] FW: to flush or not to flush.........

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[mailto:sludge-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Terri Buckner

Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 10:40 AM

To: Sludge

Subject: Re: [Sludge] FW: to flush or not to flush.........

The North Carolina Association of Pharmacists will not allow local 

pharmacies to take back prescribed drugs. Their logic is that it puts 

the pharmacy staff at risk because they are then responsible in terms of

chain of custody. The Drug Enforcement Agency, Atlanta Division, will 

not authorize a take back program through local municipalities hazard 

waste programs for the same reasons. Their desire to control substances 

is taking precedence over safe disposal.

Terri

Childers wrote:

> Best "sort-of" solution would be a return system/network to
pharmacies.

> That's assuming people not to lazy or uncaring to just flush. You'd
have

to

> figure out who's going to pay for labor/sorting/storage/shipping of

returned

> drugs. Maybe best would be municipal pick-up at pharmacies provided
tax

> payers willing to pay for such a system. Weak part is everyone wants

> solutions that don't cost them anything.

> Peter

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: sludge-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org

> [mailto:sludge-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Sue Dayton

> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:21 AM

> To: 'Sludge'

> Subject: [Sludge] FW: to flush or not to flush.........

> 

> Comment from NY re: flushing pharms.....

> 

> Sue Dayton

> Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

> North Carolina Healthy Communities Program

> PO BOX 44

> Saxapahaw, NC 27340

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> sdayton at swcp.com

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us

> [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Scott

Stoner

> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:07 AM

> To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us

> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Re: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 39,Issue 7 - do not
flush

> message

> 

> In New York, we recommend that NO unused drugs be flushed.  Please see
our

> website, www.dontflushyourdrugs.net - Scott Stoner, Chair,
Pharmaceuticals

> Work Group, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 

> 

> 

> Scott J. Stoner, M.S.

> Chief, Standards and Analytical Support Section

> Bureau of Water Assessment and Management

> Division of Water

> New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

> 625 Broadway

> Albany, NY  12233-3502

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> phone: 518-402-8193

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> email: sxstoner at gw.dec.state.ny.us

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