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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Alvin Tran\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7657\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Glenn-Milo_Santos_AIDSConf_AlvinTran_07262012.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-7657 \" title=\"Researcher Glenn-Milo Santos of Oakland's Global Forum on MSM & HIV presents data on homophobia at the 19th International AIDS Conference. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Glenn-Milo_Santos_AIDSConf_AlvinTran_07262012-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"Researcher Glenn-Milo Santos of Oakland's Global Forum on MSM & HIV presents data on homophobia at the 19th International AIDS Conference. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Researcher Glenn-Milo Santos of Oakland's Global Forum on MSM & HIV presents data on homophobia at the 19th International AIDS Conference. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Research presented this week at the \u003ca title=\"http://www.aids2012.org/\" href=\"http://www.aids2012.org/\" target=\"_blank\">19th International AIDS Conference\u003c/a> shows how homophobia may be a major barrier to achieving the \"AIDS-free generation\" -- the optimistic tagline underlying much of the conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new survey of young men who have sex with men (MSM) shows that \"experiencing homophobia\" may put them at greater risk of contracting and spreading HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://pag.aids2012.org/Abstracts.aspx?SID=238&AID=13110\" href=\"http://pag.aids2012.org/Abstracts.aspx?SID=238&AID=13110\" target=\"_blank\">The study\u003c/a> was conducted by Oakland's \u003ca title=\"http://www.msmgf.org/\" href=\"http://www.msmgf.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Forum on MSM and HIV\u003c/a> (MSMGF). Researchers surveyed more than 5,000 MSM globally. Nearly 1,500 were age 30 or younger, with about two-thirds of these young men from Asia and six percent from North America. According to the study, young MSM who experienced homophobia more frequently said they had less access to a variety of services including free HIV testing and condoms. Experiencing higher levels of homophobia equated with less access to medical treatment for HIV-positive gay men.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Young MSM who experienced homophobia more frequently said they had less access to a variety of services including free HIV testing and condoms.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Our findings really underscore the importance of also addressing the larger structure and social factors that are associated with HIV infection especially among young men who have sex with men,” said \u003ca title=\"https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/meetingArchive?eventId=fw9rwqxzcgps\" href=\"https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/meetingArchive?eventId=fw9rwqxzcgps\" target=\"_blank\">Glenn-Milo Santos\u003c/a>, an epidemiologist and MSMGF researcher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to highlighting the possible relationship between experiencing homophobia and having less access to HIV preventive services and care, Santos also presented results about respondents' overall experiences with homophobia.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 60 percent of young MSM interviewed said they believed that people in their respective countries felt that gay men and MSM could not be trusted. Seventy percent felt that others believed that they are dangerous. Additionally, the majority of those interviewed said they believed MSM are tolerated but not accepted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What shocked many audience members attending Santo’s presentation, however, was the rate of internalized homophobia or the negative feelings people have about themselves based on their homosexuality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 40 percent of the young MSM said they wished they weren’t gay or bisexual. More than 30 percent said they avoided personal or social involvement with other men who have sex with men. More than 20 percent said their sexual history was a \"negative feature\" of who they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7650\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 533px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Screen-Shot-2012-07-27-at-11.02.32-AM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7650\" title='\"Internalized homophobia\" among young men who have sex with men. (Source: Global Forum on MSM & HIV)' src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Screen-Shot-2012-07-27-at-11.02.32-AM.png\" alt='\"Internalized homophobia\" among young men who have sex with men. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7616\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Doctor_Patient_MercyHealth_Flickr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-7616\" title=\"(Mercy Health: Flickr)\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Doctor_Patient_MercyHealth_Flickr-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"(Mercy Health: Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Mercy Health: Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All day, every day, people make medical choices that have repercussions for common yet dangerous conditions like asthma, heart disease and diabetes. Although chronic disease takes a \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/cvd/Documents/CHDSP-BurdenReport-LowRes.pdf\" href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/cvd/Documents/CHDSP-BurdenReport-LowRes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">greater toll\u003c/a> [PDF] on people with lower socioeconomic status, chronically ill patients are part of every community. In California and across the country, public health officials and physicians keep searching for the best way to get patients involved in improving their health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some patients naturally want to be \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/07/23/what-do-engaged-patients-do/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/07/23/what-do-engaged-patients-do/\" target=\"_blank\">involved with their care\u003c/a>. Other times it's doctors and nurses who must try to encourage more engagement by their patients. “Whether to exercise or change their diet, take medication,\" \u003ca title=\"http://familymedicine.medschool.ucsf.edu/faculty/bios/thom_d.aspx\" href=\"http://familymedicine.medschool.ucsf.edu/faculty/bios/thom_d.