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<DIV><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>It would be interesting to see what drug abuse research has shown in Australia where a national take back program has been in effect for several years. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.returnmed.com.au/">http://www.returnmed.com.au/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Laurie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Laurie Tenace<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Environmental Specialist III<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Waste Reduction Section<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Florida Department of Environmental Protection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 4555<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tallahassee FL 32399-2400<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>P: 850.245.8759<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>F: 850.245.8811<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mercury: <a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Batteries: <a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Pharmaceuticals:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/pharm/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/pharm/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div></DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ed Gottlieb<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 02, 2012 12:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> Zachary Laris<br><b>Cc:</b> Daniel Ramer; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Prescription Drug Takeback Programs &amp; Substance Abuse Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Dear Mr. Laris,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I'm sure you recall that I provided you with&nbsp;information&nbsp;about the costs and results of&nbsp;the drug takeback program run by the CSMD in Tompkins County, NY. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I read the Policy Brief for your examination of prescription drug takeback programs at <a href="http://carnevaleassociates.com/takebacks">http://carnevaleassociates.com/takebacks</a>.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>In&nbsp;the&nbsp;opening summary paragraph,&nbsp;Carnevale&nbsp;says, &quot;In addition, we found no evidence that takeback programs affect prescription drug abuse.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm quite shocked to&nbsp;read this&nbsp;very&nbsp;misleading statement!&nbsp; It creates the strong impression that you looked at evidence&nbsp;and concluded that&nbsp;takeback programs&nbsp;do not affect prescription drug abuse.&nbsp; This is not the case.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>In this same&nbsp;Policy Brief, in the paragraph titled, &quot;Assessing Takebacks: Little is Known&quot;&nbsp;you&nbsp;state,&nbsp;&quot;In fact, no research has been conducted to investigate takebacks’ effect on prescription drug abuse.&quot;&nbsp; If no research has been done on the question,&nbsp;a&nbsp;neutral conclusion&nbsp;would be appropriate.&nbsp; Wouldn't a more accurate summation be, &quot;Data doesn't exist to determine if takeback programs affect prescription drug abuse.&quot;?&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I hope you be able to&nbsp;address this issue in a meaningful way.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Thanks for your consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Ed Gottlieb<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal<br>Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator<br>Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility<br>525 3rd Street<br>Ithaca, NY&nbsp; 14850<br>(607) 273-8381<br>fax: (607) 273-8433<br><br>&gt;&gt;&gt; &quot;Zachary Laris&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:zachary@carnevaleassociates.com">zachary@carnevaleassociates.com</a>&gt; 5/5/2011 1:34 PM &gt;&gt;&gt;<br>Thank you Mr. Gottlieb, this is most helpful.<br><br>Best,<br>Zach<br><br>Zachary Laris<br>Junior Policy Analyst<br>Carnevale Associates, LLC<br>Mobile: (202) 230-7664<br><a href="mailto:Zachary@carnevaleassociates.com">Zachary@carnevaleassociates.com</a><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Ed Gottlieb [<a href="mailto:egottlieb@cityofithaca.org">mailto:egottlieb@cityofithaca.org</a>] <br>Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 10:25 AM<br>To: Zachary Laris<br>Subject: Budget reports.<br><br>Mr. Laris,<br><br>I am attaching budget reports for all three collections.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Additional materials were donated by various agencies involved:&nbsp; small<br>plastic bags (a no longer used type), flier printing (about 200 color<br>pages), poster printing (9, 2x3'), disposable rubber gloves, tape, etc.&nbsp; <br><br>I still hope to get you a total hours worked &amp; paid hours (including at<br>least some with $/hr) report for the April 9th collection.<br><br>Best,<br><br>Ed<br><br>&gt;&gt;&gt; &quot;Zachary Laris&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:zachary@carnevaleassociates.com">zachary@carnevaleassociates.com</a>&gt; 5/4/2011 10:32 AM <br>&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt;<br>Mr. Gottlieb,<br><br>I am most appreciative of your time and assistance in sending along the<br>information on your take back events.