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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Drugstorenews responded:<br>
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<blockquote><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">I did get the information from a DEA press release. You were right that</span></font><br>
<font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">there was no mention of attendees and I've clarified the language in the</span></font><br>
<font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">story. </span></font><br>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">here's the link to the press release.</span></font><br>
<font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.dea.gov/divisions/hq/2016/hq050616.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.dea.gov/divisions/hq/2016/hq050616.shtml</a></span></font><br>
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So far they seem to be the only on-line news source that has covered the press release.
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<div>Ed Gottlieb<br>
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal<br>
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<div>Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator</div>
<div>Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility<br>
525 3<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><sup>rd</sup></font> Street</div>
<div>Ithaca, NY 14850</div>
<div>(607) 273-8381</div>
<div>fax: (607) 273-8433</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF445890"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Pharmwaste [pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] on behalf of Ed Gottlieb [EGottlieb@cityofithaca.org]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 09, 2016 1:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] DEA collection results reported<br>
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<div style="direction:ltr; font-family:Tahoma; color:#000000; font-size:10pt">I can't confirm the information in the following story, which reports record results for the last DEA take back event:
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893,498 pounds of medications from nearly 5,400 collection sites.<br>
"The 447 tons collected tops the 390 tons seen in spring 2014."<br>
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The story also says, "A record number of Americans showed up". Since the DEA does not track attendance information, I wonder how they could know this.
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The DEA website does not have a press release posted, though they may have sent one to media.<br>
I'll let you know if the drugstorenews responds to my request for their sources for this story.<br>
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http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/dea-collects-record-amount-meds-national-rx-take-back-day<br>
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<div>Ed Gottlieb<br>
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal<br>
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<div>Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator</div>
<div>Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility<br>
525 3<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><sup>rd</sup></font> Street</div>
<div>Ithaca, NY 14850</div>
<div>(607) 273-8381</div>
<div>fax: (607) 273-8433</div>
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