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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose">It is good to see Cardinal Health investing more in solutions to this problem. The Generation Rx program that they have sponsored for some years is engaging pharmacy students in my region.<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>On Cardinal’s support for take-back, they are focused on sponsoring take-back events rather than supporting ongoing secure drop boxes. A significant drawback of drug take-back events is that residents have to wait until the collection event to safely dispose of their medicines, meaning that residents are storing potentially dangerous medicines they don’t need in their homes for longer periods. Collection events have to be operated by law enforcement, and are more labor intensive to organize and more costly to promote than an ongoing drop box that is available year-round. It would be more effective in protecting the community, and more cost-effective I believe, for Cardinal to support ongoing secure medicine drop boxes in pharmacies, clinics, and hospitals as now allowed under the DEA’s Rule.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif'>Margaret Shield, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif'>Community Environmental Health Strategies, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif'>Smart Science & Policy for Our Health and Environment<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif'>Seattle, WA <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><a href="mailto:margaret.shield@CEHstrategies.com"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif'>margaret.shield@CEHstrategies.com</span></i></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif'>mobile: 206-499-5452<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><a href="http://www.CEHstrategies.com"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif'>www.CEHstrategies.com</span></i></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Pharmwaste [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ed Gottlieb<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 16, 2017 5:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Cardinal Health expands support of take-back in Appalachia<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Cardinal Health expands support of take-back as one leg of a four pronged program to address the opioid epidemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.gurufocus.com/news/596975/cardinal-health-launches-opioid-action-program-to-support-drug-abuse-prevention-and-education-in-appalachia">https://www.gurufocus.com/news/596975/cardinal-health-launches-opioid-action-program-to-support-drug-abuse-prevention-and-education-in-appalachia</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><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<br>Board Member, New York Product Stewardship Council</span><span 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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Ithaca, NY 14850</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>(607) 273-8381</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>fax: (607) 273-8433</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>