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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This email is to notify that an important resolution was
adopted recently by the National Association of Controlled Substances
Authorities. In sum, the resolution: </span></font></p>
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<p class=Default><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“supports the implementation of coordinated legislation and
regulation among the common states to promote the safe, efficient, and
effective destruction of pharmaceuticals through pharmaceutical take-back or
other return programs by the states for public safety purposes; and, that
NASCSA supports the involvement of the federal and state agencies in working
with state pharmaceutical take-back or other return programs to develop programs
with common regulatory attributes; and, that NASCSA supports the collaboration
of state and federal agencies to resolve and remove the regulatory barriers for
states to establish effective pharmaceutical take-back or other return programs
for ultimate destruction.” <a
href="http://www.nascsa.org/Resolutions/res0703.pdf">http://www.nascsa.org/Resolutions/res0703.pdf</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks to our Washington State Board of Pharmacy
representative and a King County Local Hazardous Waste representative, this
resolution was crafted and adopted at the 2007 NASCSA conference in Albuquerque, NM. Presentation materials are also available on the 2007 conference link. <a
href="http://www.nascsa.org/Folder2/confer2007.htm">http://www.nascsa.org/Folder2/confer2007.htm</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Best regards (and HURRAY!)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>Emma Johnson</span></font></b></strong></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>Solid Waste and
Financial Assistance</span></font></i></em></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>Washington Department
of Ecology</span></font></i></em></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>425-649-7266</span></font></i></em></p>
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href="mailto:ejoh461@ecy.wa.gov"><em><i><font size=2 color=black
face="Palatino Linotype"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";
color:black;text-decoration:none'>ejoh461@ecy.wa.gov</span></font></i></em></a></span></font></p>
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