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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#002060'>I suppose you’ve seen this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#002060'><a
href="http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/brochures/stimulant/vaschool_meds.htm">http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/brochures/stimulant/vaschool_meds.htm</a>
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color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#002060'>We just did a presentation to schools and if the parents won’t
come and get the controlled substances, they are stuck with sewering, which DEA
allows, but which is technically in conflict with our state HW rules. All
others can be shipped for HW incineration (expensive), or they can further sort
and trash the non-haz pharms and store up the HW ones for shipment. I suppose
they can’t hold the students back until the parents come and get their
pharms, but I’d be tempted to put that in my policy. Maybe schools
could require a $50 deposit for dispensing pharms and the parents get it back
if they pick up the extra’s. If they don’t, it can go toward
disposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#002060'>Most schools should be in the CESQG generation category, which,
in some states, might allow for something like partnering with their D.A.R.E
officer, sheriff, etc. to take them to a local law enforcement controlled
substance locker. Then law enforcement is responsible for proper
management, but costs could be shared (if they properly manage their own CS). An
idea like this would not work in MN due to the way we regulates CESQ’s. There
would be RCRA regulatory issues with transport and possession/disposal, unless
law enforcement would agree to be regulated as a CESQG consolidation site. Many
schools in MN have been storing their left over CS, which was a surprise to
me. They want to do the best thing for the environment, but our current
regulatory structure makes getting CS to an incinerator impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#002060'>I also like the “put them in a bucket of cement” encapsulation
idea that came across the other day, it sure is better than sewering.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></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>Thompson.Virginia@epamail.epa.gov<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Question on disposal of meds at end of school year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Does anyone
have an example of a model policy for how schools can dispose of leftover
student medications at the end of the school year? It seems that many, if
not most, schools flush whatever medications remain after the students leave
for the summer, potentially causing a spike over a several-day period as all
schools in an area flush at approximately the same time.</span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Any information
about how schools do dispose of their leftover student medications or how they
could dispose of them other than flushing would be appreciated. Thank
you.</span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Virginia
Thompson<br>
Sustainable Healthcare Sector Manager<br>
Office of Environmental Innovation (3EA40)<br>
US Environmental Protection Agency Region 3<br>
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103<br>
Voice: (215) 814-5755; Fax (215) 814-2783<br>
thompson.virginia@epa.gov</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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