[Pharmwaste] Wisconsin releases report on Rx drug abuse

[Bickford, Barbara J - DNR (Barb)]

Laurie, has this been posted on the pharm waste listserve yet?

Wisconsin Releases Report on Prescription Drug Abuse
The Wisconsin State Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (SCAODA) Controlled Substances Workgroup has released a report, "Reducing Wisconsin's Prescription Drug Abuse: A Call to Action -- Critical steps toward building a healthier Wisconsin." The report recommends several actions relating to education, collection, waste reduction and destruction of household pharmaceuticals.
The report is posted online here:
http://www.scaoda.state.wi.us/docs/prevandspfsig/FINAL01032012CSWReport.pdf<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTI0LjUxODgzMDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTI0LjUxODgzMDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjg1MjU0NCZlbWFpbGlkPWJhcmJhcmEuYmlja2ZvcmRAd2lzY29uc2luLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9YmFyYmFyYS5iaWNrZm9yZEB3aXNjb25zaW4uZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&100&&&http://www.scaoda.state.wi.us/docs/prevandspfsig/FINAL01032012CSWReport.pdf>
Source: SCAODA

Barb Bickford, Medical Waste Coordinator
WI Dept. of Natural Resources, Waste & Materials Management program
101 S. Webster St.,  P.O. Box 7921,  Madison, WI   53707-7921
Phone:   608-267-3548                          FAX:  608-267-2768
barbara.bickford at wisconsin.gov OR DNRmedicalwaste at wisconsin.gov

Healthcare waste:  http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/HealthWaste/
Wisconsin H2E:  http://wh2e.org
Practice Greenhealth: http://www.practicegreenhealth.org



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