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<P>I believe an important reason for not including FCS is that formal agreement and notification with USPS were not set in place. Anyone who worked on the Maine pilot study and was instrumental in negotiations with USPS would attest to the long process of formally setting up a partnership with USPS. I still remember the difficulty of convincing USPS to even consider transporting (shipping/handling) unused and expired medicines (UEMs) that were initially classified as hazardous material. Until a better term was used, the USPS was able to modify its policy and procedures. They are as seriously concerned about tampering and diversion as we are. Now, if FedEX or UPS was involved, the matter may be moot. USPS also was interested in what they may be involved with. Therefore, sampling of the returned items was necessary and would be a key issue for any drug take-back program. I brought up the occupational exposure concern for mail personnel and other handlers. They seem to be fine with the low probability of such an event. I supposed our fine USPS folks are equipped to handle any contingency, having some experience with ANTHRAX and RICIN. I wonder if OSHA and NIOSH should also look into this, but they are still busy with BP.</P>
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<P>We already saw the posting a few days ago that USPS asked Sharps to discontinue the mail back service with Walgreens, and rightly so.</P>
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<DIV>As far as we can tell, it is because they don't have approval from DEA to do so. However, they will get them. The Board of Pharmacy here is discouraging them from using these unless and until we get some confirmation from DEA that the Sharps, Inc. program is legit.</DIV>
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<FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of DeBiasi, Deborah (DEQ) [Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 04, 2010 4:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Amy.Roering@co.hennepin.mn.us; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Pharmwaste] Walgreens Launches First Nationwide Safe MedicationDisposal Program<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT face="Times New Roman">Do</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">es anyone know why they are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><U> <FONT face="Times New Roman">not</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman"> taking back controlled substances</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman"> too</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">?</FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman">The news release states t</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">h</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">t they will have a law en</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">f</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">orcement official present to view the envelopes</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">, which would seem to satisfy</FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman">most state laws regarding the handling of controlled substances.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><A name="" target=_blank><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">Deborah L. DeBiasi, Virginia DEQ</FONT></SPAN></A></P>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">Email: Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">-----Original Message-</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">----<BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">From:</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [<A href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us" target=_blank>mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</A>]</FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman">On Behalf Of</FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman">Amy.Roering@co.hennepin.mn.us<BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sent:</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> Monday, October 04, 2010 4:55 PM<BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">To:</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">Subject:</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> [Pharmwaste] Walgreens Lau</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">nches First Nationwide Safe MedicationDisposal Program</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></P>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">Walgreens (Deerfield, Il) announced that it is now selling TakeAway (TM) envelopes.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">The service is restricted to non-controlled substances. The article reports the envelopes will not be opened prior to incineration.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman"><A href="http://news.walgreens.com/article_di" target=_blank>http://news.walgreens.com/article_di</A></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">splay.cfm?article_id=5343</FONT></SPAN></P>
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