[Pharmwaste] Criminals funding drug disposal?

Tue Mar 22 19:58:43 EDT 2011

Perfect product stewardship approach for illicit drugs. The manufacturers and retailers pay for waste management, with some help from local government.

It would be nice to see the legitimate manufacturers and retailers more involved in managing the OTC and prescription pharms they produce also.

From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Jeff Hollar
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 11:05 AM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Criminals funding drug disposal?

House Bill 2056 - Illinois.

"Law enforcement agencies statewide can recoup the cost of incinerating the drugs through a $20 court fee added to every drug arrest in Illinois."

Full story at: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/article_6e471a6e-5102-11e0-bf9e-001cc4c002e0.html

Any good argument against this?

Jeff Hollar
President
PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.
Urbandale, IA 50322
515-276-5302 (general)
515-331-7310 (direct)
515-360-9785 (cell)
www.pwaste.com<http://www.pwaste.com/>

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