Sec. 3. Opioid consumer abuse reduction program
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Section 302 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 822 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Attorney General shall establish a national take-back program for the safe and environmentally responsible disposal of controlled substances. In establishing the take-back program required under paragraph (1), the Attorney General— shall consult with the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and may coordinate with States, law enforcement agencies, water resource management agencies, manufacturers, practitioners, pharmacists, public health entities, transportation and incineration service contractors, and other entities and individuals, as appropriate.
The take-back program established under paragraph (1)— shall— ensure appropriate geographic distribution so as to provide— reasonably convenient and equitable access to permanent take-back locations, including not less than 1 disposal site for every 25,000 residents and not less than 1 physical disposal site per town, city, county, or other unit of local government, where possible; and periodic collection events and mail-back programs, including public notice of such events and programs, as a supplement to the permanent take-back locations described in subclause (I), particularly in areas in which the provision of access to such locations at the level described in that subclause is not possible; establish a process for the accurate cataloguing and reporting of the quantities of controlled substances collected; and include a public awareness campaign and education of practitioners and pharmacists; and may work in coordination with State and locally implemented public and private take-back programs.
From time to time, beginning in the second calendar year that begins after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the general fund of the Treasury an amount equal to one-half of the total amount of taxes collected under section 4192 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the Attorney General to carry out this subsection. Amounts transferred under this subparagraph shall remain available until expended. . From time to time, beginning in the second calendar year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the general fund of the Treasury an amount equal to one-half of the total amount of taxes collected under section 4192 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this Act, to the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for programs of the Center, including the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse program under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.) and Programs of Regional and National Significance.
Amounts transferred under this subsection shall remain available until expended.
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