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<span style="BOX-SIZING: border-box"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Pharmacies provide proper disposal of medication</font></span></h1>
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The Nebraska MEDS Initiative is a statewide initiative that has created a coalition of 330 participating pharmacies that will take back medications free of charge.</font></span></h1>
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pharmacies cannot take back narcotics and controlled substances, they can provide individuals with secure envelopes that they can use to securely return themselves.</font></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">“Since
the MEDS initiative went statewide in 2016, over 61,000 pounds of medications have been returned to pharmacies across the state,” Schimenti said. “The Coalition is a great mix of state, local, and community organizations representing a variety of stakeholders
in the medication disposal issue.”</font></span></span></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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