[Pharmwaste] FW: CPSC Medicine and Sharps Stewardship Update- 2018

Heidi Sanborn Heidi at nsaction.us
Mon Feb 12 18:12:58 EST 2018


February 12, 2018










Medicine and
Sharps
Stewardship Update

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If what we've seen to date in 2018 is any indication of the momentum behind safe medicine and needle disposal, we will be doing another newsletter soon!




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February 9, 2018- Washington State House passed, with an 86-12 bipartisan vote, secure medicine return legislation. Click image to read more!



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Click to view a video by the Association of Washington Cities<https://youtu.be/3Po4EblbPr8> promoting the safe medicine disposal ordinances in six counties in WA, including King (2013), Kitsap (2016), Pierce (2016), Snohmish (2016), Whatcom (2017) and Clallam (2017).



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The City of Ione in Amador County, CA is hosting the FIRST permanent medicine collection bin in the County!

Check out the public's reaction on social media<https://www.facebook.com/DontRushToFlush/photos/rpp.181941338629462/956403384516583/?type=3&theater>:
"Well done, every city needs to do this!"








Since January 1, 2018, several large companies have announced medicine and sharps take-back programs. Walmart, Novo Nordisk, and Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD)





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Medicine and Sharps in the Press

  *   Needles Thrown in Recycling Endanger Workers<http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local/opioid-epidemic-needles-thrown-in-recycling-endanger-workers/511559638>
  *   Williamson, W.Va., where there are 6,500 opioid pills per person<https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/welcome-williamson-w-va-where-there-are-6-500-opioid-n843821>
  *   Pharma struggles to ward off yet another drug take-back program<https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2018/01/30/washington-drug-take-back-program/>
  *   Letter of support from WA Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs<http://calpsc.org/mobius/cpsc-content/uploads/2018/02/Letter-in-Support-from-SHeriffs-and-Police-Chiefs.pdf>
“It is equally ridiculous to expect us to pay for disposal of leftover and expired medicines, which is not a law enforcement duty. It is past time to shift the responsibility for providing drug take-back from public funds to the pharmaceutical industry.”
Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs




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