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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>Wisconsin
Releases Report on Prescription Drug Abuse</STRONG><SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>The Wisconsin State
Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (SCAODA) has released a <SPAN
class=682165719-21022012>comprehensive </SPAN>report, "<I>Reducing
Wisconsin’s Prescription Drug Abuse: A Call to Action -- Critical steps toward
building a healthier Wisconsin</I>." <SPAN class=682165719-21022012><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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href="http://www.scaoda.state.wi.us/docs/prevandspfsig/FINAL01032012CSWReport.pdf"><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.scaoda.state.wi.us/docs/prevandspfsig/FINAL01032012CSWReport.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN>The report recommends several actions relating to
education, collection, waste reduction and destruction of household
pharmaceuticals<FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
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class=682165719-21022012><B><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#800000 size=2>Barb
Bickford,</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT color=#800000 size=2>Medical
Waste Coordinator</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#800000
size=1>WI Dept. of Natural Resources, Waste & Materials Management
program</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#800000 size=1>101 S.
Webster St., P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI
53707-7921</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#800000
size=1>Phone:
608-267-3548
FAX: 608-267-2768</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#800000
size=1>barbara.bickford@wisconsin.gov OR
DNRmedicalwaste@wisconsin.gov</FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#800000 size=1>Healthcare waste: <A
href="http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/HealthWaste/">http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/HealthWaste/</A></FONT></SPAN> <SPAN
class=682165719-21022012><FONT color=#0000ff> (Note: new
URL) </FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#800000
size=1>Wisconsin H2E: <A
href="http://wh2e.org/">http://wh2e.org</A></FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT color=#800000 size=1>Practice Greenhealth: <A
href="http://www.practicegreenhealth.org/">http://www.practicegreenhealth.org</A></FONT></SPAN>
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