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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>We are hoping to have enough different representatives of
different states and stages of legislative process that proposals for state and
federal level action can hopefully get molded. It looks good so far. Stevan
Gressitt, M.D. 207-441-0291<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Charlotte
A. Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Taam, Damon; Johnson, Emma (ECY); Volkman, Jennifer; Price, John L.<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Hickle, Garth; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; Schreifels, Susan;
Countryman, Linda; Tenace, Laurie; Fran Kurk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Do DEA regulations allow municipal
wastecombustortoreceive mailed back controlled substances
fromhouseholds?Wouldcombustors want to?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I agree mailback to an incinerator is problematic. I have not given
up the concept of changing the DEA regulations to enable reverse distributors
to receive consumer drugs, including controlled substances. This has happened
with recalls. Draft language will be discussed at the Maine Unused Med meeting
on Oct 23/24. Contact Dr. Steve Gressitt for more informaiton. Once that is
approved, a pilot should be set up between a reverse distributor, manufacturer,
and major chain solely for that manufacturer's drugs. Once the bugs are worked
out, a campaign to enlist more manufacturers and retailers could evolve. A fee
would need to be determined to be charged to the manufacturer for all costs.
The data that would be gathered, not available at this time, could be
invaluable to the manufacturer as well as to 3rd party payers. I look forward
to living long enough to see this happen! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Charlotte
A. Smith, R. Ph., M.S., HEM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>President</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PharmEcology
Associates, LLC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>200
S. Executive Drive, Suite 101</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brookfield,
WI 53005</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>262-814-2635</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax:
414-479-9941</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:csmith@pharmecology.com">csmith@pharmecology.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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href="http://www.pharmecology.com/">www.pharmecology.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>H2E
Champion for Change Award 2004</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Taam, Damon [mailto:DTaam@spokanecity.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Johnson, Emma (ECY); Volkman, Jennifer; Price, John L.; Charlotte A.
Smith<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Hickle, Garth; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; Schreifels, Susan;
Countryman, Linda; Tenace, Laurie; Fran Kurk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Do DEA regulations allow municipal
wastecombustortoreceive mailed back controlled substances
fromhouseholds?Wouldcombustors want to?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Hi all- I concur with Emma that a mail back program is a
nonstarter. As a municipal representative of the Spokane Regional Waste to
Energy Facility ( local government owned) we viewed the mail back
program as a nightmare (imagine what a private profit making company would
say). Step out your box and envision all the drugs being shipped into your
office. You have no control over anything shipped to you, hazardous or
otherwise, you have no one to pay disposal fees (it does cost money to run
a facility) and the DEA is all over you because you are in illegal
possesion of a controlled substances and do not have the appropriate authority,
skilled personnel and facilities to handle the pharmaceutical waste. The
System is supportive of increased management of pharmaceutical waste and feels
that Waste to Energy is the appropriate technology (2500 F) to destroy the
pharmaceutical drugs. The Spokane facility currently combusts over 275,000 tons
of MSW annually(800 tons /day), the anticipated WA state annual quantity of
pharmaceutical waste needing combustion service is 200 - 400 tons. For us to
gear up (if we could?) and be a DEA compliant is beyond our mission and
would be tough to justify. Just my point of view.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"System","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Damon M.K. Taam</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"System","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Spokane Regional Solid Waste System</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"System","sans-serif";
color:blue'>808 Spokane Falls Blvd.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"System","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Spokane, WA 99201</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"System","sans-serif";
color:blue'>(509) 625-6580 Office</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"System","sans-serif";
color:blue'>(509) 625-6537 Fax</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Johnson, Emma (ECY)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Volkman, Jennifer; Price, John L.; Charlotte A. Smith<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Hickle, Garth; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; Schreifels, Susan;
Countryman, Linda; Tenace, Laurie; Fran Kurk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Do DEA regulations allow municipal
wastecombustortoreceive mailed back controlled substances
fromhouseholds?Wouldcombustors want to?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi
all- The Washington State PH:ARM team considered using a mail back
program for collection of household pharmaceuticals initially. Our idea
was to provide some sort of mailer to consumers and they could mail the
material directly to the Waste to Energy facility in our state. We ran
into three logistical barriers, which I wanted to share, perhaps they do or do
not apply in your situation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There needs to be some authorized
entity (if the mix of material contains controlled substances, you need
law enforcement) to receive the medications. Our incinerator could
not receive the medications directly, as they had no law enforcement
capabilities there, nor were they able to accept any sort of waste by
mail. We imagined some sort of secure PO box located near the
facility, and someone would have to take the material from the PO box to
the Waste to Energy facility. DEA may desire inventory control in
this system, which could be quite a barrier. </span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Volume issues. The idea of
a mailer works great for the half of a vial that is left over, but how do
you deal with the large quantity of meds from a death in the family?</span>
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cost. At $1.00-$5.00 per
mailer (weight, volume) in postage, that is a lot of money. If you
want 2 million people in your state to use the program (less than half of
the population in Washington) it adds up to $2 to $10 million just in
postage alone. We weren’t sure if consumers would be willing
to pay postage… And we weren’t envisioning manufacturers
paying for that cost at this early point in time.</span> <o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Best
regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Emma
Johnson</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Washington
State Department of Ecology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Volkman,
Jennifer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Price, John L.; Charlotte A. Smith<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Hickle, Garth; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; Schreifels, Susan;
Countryman, Linda; Tenace, Laurie; Fran Kurk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Do DEA regulations allow municipal waste
combustortoreceive mailed back controlled substances from
households?Wouldcombustors want to?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Hello Jack and all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I don't know if this information will be helpful, but we are also
