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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; ">Laurie, has this been posted on the pharm waste listserve yet?&nbsp; </div>
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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Wisconsin Releases Report on Prescription Drug Abuse</b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; ">The Wisconsin State Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (SCAODA) Controlled Substances Workgroup has released a report, &quot;<i>Reducing Wisconsin&#8217;s Prescription Drug Abuse: A Call to Action -- Critical steps
toward building a healthier Wisconsin</i>.&quot; The report recommends several actions relating to education, collection, waste reduction and destruction of household pharmaceuticals. </div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; ">The report is posted online here:<br>

<a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTI0LjUxODgzMDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTI0LjUxODgzMDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjg1MjU0NCZlbWFpbGlkPWJhcmJhcmEuYmlja2ZvcmRAd2lzY29uc2luLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9YmFyYmFyYS5iaWNrZm9yZEB3aXNjb25zaW4uZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;http://www.scaoda.state.wi.us/docs/prevandspfsig/FINAL01032012CSWReport.pdf"><font color="#800080"><u>http://www.scaoda.state.wi.us/docs/prevandspfsig/FINAL01032012CSWReport.pdf</u></font></a></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; ">Source: SCAODA</div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#800000"><b>Barb Bickford, </b>Medical Waste Coordinator</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1" color="#800000">WI Dept. of Natural Resources, Waste &amp; Materials Management program</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1" color="#800000">101 S. Webster St.,&nbsp; P.O. Box 7921,&nbsp; Madison, WI&nbsp;&nbsp; 53707-7921</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1" color="#800000">Phone:&nbsp;&nbsp; 608-267-3548&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FAX:&nbsp; 608-267-2768</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1" color="#800000">barbara.bickford@wisconsin.gov OR DNRmedicalwaste@wisconsin.gov</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1" color="#800000">Healthcare waste:&nbsp; <a href="http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/HealthWaste/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/HealthWaste/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1" color="#800000">Wisconsin H2E:&nbsp; <a href="http://wh2e.org"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://wh2e.org</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1" color="#800000">Practice Greenhealth: <a href="http://www.practicegreenhealth.org"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.practicegreenhealth.org</u></font></a></font></div>
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