Fwd: [Pharmwaste] RE: National take-back program - what kind of incinerators?

[Stevan Gressitt]

But at this time we are not using portable mosquito foggers to claim to
dispose of used drugs.

  On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Price, John L. "Jack" <
John.L.Price at dep.state.fl.us> wrote:

>     Allen: I like the “friendly” competition between Ark and Maine!
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> It sounds like the program will be using portable incineration units. Can
> you provide any details like brand, model? Does “scattering mobile
> incinerators around the state” give any of your air reg people heartburn (it
> would to ours!)?
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> We found the same thing in FL: Diversion trumps environment. The last pharm
> take back bill proposed in FL was about diversion first with an
> environmental footnote. But that’s OK – it gets us to the same place so it
> doesn’t matter what horse we ride.
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> Jack
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> John L. (Jack) Price
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> *From:* pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:
> pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] *On Behalf Of *Gilliam, Allen
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 24, 2010 2:34 PM
> *To:* pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> *Subject:* [Pharmwaste] National take-back program
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> Currently working with this group to help make Arkansas one of the top
> take-back states in the country (gotcha beat, Gressitt!) .  142 law
> enforcement agencies signed on as of today.  Will hopefully be looking at
> scattering incinerator units throughout the state.
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> See below short TV clip with our "Drug Czar", Fran Flener talking about the
> national take-back day on 9/25.  Talk about an organizer!
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> http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=114588&catid=2
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> It took, what Nancy?  8 months to get your take back program started,
> focusing on the environmental protection?  It took less than 2 months for
> this statewide campaign to begin rolling focusing on drug diversion.
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> Allen g
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-- 
Stevan Gressitt, M.D.
Faculty Associate, University of Maine Center on Aging
Academic Member, Athens Institute for Education and Research
Athens, Greece
Founding Director, Institute for Medicine Safety
University of New England, College of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland, Maine 04103
gressitt at gmail.com
Cell: 207-441-0291
www.benzos.une.edu
www.safemeddisposal.com/





-- 
Stevan Gressitt, M.D.
Faculty Associate, University of Maine Center on Aging
Academic Member, Athens Institute for Education and Research
Athens, Greece
Founding Director, Institute for Medicine Safety
University of New England, College of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland, Maine 04103
gressitt at gmail.com
Cell: 207-441-0291
www.benzos.une.edu
www.safemeddisposal.com/
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