considering applying for a grant here, so I've been thinking about what might
work. Ideas...some maybe not that well thought out...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>For households located in areas where we know their waste is
directed to mixed-muni incinerators, I think we can safely educate HH's to
put old/unused pharms, including controlled substances, in their garbage (tape
up the jars, mix them with the nasties, etc first). There is no need to
collect/mail them separately and bump into all of the regulatory and
operational issues. Pharms generated in areas where waste goes to
landfills would be worth collecting separately and mailing in or redirecting to
a mixed-muni incinerator. In this case, there could be considerable
transportation cost and operational barriers to get them from the law
enforcement office to the MM incinerator and it may be simpler to render
the pharms inedible/unrecognizable at the law enforcement office and ship them
with a HW contractor as a standard HW labpack. You'd have to
comply with DOT regulations and you'd want to work with your HW contractor to
see what the options are for packaging.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Some of our HHW programs collect pharms, but not controlled
substances. I'll ask whether they ship the non-haz pharms in a
separate lab pack or if they just mix them in with their oil based
paint. I believe they properly lab pack the hazardous pharms, but I
know I've heard of programs that handle the non-haz pharms in a more economical
manner. If local law enforcement could take a bag o'
pharms down to the county public works garage and dump it in the oil paint
drum, things would be greatly simplified. There is, however, much to
know about what is haz, non-haz and controlled.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Oh! another idea. They could be mailed in to a
controlled mailbox at the law enforcement office(s) closest to the MM
incinerator, not every one in the state. Manufacturers could fund the
system. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>We still need to ask DEA questions and work with them on practical,
safe options. We still need to work with the medical community on ways to
reduce the amount of unused pharms.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Price,
John L.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Charlotte A. Smith<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Tenace, Laurie; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Do DEA regulations allow municipal waste
combustorto receive mailed back controlled substances from households?Would
combustors want to?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Thanks,
Charlotte. While the request worms its way through DEA, I’m
thinking we’ll need a “Plan B” in case DEA says
“no.” We’re on a pretty short time line. Even if
DEA says “yes,” it still may be something that a combustor could or
would not want to do. These plants are built and operated to receive municipal
solid waste by the truckload. They may not have (or want to have) the
operational expertise or mindset to receive waste by the envelope-load,
particularly if it has to go to a secure location pretty quickly. On the
other hand, it would be no different than their office staff receiving and
processing mail to the appropriate location, so maybe I am worrying about a
non-problem. We’ll see . . . that’s what pilots are for
. . . and now I’ll end my ramblings on this topic. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='color:blue'>John L. (Jack) Price</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='color:blue'>Environmental Manager</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='color:blue'>Hazardous Waste Management MS 4555</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='color:blue'>Florida Department of
Environmental Protection</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='color:blue'>2600 Blair Stone Road</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='color:blue'>Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='color:blue'>Phone:850.245.8751</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='color:blue'>Fax: 850.245.8811</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='color:blue'><a
href="mailto:john.l.price@dep.state.fl.us">john.l.price@dep.state.fl.us</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='color:blue'><a
href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste">www.dep.state.fl.us/waste</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Please Note: Florida has a very broad public records
law. Most written communications to or from state officials regarding
state business are public records available to the public and media upon
request. Your e-mail is communications and may therefore be subject to
public disclosure.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Charlotte A. Smith
[mailto:csmith@pharmecology.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 14, 2006 10:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Price, John L.; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Tenace, Laurie; Clarke, Raoul<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Do DEA regulations allow municipal waste
combustor to receive mailed back controlled substances from households?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>That is definitely a question for DEA in Wash DC and your regional
DEA office. It certainly is not an accepted procedure at this time. Unless the
incinerator itself is a DEA registrant, and I don't know of any municipal
incinerators that are, the returned controlled substances need to be received
by a law enforcement officer. I suggest you write a letter to your regional DEA
and they can pass it up the chain of command for a response. You can contact
them by visiting the Diversion Office directory at <a
href="http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugreg/offices/index.html">http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugreg/offices/index.html</a>.
Please keep us posted as to their response! Hope this helps. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Price,
John L.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 14, 2006 9:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Tenace, Laurie; Clarke, Raoul<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Do DEA regulations allow municipal waste combustor
to receive mailed back controlled substances from households?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Our agency is
submitting a grant proposal under an EPA aging initiative for, among other
things, a pilot mail back program for household pharmaceuticals. [You may
want to submit a proposal as well, proposal deadline in 9/29/06. See attached
for details.]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>One issue
with our proposal is whether DEA regulations would permit a municipal waste
combustor to receive household unused pharmaceuticals, including controlled
substances, into a secure area of the facility. This would be much more
efficient than having the pharms returned to a law enforcement controlled
mailbox, then transshipping to the combustor that will do the destruction,
witnessed for controlled substances, regular burn for non-controlled. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> As I
understand the Maine mailback pilot under development, “As long as the
postal box that accepts the returned pharmaceuticals is in law-enforcement
control, there is a specific exemption in DEA regs for possession of controlled
drugs by law-enforcement in the line of duty (community policing for instance,
or substance abuse prevention.)” [email post to list serve 4/11/06 by
Gressitt].</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Are there
exemptions or flexibilities in the DEA controlled substances regulations that
could be interpreted to allow direct return of mailed back unused pharms from
household users to the combustor that will do the destruction? Could a secure
location at the combustor be “controlled by law enforcement” as
that is defined in the controlled substances regulations? Or is that scenario,
even as a pilot program, definitely not doable under said controlled substances
regulations?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Any
information will be appreciated.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jack.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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