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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This is super, I hope that Ed or someone from Vermont can keep us updated! We need source reduction allies.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It does surprise me a bit that OxyContin can now be prescribed to kids. So many adults can’t tolerate it. But I’m sure they have “adult level” pain. I think
he is referring to the drug that reverses opioid overdoses. That is definitely sad, but it has saved many lives.
<a href="http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/drug-overdose-naloxone">http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/drug-overdose-naloxone</a> There is a law in MN that allows friends/relatives of people overdosing to contact emergency response to dispense
the drug without getting prosecuted for the paraphernalia or drugs laying around the house. If you are an addict or live with one, you can have a prescription of naloxone on hand. Those were loose generalities, more is here if you are interested: https://mn.gov/boards/pharmacy/resourcesfaqs/faqs/naloxone.jsp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Have a pain free weekend!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">JV<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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""> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ed Gottlieb<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 08, 2016 8:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Vermont Govenor Calls for Prescription Limits, Increased Take Back<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Remarks of Governor Peter Shumlin<br>
State House, Montpelier, January 7, 2016</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Excerpt from Governor Shumlin's State of the State speech, [
<a href="http://www.2016stateofthestate.com/speech">http://www.2016stateofthestate.com/speech</a> ]:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">· Second, let’s go after the source that led us into this mess in the first place. It’s difficult for me to find words that
adequately express my frustrations but I can find the three letters that are at the root of the problem: F.D.A. In the 1990s, the F.D.A. approved OxyContin, which lit the match that ignited America’s opiate and heroin addiction crisis. In 2010, we prescribed
enough OxyContin to keep every adult in America high for an entire month; by 2012 we issued enough prescriptions to give every American adult their own personal bottle of pills. On television, Americans now see commercials for drugs whose sole purpose is to
help relieve side effects from taking opiates – in other words there are now F.D.A. approved drugs to help you take more F.D.A. approved opiates. A few years ago, the F.D.A. approved Zohydro, which is OxyContin on steroids, against the recommendation of their
own advisory committee. Just a few months ago, the F.D.A. approved OxyContin for kids. You can’t make this stuff up. The $11 billion-dollar a year opiate industry in America knows no shame. Compassionate pain management has been transformed by big PHRMA into
drug promotion and profit. Until America is willing to have an honest conversation about the way we are dealing with pain our challenges will continue. In light of this, I am implementing the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">o First, we are putting an end to the system where doctors, dentists, and health care providers send patients home with 80 or 90 pills in their pocket. I am proposing a new system,
where a maximum of 10 pills will be the limit for minor procedures. We’re also looking at reasonable limits for more major procedures that provide pain relief without filling up our medicine cabinets with unused opiates. That’s just Vermont common sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">o Second, we are partnering with pharmacies and local communities to expand drug take back programs, to get rid of Vermont’s Most Dangerous Leftovers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">o Third, we are partnering with neighboring states to upgrade the Prescription Monitoring System to prevent addicts from crossing state borders to go pill shopping. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">I ask for your support in these actions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Ed Gottlieb<br>
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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