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<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#3a7c69">Support the Alameda County</span></b><b><span style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#3a7c69"><br>
<b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Safe Medication Disposal Ordinance</span></b></span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style>Greetings,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p>
<span style>The</span> <b><a href="http://calpsc.org/assets/policies/2012/2012_04_25%20Alameda%20Co%20Pharma%20Ordinance.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4f2b9c">Alameda County Safe Medication Disposal Ordinance</span></a></b> <span style>is scheduled to go before the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on June 5, 2012. If adopted, Alameda County (includes cities like Oakland and Berkeley) will be the first in the nation to require pharmaceutical producers to be responsible for take-back and proper disposal of unused or expired medications. The ordinance is based on a producer responsibility model and does the following:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The ordinance requires pharmaceutical companies that sell drugs in Alameda County to establish a producer-financed and managed take-back program, as is done in other countries including Canada, Australia, and France;</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Producers cannot charge visible fees, forcing internalization of costs, to implement the stewardship program so take-back is just a cost of doing business; </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The program must have an outreach and promotion campaign including prominently displayed signage</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">;<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Producers must pay an oversight fee to the county (just like our state bills requiring reimbursement for oversight)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Controlled substances are excluded from the ordinance for now, awaiting DEA findings on the issue;</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Failure to comply allows a maximum penalty of up to $1,000 per day fine</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></li>
</ul><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br><span style="background:white">This ordinance is precedent setting and is only the second in the nation after New York City's e-waste ordinance to require producer responsibility. </span><span style>Please contact our office at <a href="tel:916-706-3420" value="+19167063420" target="_blank">916-706-3420</a> if you have any questions.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#b50502"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#b50502">WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style>1. Send a letter of support for the ordinance - use this</span></b><span style> </span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#7030a0;font-weight:normal"><a><b><span style="color:#7030a0">model </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030a0">letter</span></b><b><span style="color:#7030a0"> of support</span></b></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"> </span><span style>addressed to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.</span></b><span style> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style>2. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/alameda-county-board-of-supervisors-pass-the-alameda-county-safe-medication-disposal-ordinance" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4f2b9c">Sign the petition to pass the ordinance</span></a></span><span style="color:#4f2b9c"> </span><span style>and have your supporters do the same</span></b>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><b><span style>3. Like </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/AlamedaSafeMeds" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4f2b9c">Alameda County Safe Meds</span></a></span><span style> on Facebook and follow</span></b> <b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/AlCoSafeMeds" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4f2b9c">@AlCoSafeMeds</span></a></span></b> <b><span style>on Twitter to receive the latest news on the ordinance. </span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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