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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">I wasn't questioning his intelligence. Just want to know why such an ignorant system is in place? Who the hell, with a bunch of <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>prescription</SPAN></SPAN> medications, is going to go to the police station? Honestly, can you see people with advanced age and those with <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>ambulation</SPAN></SPAN> problems climbing the steps of the <SPAN id=misspell-2>MPD</SPAN> to dispose of medication when they can just toss it down the toilet or in the trash? Any system that doesn't return drugs back to a place where people that use them frequent is going to be an epic fail. This system has been around for four years now, and it doesn't work. Stop wasting resources on it. It is as wasteful as the US Post Office and the <VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>War on Drugs. </SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Donovan Arnold</SPAN></div>
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<DIV>This is nothing new. Darrell can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the prescription drug disposal program has been going on for at least a year now, perhaps two. </DIV>
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<DIV>Believe me, Darrell has thought of everything you're talking about. You're coming into this en media res, going over ground that's already been trod.</DIV>
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<DIV> Let's face it, he's a pretty sharp guy.<BR><BR>DC</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On <SPAN id=misspell-5>Sep</SPAN> 20, 2011, at 19:11, Donovan Arnold <<A href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>What laws forbid disposing of <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-0><SPAN>prescription</SPAN></SPAN> medications at <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-1><SPAN>pharmacies</SPAN></SPAN>? </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>Have you contacted student <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-2><SPAN>environmental</SPAN></SPAN> groups on campus to see if <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-3><SPAN id=misspell-6>UI</SPAN></SPAN> Health <VAR id=yiv331611670yui-ie-cursor></VAR>can help?</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>Have you contacted <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-4><SPAN id=misspell-7>Gritman</SPAN></SPAN> to see if they can take unused <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-5><SPAN>prescriptions</SPAN></SPAN> and safely dispose of them?</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>Why are you not interested in proper disposal of unwanted illegal drugs? Don't they seep into our ground water too?</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>What <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-6><SPAN>assurance</SPAN></SPAN> do you provide <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-7><SPAN>prescription</SPAN></SPAN> users their privacy will be protected? </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN></DIV>
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rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>" <<A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, September 20, 2011 6:09 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] Eye Opener<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV>1. I'd love to locate at a pharmacy. Unfortunately, laws make that difficult.</DIV>
<DIV>2. We're not <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-9><SPAN id=misspell-9>targetting</SPAN></SPAN> illegal drugs. We're <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-10><SPAN id=misspell-10>targetting</SPAN></SPAN> Gram and <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-11><SPAN id=misspell-11>Gramps</SPAN></SPAN> that have some leftover, and don't know what to do with it.<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=yiv331611670gmail_quote>On Tue, <SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-12><SPAN id=misspell-12>Sep</SPAN></SPAN> 20, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Donovan Arnold <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com"><A href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A></A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN>You placed the only safe place to dispose of drugs inside the Moscow Police Department? ???? That is one place I for sure would never dump off my <SPAN><SPAN>unused</SPAN></SPAN> or expired <SPAN><SPAN>prescription</SPAN></SPAN> medications. I am certain that drug users trying to ditch their stash and go clean or parents and spouses ditching their loved ones found stash wouldn't be willing to walk into the police department with illegal drugs. If someone with drugs or medications doesn't want anyone to know, and their choice is the toilet or going into the Police Department, the toilet it will be, every time.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Honestly, I think you should place the <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>medication</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> and drugs in a container at a <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>pharmacy</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>. There your confidentiality is secure if your forget to take your name off the bottle or don't want to, and you won't go to jail for getting rid your teenager's illegal drug stash. No offense to our fine <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-13><SPAN id=misspell-13>MPD</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, however, <SPAN><SPAN>pharmacist </SPAN></SPAN>should be the ones handling unknown or dangerous medications and drugs<VAR></VAR>, not police officers. </SPAN></DIV>
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href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A></A><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:07 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] Eye Opener<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV>Apropos to this discussion: <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-15><SPAN id=misspell-15>Thru</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> my work with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-16><SPAN id=misspell-16>LCYAC</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-17><SPAN id=misspell-17>Moscows</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>' Sustainable Environment Commission, and the <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-18><SPAN id=misspell-18>MPD</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> there is now a place to properly dispose of prescription drugs in Moscow. We have an anonymous drop box in the <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-19><SPAN id=misspell-19>MPD</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> front office. All drugs are incinerated.</DIV>
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<DIV>Why properly dispose of prescription drugs?</DIV>
<DIV>1. Leftover prescription drugs are frequently stolen and improperly used or re-sold.</DIV>
<DIV>2. Improperly disposing of leftover prescription drugs (flushing or throwing out) causes the chemicals to leach into our groundwater.</DIV>
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<DIV>On Tue, <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-20><SPAN id=misspell-20>Sep</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> 20, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Moscow Cares <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com"><A href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">moscowcares@moscow.com</A></A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>Exactly what is it about "Worst Pills, Best Pills" that makes you think that it is a "left wing group"?</DIV>
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<DIV>It advertises itself as "Your expert, independent second opinion for prescription drug information".</DIV>
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<DIV>Is it the free drug tips it provides?</DIV><A href="http://www.worstpills.org/includes/page.cfm?op_id=65" rel=nofollow target=_blank><A href="http://www.worstpills.org/includes/page.cfm?op_id=65" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.worstpills.org/includes/page.cfm?op_id=65</A></A>
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<DIV>Perhaps it's the drug reviews, warnings, and suggestions of safer alternatives.</DIV>
