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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Walgreens open kiosks in NJ<br>

<a href="http://eprretailnews.com/2016/12/23/walgreens-installs-its-drug-take-back-kiosks-at-16-walgreens-drugstores-in-new-jersey-833544657/" target="_blank">http://eprretailnews.com/2016/12/23/walgreens-installs-its-drug-take-back-kiosks-at-16-walgreens-drugstores-in-new-jersey-833544657/</a><br>

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Medical news website publishes excellent story on Proper Medication Disposal<br>

<a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/873455" target="_blank">http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/873455</a><br>

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County Police Crime Lab Manager arrested for taking opioids from drop boxes.<br>

<a href="http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/ph-ac-cn-drug-lab-manager-1223-20161222-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/ph-ac-cn-drug-lab-manager-1223-20161222-story.html</a><br>

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Millinckrodt Pharmaceuticals donates 80,000 home disposal kits to CT.<br>

<a href="http://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-drug-deactivation-kits-1223-20161222-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-drug-deactivation-kits-1223-20161222-story.html</a><br>

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<blockquote>"The [Red Boiling Springs Police Department]... announced that they have partnered with Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Office of Sustainable Practices to participate in Tennessee’s Permanent Pharmaceutical Take Back Program.

 This program supports the Governor’s Prescription for Success Initiative."  <br>

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I wonder how many other state DEC's include an Office of Sustainable Practices?  How many states have a, "Permanent Pharmaceutical Take Back Program" or a "Prescription for Success Initiative"?  Way to go Tennessee! 

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<a href="http://maconcountytimes.com/top-stories/10562/rbs-police-dept-receives-drug-take-back-bin" target="_blank">http://maconcountytimes.com/top-stories/10562/rbs-police-dept-receives-drug-take-back-bin</a><br>

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Old news:  I may have missed a posting about the FDA updating disposal info on their website back in October.  Mentioning it now in case it wasn't posted.  If I correctly recall what FDA used to say, this is an improvement.<br>

<a href="http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/EnsuringSafeUseofMedicine/SafeDisposalofMedicines/ucm186187.htm" target="_blank">http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/EnsuringSafeUseofMedicine/SafeDisposalofMedicines/ucm186187.htm</a><br>

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Wishing everyone a safe and happy holidays!<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 size="3" face="Times New Roman"><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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