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<p>HI gets their first year round take-back boxes (9 total) under a Federal Grant.
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<p><a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/post/unused-medication-drop-boxes-installed-statewide">http://hawaiipublicradio.org/post/unused-medication-drop-boxes-installed-statewide</a></p>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma">"A year-round medication drop-box program is being implemented on the Big Island, Maui, O’ahu and Kaua’i. The statewide public safety and public health initiative will provide a convenient way for residents to drop off unused medications.
Lieutenant Governor Doug Chin…the former state attorney general…says it was mandated by the state legislature last year and is being implemented 6 months early …</font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma">“...Once each county department designates a location for the drop box, they’re bolted into place and have installed in 9 different locations across the state.”</font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma">The drop boxes are part of a 2 million dollar federal grant program over the next two years that will increase to 4 million after 2020."</font></p>
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<p>I don't know if the reference to increased funding means that additional boxes will be obtained next year.
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<p>Anyone from HI know?</p>
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<p>Note: HI has been participating in the DEA collections. April 2018 collection results show HI & Guam had 2 law enforcement agencies participate at 18 locations, collecting more pounds per capita than NY did (0.0039 vs. 0.0020).
<a href="https://takebackday.dea.gov/sites/default/files/NTBI%20XV%20Totals.pdf">
https://takebackday.dea.gov/sites/default/files/NTBI%20XV%20Totals.pdf</a></p>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; COLOR: black">Ed Gottlieb
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Chair, Tompkins County Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal<br>
Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator<br>
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility<br>
525 3<sup>rd</sup> Street<br>
Ithaca, NY 14850<br>
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; COLOR: blue"><a href="tel:(607)%20273-8381" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">(607) 273-8381</font></a><br>
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