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. David Thom\u003c/a> told me recently, \"those are the bread and butter decisions that go into primary care.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thom, director of research in the UC San Francisco department of Family and Community Medicine, is launching a new study, exploring how patients make decisions when they work with a “health coach.\" Often health coaches are trained medical assistants who join the primary care team. “Our belief is that health coaches are going to have a fairly different relationship with patients than providers do,” he says. “Their role in helping the patients make decisions will be clearly different than the providers’ role.”\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, coaches may help patients prepare questions in order to make the best use of limited face time with their doctors. Coaches might also accompany patients to appointments or help them navigate between multiple departments in a medical center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many \u003ca title=\"http://www.naph.org/Homepage-Sections/Explore/Innovations/Minority-Health/SFGH-Language-Concordant-Health-Coaches.aspx\" href=\"http://www.naph.org/Homepage-Sections/Explore/Innovations/Minority-Health/SFGH-Language-Concordant-Health-Coaches.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">coaches\u003c/a> are bilingual and for Thom's research some are already trained and in place. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mnhc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Mission Neighborhood Health Center\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oservices/medSvs/hlthCtrs/SEHlthCtr.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Southeast Health Center\u003c/a>, both part of the healthcare safety net in San Francisco, will be the first sites studied. Coaches meet with patients and sometimes patients’ families, follow up on the phone, and sometimes sit in on appointments. 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In the heart of Silicon Valley, researchers studied a group of patients to determine how confidently patients were engaged in discussing their care with their healthcare providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly all the patients in \u003ca title=\"http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1212630\" href=\"http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1212630\" target=\"_blank\">this study\u003c/a> by the\u003ca title=\"http://www.pamf.org/\" href=\"http://www.pamf.org/\" target=\"_blank\"> Palo Alto Medical Foundation\u003c/a> (PAMF) were well-educated and had health insurance. More than a third had a chronic illness. These patients could easily envision asking questions and discussing preferences with their doctors. About 70 percent said they preferred a shared decision-making role, one in which patients and doctors contribute equally to medical decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But drill down a bit more and that shared decision-making gets more difficult. Only 14 percent of patients said they would \"voice disagreement\" with their doctor if their own preferences conflicted with the doctor's recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to PAMF researchers, patients want to participate with their physicians in decision-making, but worry they might be perceived as “difficult” and that their care in the future would be compromised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forget the future -- patients' care might be compromised right now, if they disagree with a recommended treatment, but say nothing. \"Reluctance to express disagreement in the office may correlate with poor adherence outside the office,\" the researchers noted. \"The findings point to the need to test interventions that explicitly allow patients to voice disagreement with their physicians.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Eve Harris is a Bay Area writer. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New report shows California ranks 41st in the nation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7588\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Child_JasonHickey_Flickr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-7588\" title=\"(JasonHickey: Flickr)\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Child_JasonHickey_Flickr-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"(JasonHickey: Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(JasonHickey: Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Together with the Annie E. 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But in the other three categories, the state ranked near the bottom in each, earning a combined score of 41st in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an \u003ca title=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/07/25/103526/report_says_californias_less_kidfriendly_than_most?category=health\" href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/07/25/103526/report_says_californias_less_kidfriendly_than_most?category=health\" target=\"_blank\">interview\u003c/a> with KQED's Joshua Johnson, \u003ca title=\"http://www.childrennow.org/index.php/meet/lempert_biography\" href=\"http://www.childrennow.org/index.php/meet/lempert_biography\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Lempert\u003c/a>, president of Children Now, expressed deep concern. \"Our kids are not faring well and it's a real tragedy that we're in the bottom 10 among the 50 states in just about every indicator other than health. Kids are really bearing the brunt of the economic downturn we've been in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No kidding. According to the report, more than one-third (36 percent) of California children live in families where no parent has a full-time, year-round job. More than one in five children in the state (22 percent) are living in poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the other end from these low numbers was the one seeming bright spot for California children: health. Overall, California ranked 23rd, but that comparatively higher ranking is in part due to the state's lower percentage of low-birthweight babies -- less than 7 percent, making California #11 among the 50 states. California's \u003ca title=\"http://www.ccfc.ca.gov/\" href=\"http://www.ccfc.