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<DIV>Margaret,</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for the early heads up about the date for the next (last?) DEA Take-Back day! Having this information helps are planning immensely.</DIV>
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<DIV>Congratulations on the vote! Your skill and energy keeps the cutting edge of waste pharmaceutical disposal moving onward and upward! Thanks for your ongoing efforts!</DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 5pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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>(607) 273-8381<BR>fax: (607) 273-8433</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 5pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>>>> "Shield, Margaret" <Margaret.Shield@kingcounty.gov> 6/21/2013 12:10 AM >>><BR></DIV>
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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. </FONT></P>
<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></FONT><BR></DIV>
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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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