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>> I don't think it's the police's business. This should be a program through your Dr's office or the health department.
I think the police insert themselves too much into a private citizen's life. It's not a crime to have meds prescribed to you.
This is only my opinion.
@beadweaver: I think the reason the police are involved is that often times many drugs are controlled substances containing opiates and other addictive ingredients. It is a matter of public safety that they don't fall into the wrong hands and prescription drugs are under the control of the Feds. Since the Feds don't have local offices they ask law enforcement to get involved.I don't have a problem with it, I doubt it involves any law enforcement that are not already doing desk work so it isn't like they are taking them off patrols.
@Chrisinkingwood:
The point I'm making is it shouldn't be the police, it should be the pharmaceutical industry. They dole em out, they should have a return policy.
I sometimes have to take a pain pill. If I need some, I have to pay 5 bucks for a triplicate prescription. One goes to DPS. They can demand my doc do a blood test. If my drugs are not in my system as prescribed or I have something else in my system they can arrest me. My doc knows I only take em as last resort even though she prescribes up to 4 a day but I'm lucky if I take 1/2 of four a week.
I am not committing a crime, they need to leave me alone.
I have taken pills to my doc and she has disposed of them. It was easy and fast.
@beadweaver: Hey BW... Big Pharmaceutical companies have offices all over the world, not here in Houston. The idea is that since many drugs are controlled by the Federal gov. and can be dangerous in the wrong hands (just like guns or explosives...) that police and sheriff stations be a safe place to take the unwanted stuff to. It isn't a federal mandate, just a plan to help folks get rid of old drugs that could be dangerous and you don't want them dumping them into the water/sewer supply system.I still have many drugs from my parents stint with Home Hospice, like Morphine and other very strong drugs. I could easily take them there with no questions asked or I could dump them in the Lake Houston... Which is better? Personally, I'm keeping them just in case....
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