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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=049443417-03052010>Thanx
Steven,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=049443417-03052010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=049443417-03052010>Can
anyone from the beehive state shed any more light with a website or url to these
bills? It would be much appreciated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=049443417-03052010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=049443417-03052010>allen
g</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----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>Gressitt, Stevan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 03, 2010 12:27
PM<BR><B>To:</B> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Pharmwaste] Can anyone give miore detail about the last sentence in article
below? please? <BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nine Bills Targeting Prescription
Drug Misuse Signed Into Law In <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Utah</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Desert Morning News (UT)
(4/29) reports, "Nine bills that target <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Utah</st1:place></st1:State>'s biggest drug problem -- prescription
misuse and abuse" have been "signed into law...by Gov. Gary
Herbert."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These "bills impose hundreds of
changes designed to reduce the exploitation of prescription drugs by reducing
availability for abuse, increase the awareness of risk to include the physical
and psychological harmful and legal sanctions, and decrease tolerance of the
non-medical use of pharmaceutical drugs." <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Additionally, "they added the
muscle relaxer Soma [carisoprodol] to the state's controlled substances list,
make the selling of fake versions of illegal drugs no different than selling
the real thing and sets up a network for disposing expired prescriptions pills
that normally sit unused."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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Gressitt, M.D., Medical Director</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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