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<p>Two announcements from King County, WA:</p>
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<p>The PIO for the Seattle Field Division emailed to me today to say that the date of the fall National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is Saturday October 26th.</p>
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<p>And, secondly, today the King County Board of Health voted unanimously i<font size="2">n support of a county-wide Rule & Regulation establishing a secure medicine take-back system that is financed and provided by pharmaceutical manufacturers.
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<p><font size="2">Please see the media release below, and a link to a summary of the law.</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">Best regards!</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Margaret Shield, PhD, Policy Liaison</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County</font></p>
<p><font size="2">cell 206-265-9732</font></p>
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<div style="DIRECTION: ltr" id="divRpF717135"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> King County, WA [KingCounty@subscriptions.kingcounty.gov]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 20, 2013 4:09 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Safe, convenient drug take-back law passed by Board of Health<br>
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<h1><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva; COLOR: #000080; FONT-SIZE: medium">Safe, convenient drug take-back law passed by Board of Health</span></h1>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva; FONT-SIZE: x-small"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular">Today, the King County Board of Health took a significant remaining step towards reducing preventable deaths from drug overdoses
by passing a Rule & Regulation to create a drug take-back system for King County residents. The program promotes the safe disposal of unused prescription and over-the-counter medicines, and will be funded and operated by the drug manufacturers who produce
the medications. </font></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva; FONT-SIZE: x-small"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMwNjIwLjIwMjIyMDMxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMDYyMC4yMDIyMjAzMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MTY2ODM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ2FyZXQuc2hpZWxkQGtpbmdjb3VudHkuZ292JnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnYXJldC5zaGllbGRAa2luZ2NvdW50eS5nb3YmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/news/2013/13062001.aspx" target="_blank">View
full press release</a>.</font></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva; FONT-SIZE: x-small"><a href="http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/news/2013/13062001.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/news/2013/13062001.aspx</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva; FONT-SIZE: x-small">Link to overview of the King County Board of Health Rule & Regulation</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva; FONT-SIZE: x-small"><a href="http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/BOH/MedicineTakeback/overview.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/BOH/MedicineTakeback/overview.aspx</a></span></p>
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