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<p class="MsoNormal">National Pharmaceutical Stewardship Listserv,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Today, the County of Contra Costa became the 13<sup>th</sup> county in the U.S. and 8<sup>th</sup> in California with a pharmaceutical EPR ordinance as the County’s proposed
<a href="http://64.166.146.245/docs/2016/BOS/20161220_831/28209_Ordinance%20No.%202016-24%20Introduced%20and%20Approved%2012.13.2016.pdf">
Safe Drug Disposal Ordinance</a> was adopted on consent. The Board of Supervisors
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByG7rqqWh8U&feature=youtu.be">voted last Tuesday</a> to move the ordinance for adoption in a unanimous 5-0 vote. The ordinance comes into effect 30 days from the date of passage.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find attached a joint press release from the coalition of ordinance supporters including Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Clean Water Action, CPSC, Delta Diablo District, the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse,
and others.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks to the diverse group of stakeholders who supported and provided input during the process. Together our advocacy resulted in the Board of Supervisors amending the Ordinance to make two substantive changes:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Stronger enforcement language<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Inclusion of over-the-counter medications<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">County staff will return to the Board with an update by July 2017 and work to address multiple additional items including the makeup of the Stewardship Organization that implements the program to be listed
as a 501-c3 and adding specificity to the method of medication disposal. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#221D4D"> Chris Lester | Associate</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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