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<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Burke,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>That's
a pretty ominous story. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>AR had
a very successful 9/25 take-back day (close to 200 city and county law
enforcement agencies participated). As of today, it's unknown the total
number of city/county police/sheriff's offices that have now installed the
24/7 "drop boxes" either inside their dispatch offices or outside bolted to the
concrete and wall with surveillance cameras and flood
lights.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>To
answer an earlier question, the AR Drug Director, via a strong urging by our
state's AG's office began the wholesale "organized" the
9/25 take-back day and plans to conduct another next April. No MOUs
were written as far as I know. The state's DEA just agreed the
take-back/disposal programs could proceed as long as there was a law
enforcement agent in place from drop-off to final
destruction.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Seems
the cart's beginning to overtake the horse in many instances, doesn't
it?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Allen
Gilliam</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>ADEQ
State Pretreatment Coordinator</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=917585720-06012011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>501.682.0625</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----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>Lucy,
Burke<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 06, 2011 2:33 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Pharmwaste] Sheriff's
program gives drugs the drop<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Here’s one problem with law enforcement collecting
drugs…<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Sheriff's program gives drugs the drop<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://www.lacanadaonline.com/news/tn-vsl-drugdrop-20110106,0,6578684.story">http://www.lacanadaonline.com/news/tn-vsl-drugdrop-20110106,0,6578684.story</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>“…the program has proven so popular that it's forced
sheriff's officials to outsource disposal to another department, and has
prompted suspicions that medical clinics — not private residents for whom the
program was intended — are taking advantage of the free service. The
Safe Drug Drop-Off program allows residents to anonymously dispose of
drug-related waste in modified mailbox containers that stand outside 20
sheriff's department stations throughout the county…More than 13,500 pounds of
prescription and over-the-counter medications were collected last year at the
various stations…”<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I think law enforcement stations tend to place their
collection bins outside or in lobbies whereas other types of programs tend to
keep them inside. I’ve only heard of the problem of medical clinics
potentially using the drop boxes from a few law enforcement program
managers. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Mr. Burke Lucy<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Integrated Waste Management Specialist<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
(CalRecycle)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>1001 I Street, PO Box 4025<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Sacramento, CA 95812<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Burke.Lucy@CalRecycle.ca.gov<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>916.341.6592 (recently changed)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>