<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Please let me know who to contact from PSI to work toward Florida enacting some of this legislation. We have been working with take back program called Operation Medicine Cabinet in Collier County for 10 years, it is well established with our Sheriff's office and we need to move forward to fund, and make more opportunity in Florida.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Our district includes 5 counties in which we have a total of 34 permanent drop boxes.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Look forward to hearing from you. Merry Christmas everyone. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:Arial;font-size:small"><b><a href="mailto:veoralittle@gmail.com" target="_blank">veoralittle@gmail.com</a></b></i><br></div><div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:Arial"><b>cell 239-450-2883</b></i></div></div><div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:Arial"><b><br></b></i></div><div><font lang="0" size="2" face="Arial" color="#000099"><i><b><br></b></i></font></div><div><font lang="0" size="2" face="Arial" color="#000099"><i><b><br></b></i></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Scott Cassel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott@productstewardship.us" target="_blank">scott@productstewardship.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are pleased to report that, yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo vetoed New York State (NYS) bill S.06750/A.387-B that would have required chain pharmacies to collect and dispose of unused controlled substances (see attached).
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), New York Product Stewardship Council (NYPSC), and Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) jointly urged the Governor to veto this bill for three key reasons. The bill would have:
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</span></span></span><u></u>required NY chain pharmacies and consumers to pay for drug take-back and excused drug manufacturers from taking financial responsibility;
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</span></span></span><u></u>neglected NYS residents in areas not served by chain pharmacies, especially rural communities; and
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</span></span></span><u></u>preempted a strong existing local extended producer responsibility (EPR) drug take-back law in NYS and undermined efforts by counties that have introduced or plan to introduce similar bills.
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<p class="MsoNormal">PSI, NYPSC, and CCE organized a wide range of stakeholders to oppose the bill, and encouraged the Governor instead to pursue an EPR approach to drug disposal. While we greatly appreciate the Legislature’s attention on addressing this important
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<p class="MsoNormal">We applaud the Governor’s leadership in vetoing the bill, and are hopeful that he will support a producer-funded drug take-back program through his executive budget. Such a bill would save government and taxpayers money, provide consumer
convenience, fairly incorporate the true cost of managing these products into the purchase price, and provide a direct financial incentive for pharmaceutical companies to reduce unnecessary prescriptions.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Passing a truly effective drug take-back bill in NYS will ultimately help battle the unfortunate opioid abuse epidemic and protect our water from pharmaceutical contamination.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">__________________<wbr>______________<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Scott Cassel<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<i>Product Stewardship Institute, Inc.</i><br>
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