[Pharmwaste] Fwd: FW: Prescription Take Back Day

[Stevan Gressitt]

*To:* HHS-NEWS-ALL at LIST.NIH.GOV
> *Subject:* Prescription Take Back Day
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>  HHS Colleagues,
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> Prescription drug abuse is a serious and growing public health problem
> affecting our Nation - nearly 20 percent of people in the United States have
> used prescription drugs for non-medical reasons.  More than seven million
> Americans currently abuse prescription drugs, and each day, approximately
> 2,500 teens abuse prescription drugs to get high for the first time.  A
> majority of abused prescription drugs are easily obtained from family and
> friends, including the home medicine cabinet.  Because these medications are
> prescribed by doctors, many people assume that they are safe to take under
> any circumstances.  However, abuse of prescription drugs can lead to
> addiction and serious health risks.
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> Last week, all Federal employees received an email from the Office of
> Personnel Management, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
> and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announcing *National
> Prescription Take Back Day*, which will* *take place on Saturday, April
> 30.   On this day, communities across the Nation will host Take Back events
> to encourage the collection of old prescription drugs from medicine cabinets
> and dispose of them through environmentally sound practices.  Last year,
> more than 242,000 pounds of prescription drugs were collected at over 4,000
> collection sites.
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> HHS is proud to join our Federal partners in supporting this important
> initiative and in raising awareness of prescription drug abuse.  On *Friday,
> April 29th* from *10 a.m. to 2 p.m.*, in honor of *National Prescription
> Take Back Day*, several HHS agencies, in cooperation with the DEA, will
> sponsor collection sites so that HHS employees can bring in unused or
> unwanted prescriptions drugs for safe disposal.  This is a convenient way
> for you to take a simple step to help prevent prescription drug abuse.  The
> HHS collection sites are:
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> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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> Hubert Humphrey Building
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> 200 Independence Avenue, SW
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> Washington, DC  20210
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>              Great Hall
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> Food and Drug Administration
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> White Oak Campus
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> 10903 New Hampshire Avenue
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> Silver Spring, MD 20993
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> Rear Lobby, Café 32
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> National Institutes of Health
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> Main Campus
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> 9000 Rockville Pike
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> Bethesda, MD 20892
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> Building 31A front lobby
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> Neuroscience Center
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> 6001 Executive Blvd
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> Rockville, MD
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> Cafeteria
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> Parklawn Building
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> 5600 Fishers Lane
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> Rockville, MD 20857
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>              5th Floor Lobby
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> Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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> One Choke Cherry Road
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> Rockville, MD 20857
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> 1st floor reception area
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> (collection site for AHRQ, Tower Building and local FDA offices)
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> You can also encourage your friends and family to participate in this
> effort by sharing information from the National Prescription Take Back
> website (www.nationaltakebackday.com).
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> Sincerely,
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> Kathleen Sebelius
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> Secretary of Health and Human Services
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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, International Institute for Pharmaceutical 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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