&nbsp; This provides great insight into the<br>workings of your program.&nbsp; Unfortunately, an honorarium is not something my<br>firm can provide.&nbsp; If you are interested in providing further information to<br>assist in take back cost effectiveness research we would be greatly<br>appreciative.&nbsp; However, we fully understand that your time is valuable and<br>that may not be possible.&nbsp; Either way, thank you again for your help.<br><br>Best Regards,<br>Zach<br><br>Zachary Laris<br>Junior Policy Analyst<br>Carnevale Associates, LLC<br>Mobile: (202) 230-7664<br><a href="mailto:Zachary@carnevaleassociates.com">Zachary@carnevaleassociates.com</a> <br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Ed Gottlieb [<a href="mailto:egottlieb@cityofithaca.org">mailto:egottlieb@cityofithaca.org</a>]<br>Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:08 AM<br>To: Zachary Laris<br>Subject: Re: Take Back Follow Up<br><br>Dear Mr. Laris,<br><br>I am sending you data on individual contribution weights (with packaging),<br>survey results, and final reports for our three events.&nbsp; I am also sending<br>the hours worked data that I have (haven't collected this information for<br>our third event, though I could), some expense reports, some photos, and<br>other information.&nbsp; All will be attached in multiple emails to assure they<br>are not over any delivery limit.<br><br>As far as I have been able to determine, our first event collected more<br>weight of medications than any other one day, one location collection in the<br>nation.<br><br>To see the seven part &quot;how-to organize a pharm waste collection video&quot; we<br>had made go to:<br><a href="http://www.takebacknetwork.com/about.html">http://www.takebacknetwork.com/about.html</a><br>This URL also has a link to the inventory data base spreadsheet we<br>developed.&nbsp; This contains the detailed inventory data from our second and<br>third events (sort by date.)<br><br>I would be happy to respond more fully to your request.&nbsp; For example, I know<br>you want to know the hours worked for the third event and how many of the<br>reported hours worked were paid and at what rate.&nbsp; I could also answer<br>further questions by phone or email, provide more event photos (at higher<br>resolution), etc.&nbsp; I am wondering if a small honorarium might be available<br>to justify the additional time commitment? <br><br>Regards,<br><br><br>Ed Gottlieb<br>Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator<br>Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility<br>525 3rd Street<br>Ithaca, NY&nbsp; 14850<br>(607) 273-8381<br>fax: (607) 273-8433<br><br><br>&gt;&gt;&gt; &quot;Zachary Laris&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:zachary@carnevaleassociates.com">zachary@carnevaleassociates.com</a>&gt; 4/27/2011 12:22 PM <br>&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt;<br>Mr. Gottlieb,<br><br><br><br>Thank you for discussing Ithaca's take back program with me this morning.<br>Carnevale Associates specializes in substance abuse policy, and we are<br>gathering information on take back programs nationwide as part of an<br>inventory and assessment of current programs.&nbsp; Specifically, we are<br>interested in understanding program costs, and linking those costs to<br>outcome measures wherever possible.&nbsp; Our ultimate goal is to gain an<br>understanding of the most cost-effective take back program components.&nbsp; <br><br><br><br>I would love the opportunity to take a look at any and all survey<br>information your program has gathered, as well as data on what particularly<br>your program has collected at the events.&nbsp; If it would be possible for you<br>to provide more detailed cost information regarding each individual event<br>(staff time and cost breakdowns for each event, ad costs, materials,<br>destruction, etc.) that would be most helpful.&nbsp; Also if you have any<br>thoughts you'd like to share generally about programmatic changes you've<br>implemented as you've held programs and learned ways to improve them.<br><br><br><br>Because we're performing this work under contract, the reports generated<br>remain the property of our client.&nbsp; As a result, we are not permitted to<br>share them.&nbsp; However, I'm happy to report your interest and pass along your<br>contact information.&nbsp; As a matter of policy, we do not disclose our client<br>information for specific projects.&nbsp; We work for a variety of organizations<br>including the federal government, state and local governments, academic and<br>other non-profit institutions, and private industry.&nbsp; If you're interested<br>in taking a look at a (non-exhaustive) list of our clients and the type of<br>work we have done in the past, you can take a look at our website<br>&lt;<a href="http://www.carnevaleassociates.com/">http://www.carnevaleassociates.com/</a>&gt; .&nbsp; Carnevale Associates also plans to<br>stay involved with take back issues after this project ends, and I'd be more<br>than happy to send you any subsequent in-house materials that we produce in<br>this area.&nbsp; Thank you again for your time and assistance.<br><br><br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Zach Laris<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Zachary Laris<br><br>Junior Policy Analyst<br><br>Carnevale Associates, LLC<br><br>Mobile: (202) 230-7664<br><br><a href="mailto:Zachary@carnevaleassociates.com">Zachary@carnevaleassociates.com</a> <br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>