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">First Five\u003c/a> program targets both prenatal care, infant health and child development up to 5 years of age. \"The health stats show that if you\u003c!--more--> have a long-time sustained focus that you can do better,\" Lempert said. \"We've had a real focus on pre-natal care and infant care in this state and that's showing in terms of relatively better stats. But as a lifetime Californian, I'm not jumping around saying, 'Yay, we're #11.' I'd like to be high in all the rankings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if money spent on infant health nets better outcomes, money \u003cem>not\u003c/em> spent in other areas takes a toll. For example, education. A whopping 75 percent of 4th graders are not proficient in reading, according to the report. California's children rank near the bottom -- 43rd in the country in the education category. \"These national comparisons are important,\" Lempert told Joshua Johnson. \"California is in the bottom half when it comes to educational funding. We are higher up in lots of other areas, corrections and law enforcement and others. So these budget cuts do take a toll, and we need to get serious about not just giving lip service to education but making sure it truly is the top priority in terms of funding,\" he said. \"The fact that we rank 42nd in high school graduation, that's a bigger hit to our economy than the downturn in recent years. For us to have that many kids not getting a high school degree puts us in severe jeopardy going forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So which states scored high? Coming in 1st, 2nd and 3rd overall were New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont. While these states are significantly smaller and less diverse than California, Lempert insists California could learn much from them. \"When you look at how our state prioritizes kids, there's a lot that our leaders in Sacramento could be doing, and that we could be doing locally, to really make kids the priority. Yes, we have challenges that other states don't, but that's no excuse for some of these measures where we really have not been prioritizing our children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can dive into the full report \u003ca title=\"http://www.aecf.org/KnowledgeCenter/~/media/Pubs/Initiatives/KIDS%20COUNT/123/2012KIDSCOUNTDataBook/KIDSCOUNT2012DataBookFullReport.pdf\" href=\"http://www.aecf.org/KnowledgeCenter/~/media/Pubs/Initiatives/KIDS%20COUNT/123/2012KIDSCOUNTDataBook/KIDSCOUNT2012DataBookFullReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> [PDF] or below is a recap of the overall rankings, plus the state rankings in each of the four categories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 518px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Screen-Shot-2012-07-24-at-11.04.04-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7586\" title=\"(Kids Count Data Book: Annie E. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Report presented at International AIDS Conference shows \"chilling effect\" of police policies\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Alvin Tran\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7569\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Condoms_AlvinTran_07232012.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-7569\" title=\"Condoms with a political message, handed out at the International AIDS Conference by St. James Infirmary, a San Francisco health clinic for sex workers. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Condoms_AlvinTran_07232012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Condoms with a political message, handed out at the International AIDS Conference by St. James Infirmary, a San Francisco health clinic for sex workers. 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(Photo: Alvin Tran)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Police officers in San Francisco and Los Angeles may be undermining public health efforts to prevent the spread of HIV among sex workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s according to the findings of a new Human Rights Watch report “\u003ca title=\"http://www.hrw.org/embargo/node/108771?signature=dc742fe2179a08ff856a3238f45f9db3&suid=6\" href=\"http://www.hrw.org/embargo/node/108771?signature=dc742fe2179a08ff856a3238f45f9db3&suid=6\" target=\"_blank\">Sex Workers at Risk\u003c/a>,” presented at the 19th \u003ca title=\"http://www.aids2012.org/\" href=\"http://www.aids2012.org/\" target=\"_blank\">International AIDS Conference\u003c/a> in Washington, D.C. this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers interviewed more than 300 people, including current and former sex workers in four major U.S. cities -- San Francisco, L.A., Washington, DC and New York. 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That was another consequence of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday afternoon, Officer Albie Esparza, public information officer for the San Francisco Police Department acknowledged the department's policy to photograph condoms as evidence for prostitution charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week San Francisco Police Chief \u003ca title=\"http://sf-police.org/index.aspx?page=1603\" href=\"http://sf-police.org/index.aspx?page=1603\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Suhr\u003c/a> sent a department-wide memo reminding officers \"not to confiscate unopened condoms.\" But the memo added that officers may photograph condoms to establish \"probable cause for 'Loitering for the Purpose of Prostitution.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McLemore says Human Rights Watch plans to continue its research in other California cities including Oakland. “There have been some reports in Oakland,\" McLemore said. \"They weren’t consistent enough during the time that we were researching this report to include Oakland but that doesn’t mean that it is not happening in Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://naomimakers.myefolio.com/introduction\" href=\"http://naomimakers.myefolio.com/introduction\" target=\"_blank\">Naomi Akers\u003c/a>, Executive Director of San Francisco's \u003ca title=\"http://stjamesinfirmary.org/\" href=\"http://stjamesinfirmary.org/\" target=\"_blank\">St. James Infirmary\u003c/a> -- a health care and social services agency for sex workers -- is in Washington to attend the AIDS conference. