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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.dontrushtoflush.org" target="_blank" title=""><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="400" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/80dc739dafd96b0ffcbfafd1b/images/45801fa8-a234-4238-89b8-92fe2efb5401.jpg"></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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your pharmaceutical collection programs and support our efforts to implement sustainably funded collection and public education programs throughout California and beyond! If you have information you want to share in our next newsletter please email
<span style="color:#202020"><a href="mailto:jordan@calpc.org">jordan@calpc.org</a>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><u><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Pharmaceutical Stewardship Success</span></u></strong><u><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">in Santa Clara County </span>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">CPSC and partners, the City of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara, completed a three year grant project funded by
<a href="http://www.valleywater.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF">Santa Clara Valley Water District</span></a> (SCVWD) to expand Don't Rush to Flush in Santa Clara County in June 2017. The project was immensely successful, resulting in 29 new
medication bins resulting in the collection almost 5 tons of medicine since November 2015!
<a href="http://calpsc.org/mobius/cpsc-content/uploads/2017/08/Santa-Clara-Med-Bin-Project-Fact-Sheet-FINAL-8-24-17.pdf" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">Click here</span></a> to view a project fact sheet. </span>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 2015 Photo Op Event at Wellness Pharmacy of Los Gatos</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pictured (L to R): Chris Lester, CPSC; Wade Blackard, SCVWD;</span></em><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Heidi Sanborn, CPSC; Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager;</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pharmacist Cuong Trihn; Tammy Green, County of Santa Clara;</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eric Dunlavey, City of San Jose; Bill Grimes, County of Santa Clara</span></em></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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industry-funded <span style="color:#202020"><a href="http://www.med-project.org/locations/santa-clara" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF">MED Project</span></a>
</span>program. MED Project has opted not to use the bins purchased through the grant, so CPSC expects to have 29 bins available for local governments who are starting their own collection programs for free or reduced cost. Please contact CPSC at (916) 706-3420
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successful medication take back program. Walgreens became the first national pharmacy chain to provide this service on an ongoing basis in February 2016 and has since installed over 600 collection bins in some of the 24-hour stores. In its first year, the
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<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Walgreens; Heidi Sanborn, CPSC with the 2017 Infinity Arrow Award. Medicine bin in background at the San Diego store.</span></em></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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CPSC commends the efforts of the Auditors team. <span style="color:#202020"><a href="https://calpsc.org/mobius/cpsc-content/uploads/2014/12/CPSC-State-Auditor-Summary-FINAL-9-5-17.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF">Please see our responses and
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<a href="https://www.bsa.ca.gov/pdfs/factsheets/2016-127.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF;font-weight:normal">Fact Sheet</span></a></span></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><u><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Monterey County Partnership Places 5 New Bins and Facilitates the Installation of 4 More
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CPSC and partners, Monterey Regional Waste Management Agency (MRWMD) and Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority, completed a 1-year grant project from the Rose Foundation in June 2017. The partners
established 5 new bins in Monterey County through the grant, while working with the Prescribe Safe Initiative of Monterey to place 4 bins in South Monterey County outside of the grant scope, nearly doubling the number of medication drop-off locations in the
County in one year! <span style="color:#202020"><a href="http://calpsc.org/mobius/cpsc-content/uploads/2017/08/Monterey-Med-Bin-Project-Fact-Sheet-FINAL-8-24-17-WEB.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF">Click here</span></a>
</span>to view a project fact sheet. If you would like to help doing the same please contact us at
<span style="color:#202020"><a href="mailto:info@calpsc.org">info@calpsc.org</a>.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Board of Pharmacy Pharmacy Take Back Regulations Adopted June 8, 2017</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></h1>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">The California Board of Pharmacy (BOP) adopted their long-awaited
<a href="http://www.pharmacy.ca.gov/laws_regs/1776_oa.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF">Prescription Drug Take-Back Services</span></a> regulations on June 8, 2017, which went into effect immediately. The regulations provide a regulatory framework
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The regulations closely parallel the <a href="https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/rules/2014/2014-20926.pdf" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">DEA Final Rule on Collection of Controlled Substances</span></a> for the most part, but in some instances will exceed what is required by DEA.<br>
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CPSC prepared a comparison summary highlighting sections where the BOP regulations differ from those of the DEA as a resource for entities interested in providing drug take back services. The summary is available for download
<a href="http://calpsc.org/mobius/cpsc-content/uploads/2017/08/BOP-Regulations-for-Drug-Take-Back-Summary-of-Differences-from-DEA-7-19-17.pdf" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">here</span></a>. Please contact CPSC with questions and/or for technical assistance to comply with the new regulations.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">County of Alameda - 27 bins</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">County of San Mateo - 35 bins</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">County of Marin - 15 bins</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">County of Santa Cruz - 8 bins</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">County of Santa Clara - 12 bins expected late 8/2017</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pictured (Above) - MED Project Print Ad in the SF Chronicle, 6/23/17</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Kaiser Permanente Hosts Med Bins</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kaiser Permanente has agreed to participate in the MED Project program and is now hosting bins at certain Kaiser pharmacies
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">for Rural Local Governments</span></strong></span></u><o:p></o:p></h1>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CPSC is working with several local governments to introduce pharmaceutical EPR ordinances and has developed model legislation tailored for the needs of rural jurisdictions. If you are considering
an ordinance, we can provide the technical assistance and know-how to get it done! Please contact Heidi Sanborn (<span style="color:#202020"><a href="mailto:heidi@calpsc.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF">Heidi@calpsc.org</span></a></span>) or
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<span style="color:#202020"><a href="http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/reports/2017/pain-management-and-the-opioid-epidemic.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF">Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits
and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use</span></a>, </span>by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommends expanding access to year-round, convenient drug-take back to help raise awareness of the issue and prevent misuse:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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as British Columbia's Medications Return Program.<br>
Read more: Report <span style="color:#202020"><a href="https://www.nap.edu/resource/24781/Highlights_071317_Opioids.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF">Highlights</span></a>;
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