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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>First we have to get safe, secure <u>and convenient</u>
take-back programs in place, funded by those who make and sell the
products. Then we can work on performance goals to increase collection to
higher and higher percentages of the total wasted. Public awareness will
always be a challenge and an ongoing task – same is true for drug diversion
programs, poison-prevention programs, household hazardous waste programs,
recycling programs, whatever. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Historically, t</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>he
British Columbia medicine return program </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>did not do much promotion. A
few years ago, they found only about 25% awareness, so they started a more
focused awareness campaign, with the result that now half of the population
knows about the service – that’s major progress. The B.C. program </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>collected
50 metric tons of unused meds last year – where would those 50 tons have gone
otherwise? So we take it a step at a time, </span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>recognizing that
public awareness always needs to be addressed along with the collection
infrastructure. Our</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> goal </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>should be to</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> set up systems that will manage <u>all</u>
of the unused meds so that they don’t cause a poisoning, get diverted for abuse
or get tossed into the environment. – Dave Galvin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dave Galvin</span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'>o </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>King County Department of Natural
Resources and Parks </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Symbol;
color:#1F497D'>o </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>130 Nickerson Street, Seattle, WA 98109-1658 </span><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'>o </span><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(w)
206-263-3085 </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Symbol;
color:#1F497D'>o </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>(fax) 206-263-3070 </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'>o </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a
href="mailto:dave.galvin@kingcounty.gov"><span style='color:black'>dave.galvin@kingcounty.gov</span></a> </span><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'>o </span><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Local
Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County </span><span
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.lhwmp.org">www.lhwmp.org</a> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><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
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pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stevan
Gressitt<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> pharmwaste<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] lesson seems we will all be at this for years
more....<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/banning+household+disposal+medications+largely+ignored+survey+finds/4100487/story.html">http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/banning+household+disposal+medications+largely+ignored+survey+finds/4100487/story.html</a><br
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<p class=MsoNormal>Stevan Gressitt, M.D.<br>
Faculty Associate, University of Maine Center on Aging<br>
Academic Member, Athens Institute for Education and Research<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Athens, Greece<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Founding Director, International Institute for
Pharmaceutical Safety<br>
University of New England, College of Pharmacy<br>
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences <br>
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry<br>
University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine<br>
716 Stevens Avenue <br>
Portland, Maine 04103<br>
<a href="mailto:gressitt@gmail.com" target="_blank">gressitt@gmail.com</a>
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Cell: 207-441-0291 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.benzos.une.edu/" target="_blank">www.benzos.une.edu</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.safemeddisposal.com/" target="_blank">www.safemeddisposal.com</a>
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