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7357\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/TruvadaBottle_05102012_JustinSullivan_GettyImages.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-7357\" title=\"(Justin Sullivan: Getty Images)\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/TruvadaBottle_05102012_JustinSullivan_GettyImages-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"(Justin Sullivan: Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Justin Sullivan: Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Food and Drug Administration has approved Truvada, the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection in people who are at high risk of acquiring HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truvada was already approved as a medication for treatment of people already infected with HIV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truvada is to be taken twice a day in what is known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the FDA's \u003ca title=\"http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm312210.htm\" href=\"http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm312210.htm\" target=\"_blank\">press release\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As part of PrEP, HIV-uninfected individuals who are at high risk will take Truvada daily to lower their chances of becoming infected with HIV should they be exposed to the virus. A PrEP indication means Truvada is approved for use as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention strategy that includes other prevention methods, such as safe sex practices, risk reduction counseling, and regular HIV testing.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today’s approval marks an important milestone in our fight against HIV,\" said FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. \"Every year, about 50,000 U.S. adults and adolescents are diagnosed with HIV infection, despite the availability of prevention methods and strategies to educate, test, and care for people living with the disease. New treatments as well as prevention methods are needed to fight the HIV epidemic in this country.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Two large studies (both randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled) showed Truvada's efficacy in reducing the risk of HIV infection in uninfected individuals. In one trial, 2,499 HIV-negative men and transgender women who have sex with men and engage in high risk behavior for HIV infection, results showed Truvada reduced the risk of HIV infection by 42 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>By: \u003ca title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"http://californiawatch.org/user/katharine-mieszkowski\">Katharine Mieszkowski\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Bay Citizen\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/BayCitizenLogo1.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7341\" title=\"BayCitizenLogo1\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/BayCitizenLogo1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"74\">\u003c/a>Alameda County is poised to make drug companies pay for the safe collection and disposal of residents' unused medications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would apply to prescription drugs like penicillin as well as tightly controlled substances like OxyContin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say the ordinance would help prevent overdoses and accidental poisonings and reduce water pollution – claims the pharmaceutical industry insists are not true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public agencies currently pay for 25 drug disposal sites in the county. (To see locations, \u003ca href=\"http://www.acseniors-medisposal.net/disposal_sites.html\" target=\"_blank\">click here\u003c/a>.) The ordinance would require drug manufacturers and producers to pay for the disposal of their products or face fines of up to $1,000 a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Industry representatives countered that the ordinance will do little to prevent either water pollution or accidental overdoses.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“The county should not be responsible for continuing to bear the financial burden alone,” said Nate Miley, president of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and sponsor of the ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure also requires drug manufacturers to fund any efforts by Alameda County law enforcement agencies to collect controlled substances. Federal law requires that officers be present when such drugs, like Adderall, are returned.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance is designed to make it easier for residents to get rid of their unwanted prescription medications. But it does not stipulate where or how drugs would be collected, for instance, whether there would be collection bins at hospitals or pharmacies, or if residents would have to return their unused medications through the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they can create drugs that save our lives, I’m confident they can figure out ways to get pills back,” said Heidi Sanborn, the executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.calpsc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">California Product Stewardship Council\u003c/a>, an organization that promotes sustainability through better product design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 24, supervisors will cast their final votes on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/board/bos_calendar/documents/DocsAgendaReg_07_10_12/GENERAL%20ADMINISTRATION/Regular%20Calendar/Miley_Safe_Drug_Disposal_Ordinance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda County Safe Drug Disposal Ordinance\u003c/a>. During an initial vote last Tuesday, they approved the ordinance unanimously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the meeting, the measure's backers dominated the public comment period. They stressed the environmental and public health benefits of the proposed ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wastewater plants are major pathways of pharmaceuticals into the environment,” said Melody LaBella, pollution prevention program coordinator at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.centralsan.