It's National Prescription Drug Takeback day today!
4Hi, today is also National Prescription Drug Takeback day, where you can turn in all of your unused & expired prescriptions at a location near you for safe disposal.
Here’s the link to help you find a location near you:
https://apps.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/SEARCH-NTBI
For more information:
https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html
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I asked at CVS- I have to take it 11 miles to the police station. Fuck that. Anyone want some discount oxycodone? Just kidding DEA folks.
I’m lucky. A Walgreen’s by me has had a disposal box for a while.
This is so helpful. People sometimes add drugs to the landfill or flush them down the toilet where they can get in our drinking water.
I prefer to sell mine on the street corner.
jk
@kdemo
Yeah…me too.
@kdemo Maybe we can trade?
@kdemo FDA actually recommends flushing a number of drugs:
https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/EnsuringSafeUseofMedicine/SafeDisposalofMedicines/ucm576167.htm
My local precinct is about a mile away and I can take stuff there, but why?
@baqui63 I was trying to find info on this and found a different recommendation- put your stuff in a ziplock bag with dirt and toss it in the trash.
@baqui63 @sammydog01 Here’s some more info from the FDA that includes that info among other things:
https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm101653.htm
https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/EnsuringSafeUseofMedicine/SafeDisposalofMedicines/ucm186187.htm
@dashcloud I followed that link and found out I can flush the stuff I was worried about. Thanks!
@dashcloud @sammydog01 Did you read the rationale behind their “Ok to flush” recommendations? It boils down to “the good of the few over the good of the many.”
It’s probably better to just sell the stuff, making it simply “the good of the few” (you getting the $$$ and Jeb* getting the fix).
*Please replace “Jeb” as appropriate with your own generic addict name.
@baqui63 Getting arrested is not good for me.
@sammydog01 Agreed, but if you’re getting arrested you’re doing it wrongly.*
*This is correct (English) grammar, right? If so, why does it feel/sound wrong?
@baqui63 Just swing on by my house and search my trash. You can have it for free.