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<DIV><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Please note this email did not originate with me. <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> </o:p></span></p><div></DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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"'> Brachman, Steven [mailto:steve.brachman@ces.uwex.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 22, 2012 3:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pharmwaste] DEA Take Back Results<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Steven and Ed, they are counting but I'm not sure how valuable the results are. We know that almost 80% of all ongoing police drop locations (there are over 100 in WI) aggregate their meds for destruction by the DEA. I've attached the summary for Wisconsin FYI.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The bad news is that a number of the drop locations are relying on the DEA for free disposal and have indicated that if unavailable, they would end their collection program. Will this change once DEA issues the long awaited rules is anybody's best guess. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Steve Brachman, Waste Reduction Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>UW-Extension Solid & Hazardous Waste Education Center<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>161 W. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 6000<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>414-227-3160<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:steve.brachman@ces.uwex.edu">steve.brachman@ces.uwex.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://shwec.uwm.edu">http://shwec.uwm.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Steven Gressitt <<a href="mailto:gressitt@gmail.com">gressitt@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:42 PM<br><b>To: </b>Ed Gottlieb <<a href="mailto:egottlieb@cityofithaca.org">egottlieb@cityofithaca.org</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>" <<a href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Pharmwaste] DEA Take Back Results<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I refused to count ltcf returns at Belfast Maine as a result of a clear lack of any C IV in their own inventory list. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Ed, I passed my list to Jeannie, I am working on how we better synchronize counts. Without numbers, no one can make reasonable decisions about the whole drug disposal issue. Just my singular opinion. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Ed Gottlieb <<a href="mailto:egottlieb@cityofithaca.org" target="_blank">egottlieb@cityofithaca.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-left:3.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>I wrote to my regional DEA contact and asked for summary results (r.e. average and maximum for the number of participants and amount of medications received) for the last National Take Back Day. I also suggested the program might benefit if they singled out some sites for recognition of outstanding results. He passed my request and suggestion to headquarters. Their polite response (below) was that I should submit a Freedom of Information Request. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Does the DEA only bother to add up the number of pounds received by region and the country as a whole? I wonder if they enter individual site results into a spreadsheet or data base that would make analysis practical? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Another question I have...is there a pattern to changes over time in the number of participants and weight collected by sites that have participated in a more than one National Take Back Day? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Do you have a question about National Take Back Day results? Would you like to compile questions suggested by this Listserv and submit a Freedom of Information Request to the DEA? If so, you have my thanks and gratitude!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ed Gottlieb<br>Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal <br>Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator <br>Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility<br>525 3<sup>rd</sup> Street<br>Ithaca, NY 14850<br><a href="tel:%28607%29%20273-8381" target="_blank">(607) 273-8381</a><br>fax: <a href="tel:%28607%29%20273-8433" target="_blank">(607) 273-8433</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br>>>> "Young, Lisa M." <<a href="mailto:Lisa.M.Young@usdoj.gov" target="_blank">Lisa.M.Young@usdoj.gov</a>> 10/5/2012 9:30 AM >>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mr. Gottlieb,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> We appreciate your enthusiasm and assistance in participating in the National Take Back Day sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). We appreciate your participation and cooperation in getting DEA’s message out into the community during each collection event. DEA is proud to sponsor such events in order to assist the public in cleaning out their medicine cabinets in order to remove the temptation for individuals to divert controlled substances that are no longer required. If you would like further information regarding specific collection locations you may file a Freedom of Information Request which can be found on <a href="http://www.dea.gov" target="_blank">www.dea.gov</a>. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Again, thank you for your participation.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#365F91'>Lisa M. Young</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#365F91'>Staff Coordinator</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#365F91'>Liaison and Policy Section</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#365F91'><a href="tel:202-307-9435" target="_blank">202-307-9435</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></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:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br>---<br>Note: As a courtesy to other listserv subscribers, please post messages to the listserv in plain text format to avoid the garbling of messages received by digest recipients.<br>---<br>TO SUBSCRIBE, go to: <a href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste" target="_blank">http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste</a><br>TO UNSUBSCRIBE, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LISTSERV. 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