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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks to one of our members for the attached 11-page complaint filed in federal court by PhRMA, GPhA, and BIO against Alameda County's Safe Drug Disposal Ordinance. The lawsuit provides a concise summary of the law. It is also a broad rebuttal against the concept of producer responsibility, arguing that drug-take back programs should be a government function. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>____________________________</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><b>Scott Cassel<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Chief<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Executive Officer/Founder<br><i>Product Stewardship Institute, Inc.</i><br>29 Stanhope Street<br>Boston, MA 02116<br>617-236-4822 (ph)<br>617-236-4766 (fax) <br></span><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:scott@productstewardship.us"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>scott@productstewardship.us</span></a><br><a href="http://www.productstewardship.us/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>www.productstewardship.us</span></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green'>P </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier;color:#008040'>Please consider the environment before printing this email</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:gray'>Click to follow us on </span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Product-Stewardship-Institute/224328115936?ref=ts"><b><span style='color:#4F81BD'>Facebook</span></b></a></span><b><span style='color:gray'> and </span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://twitter.com/productsteward"><b><span style='color:#4F81BD'>Twitter</span></b></a> </span><b><span style='color:gray'>and</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><b><span style='color:#4F81BD'><a href="http://productstewardshipinstitute.wordpress.com/"><span style='color:#4F81BD'>Blog</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>