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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:
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style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'>Benzo Bulletin</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'>2006 Holiday Edition</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>2006 Conference Presentation Items
Now Available! </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>Presentation materials from the <em><span
style='font-family:Papyrus'>Fourth Annual Maine Benzodiazepine</span></em> <em><span
style='font-family:Papyrus'>Study Group International Conference</span></em>
and <em><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>Third Annual Unused Drug Return
International Conference </span></em>are now available on the MBSG 2006 conference
website at <u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.mainebenzo.org/2006conference</span></u>.
This is a great opportunity to sample some of the presentations you may
have missed or get an electronic copy of presentations that you enjoyed at the
conference. Presentation items will be posted as they are
received. If you were a conference presenter and wish to share your
conference materials, please email your items to <a
href="mailto:info@mainebenzo.org">info@mainebenzo.org</a> for web
posting. <strong><span style='font-family:Papyrus'> </span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>The Second Tsunami DVD for Sale Now</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>On December 26, 2004, a tsunami devastated
the coasts of Southeast Asia. The world mobilized to help and the
promises made by governments suggested that the affected countries would have
enough funds to replenish their stocks of medicines which had been destroyed in
the tsunami. Unfortunately, despite the issuance of Guidelines for Drug
Donations in 1996, the same mistakes were repeated with dramatic health and
economic effects on disaster-affected countries. The Second Tsunami, a
26-minute documentary produced by Pharmaciens Sans Frontieres Comité
International, addresses the impact on the countries hit by the disaster and
the aftermath of donated pharmaceuticals on this region. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>The DVD is available for purchase ($12.00
includes shipping and handling) from the Maine Benzodiazepine Study
Group. Ordering information can be found online at: <a
href="http://www.mainebenzo.org/index.htm#Newsandevents">http://www.mainebenzo.org/index.htm#Newsandevents</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>Dr. Stevan Gressitt’s Eye
for Pharma Presentation Now Available! </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>The PowerPoint presentation materials from
Dr. Stevan Gressitt’s presentation at the Eye for Pharma’s 3<sup>rd</sup>
Annual Pharmaceutical Congress held on December 1, 2006 in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania are now available online at <a
href="http://www.mainebenzo.org/index.htm#Newsandevents">http://www.mainebenzo.org/index.htm#Newsandevents</a>.
This 76-slide presentation is an extremely comprehensive and informative
summary of the work of the MBSG and current developments in prescription drug
use, abuse, return, and disposal policy. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>Second Round of National Take Back
Program Endorsements Sought</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>A proposal for a National Unused Drug
Disposal Program was submitted to leading federal agency officials on November
22, 2006. While subject to further refinement, it represents the
joint efforts of a number of collaborators associated with the Maine
Benzodiazepine Study Group and Unused Drug Disposal Group. This
initiative resulted from the convening of the Fourth Annual Maine Benzodiazepine
Study Group International Conference and the Third Annual Unused Drug Return
International Conference held on October 23-24, 2006 in Portland,
Maine. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:Papyrus'> We invite you to review the proposal
and encourage strongly your endorsement. Your endorsement can be provided
electronically by completing and submitting the response form.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>The proposal and submission form can be
found at: <u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.mainebenzo.org/2006letter.htm</span></u><strong><span
style='font-family:Papyrus'> </span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:Papyrus'>The Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group meets
every<strong><span style='font-family:Papyrus'> third Tuesday of the month from
5:00pm-6:30pm EST</span></strong> via videoconference. The next meeting
is scheduled for Tuesday, January 16. If you would like to participate by
telephone please contact Bill Flagg at <a href="mailto:bflagg@carymed.org">bflagg@carymed.org</a>
and provide the following information: your name, organization, mailing address
and telephone number.<strong><span style='font-family:Papyrus'> </span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:
Papyrus'>Happy Holidays! </span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=style18 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>University of Maine Center on Aging</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=style18 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>5723 Donald P. Corbett Building</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=style18 style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Orono,
Maine 04469-5723</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'> 1 (207) 581-3444Fax: 1 (207) 581-4490
Email: mbsg@mainebenzo.org</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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