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<DIV>Which is it, Roger?<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN>Thanks Wayne</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>I don't know if you take it or not, but Worst Pill, Best Pill" put out by Public Citizen ( a left wing group) does a good job of pointing out these problems.</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Roger</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>-----Original message-----</SPAN><BR><SPAN>From: "Art Deco" <A href="mailto:deco@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:deco@moscow.com"><A href="mailto:deco@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A></A></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Date: Tue, 20 <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-24><SPAN id=misspell-24>Sep</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> 2011 08:50:55 -0700</SPAN><BR><SPAN>To: <A href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"><A href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-26><SPAN id=misspell-26>Los</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-27><SPAN id=misspell-27>Angeles</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> Times </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-28><SPAN id=misspell-28>LOS</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-29><SPAN id=misspell-29>ANGELES</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> - Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States, a <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-30><SPAN id=misspell-30>Los</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-31><SPAN id=misspell-31>Angeles</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> Times analysis of government data has found.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Drugs exceeded motor vehicle accidents as a cause of death in 2009, killing at least 37,485 people nationwide, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>While most major causes of preventable death are declining, drugs are an exception. The death toll has doubled in the last decade, now claiming a life every 14 minutes. By contrast, traffic accidents have been dropping for decades because of huge investments in auto safety.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>See DRUGS, A4 </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>See DRUGS on Page A04</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>attention to the nation's growing prescription drug problem, which they characterize as an epidemic. This is the first time that drugs have accounted for more fatalities than traffic accidents since the government started tracking <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-32><SPAN id=misspell-32>druginduced</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> deaths in 1979. </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Fueling the surge in deaths are prescription pain and anxiety drugs that are potent, highly addictive and especially dangerous when combined with one another or with other drugs or alcohol. Among the most commonly abused are <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-33><SPAN id=misspell-33>Oxy</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>-<SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-34><SPAN id=misspell-34>Contin</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-35><SPAN id=misspell-35>Vicodin</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-36><SPAN id=misspell-36>Xanax</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> and <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-37><SPAN id=misspell-37>Soma</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>. One relative newcomer to the scene is <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-38><SPAN
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Such drugs now cause more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined. </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>"The problem is right here under our noses in our medicine cabinets," said <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-39><SPAN id=misspell-39>Laz</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> Salinas, a sheriff's commander in Santa Barbara, which has seen a dramatic rise in prescription drug deaths in recent years. </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Overdose victims range in age and circumstance from teenagers who pop pills to get a heroin-like high to middle-aged working men and women who take medications prescribed for strained backs and bum knees and become addicted. A review of hundreds of autopsy reports in Southern California reveals one tragic demise after another: A 19year-old Army recruit who had just passed his military physical took a handful of <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-40><SPAN id=misspell-40>Xanax</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> and painkillers while partying with friends. A groom, anxious over his upcoming wedding, overdosed on a cocktail of prescription drugs. A teenage honor student overdosed on painkillers her father left in his medicine cabinet from a surgery years earlier. A toddler was orphaned after both parents overdosed on prescription drugs months apart. A grandmother suffering from chronic back pain apparently forgot
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>The seeds of the problem were planted more than a decade ago by well-meaning efforts by doctors to mitigate suffering, as well as aggressive sales campaigns by pharmaceutical manufacturers. In hindsight, the liberalized prescription of pain drugs "may in fact be the cause of the epidemic we're now facing," said Linda <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-41><SPAN id=misspell-41>Rosenstock</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, dean of the University of California, <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-42><SPAN id=misspell-42>Los</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-43><SPAN id=misspell-43>Angeles</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> School of Public Health. </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Overdose deaths involving prescription painkillers, including <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-49><SPAN id=misspell-49>OxyContin</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> and <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-50><SPAN id=misspell-50>Vicodin</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, and anti-anxiety drugs such as Valium and <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-51><SPAN id=misspell-51>Xanax</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> more than tripled between 2000 and 2008. </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>The rise in deaths corresponds with doctors prescribing more painkillers and anti-anxiety medications. The number of prescriptions for the strongest pain pills filled at California pharmacies, for instance, increased more than 43 percent since 2007 - and the doses grew by even more, nearly 50 percent. </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Those prescriptions provide relief to pain sufferers but also fuel a thriving black market. Prescription drugs are traded on Internet chat rooms that buzz with offers of "<SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-52><SPAN id=misspell-52>vikes</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>," "<SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-53><SPAN id=misspell-53>percs</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>" and "<SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-54><SPAN id=misspell-54>oxys</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>" for $10 to $80 a pill. They are sold on street corners along with heroin, marijuana and crack. An addiction to prescription drugs can be costly; a heavy <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-55><SPAN id=misspell-55>Oxy</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>-<SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-56><SPAN id=misspell-56>Contin</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> habit can run twice as much as a heroin
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>The most commonly abused prescription drug, <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-57><SPAN id=misspell-57>hydrocodone</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, also is the most widely prescribed drug in America, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Better known as <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv331611670misspell-58><SPAN id=misspell-58>Vicodin</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, the pain reliever is prescribed more often than the top cholesterol drug and the top antibiotic. </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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