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Central Contra Costa Sanitary District\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of that pollution comes through humans excreting the drugs after ingesting them. Some of it comes from unused medications that are flushed down the toilet. Wastewater treatment plants are not equipped to remove the drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unwanted pharmaceuticals are the proverbial low-hanging fruit,” said LaBella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A San Ramon mother told supervisors about her son's death from an accidental overdose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never in my wildest dreams would have dreamed that our family would have been embroiled in something like this,” said April Rovero, who founded the \u003ca href=\"http://ncapda.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse\u003c/a>, after her 21-year-old son, Joey, died in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry representatives countered that the ordinance will do little to prevent either water pollution or accidental overdoses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no evidence that this will effect the number of poisonings in the community,” said Ritchard Engelhardt, vice president of government affairs for \u003ca href=\"http://www.baybio.org/\" target=\"_blank\">BayBio\u003c/a>, a trade association representing the life science industry in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Scott Haggerty admonished industry representatives at the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would much rather us spend our money on trying to figure out how to make it happen than fight about why we don’t want it to happen,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email, Engelhardt refused to comment on whether his organization intends to sue if the ordinance is passed, as expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consuelo Hernandez, vice president of government affairs for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.chi.org/\" target=\"_blank\">California Healthcare Institute\u003c/a>, a trade association that represents 300 biomedical companies, universities and research institutes, said in an interview that her organization “doesn’t have any plans to sue,\" but she added: “We can’t predict what we will do in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board had considered a previous version of the ordinance in February, but then agreed to hold a series of stakeholder meetings to revise it, after requests from pharmaceutical industry lobbyists. In the current version, pharmacies and retailers are not required to participate in the drug disposal program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the ordinance takes effect, supervisors hope others will follow suit. \"It could be a model ordinance that everyone could use, not just in this state, but throughout the country,\" said Miley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco already has a pilot drug disposal program, which has been collecting unused medication since May. \u003ca href=\"http://www.gene.com/gene/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Genentech \u003c/a>and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.phrma.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America\u003c/a> are paying $110,000 to fund it. The pharmaceutical industry agreed to do so after San Francisco supervisors considered \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/health/story/pharmaceutical-industry-yields-pressure/\" target=\"_blank\">adopting an ordinance\u003c/a> to force them to collect and dispose of their own products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Old medications can be deposited in bins at 13 pharmacies in San Francisco, as well as 10 police stations. Only the police stations accept controlled substances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the participating pharmacies are independent businesses. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure also requires drug manufacturers to fund any efforts by Alameda County law enforcement agencies to collect controlled substances. Federal law requires that officers be present when such drugs, like Adderall, are returned.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance is designed to make it easier for residents to get rid of their unwanted prescription medications. But it does not stipulate where or how drugs would be collected, for instance, whether there would be collection bins at hospitals or pharmacies, or if residents would have to return their unused medications through the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they can create drugs that save our lives, I’m confident they can figure out ways to get pills back,” said Heidi Sanborn, the executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.calpsc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">California Product Stewardship Council\u003c/a>, an organization that promotes sustainability through better product design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 24, supervisors will cast their final votes on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/board/bos_calendar/documents/DocsAgendaReg_07_10_12/GENERAL%20ADMINISTRATION/Regular%20Calendar/Miley_Safe_Drug_Disposal_Ordinance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda County Safe Drug Disposal Ordinance\u003c/a>. During an initial vote last Tuesday, they approved the ordinance unanimously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the meeting, the measure's backers dominated the public comment period. They stressed the environmental and public health benefits of the proposed ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wastewater plants are major pathways of pharmaceuticals into the environment,” said Melody LaBella, pollution prevention program coordinator at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.centralsan.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Central Contra Costa Sanitary District\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of that pollution comes through humans excreting the drugs after ingesting them. Some of it comes from unused medications that are flushed down the toilet. 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