03/15/2016
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"One of my frustrations with the Department and, frankly, with the Bottom-Up Review is that there are longstanding problems, which precede this Administration, that the Department still is not tackling..."
"We need the DEA to update its regulations to allow safe, comprehensive take-back programs across our country."
"The vast majority of Americans currently dispose of unwanted medicines by throwing them in the trash or by flushing them down the toilet or sink."
"Since 1997, when I first came to the Senate, the number of the accidental deaths from drugs in Maine has increased almost tenfold."