Getting rid of N

[Intelligent_Panic99]

Another post made me think of this but I didn't want to hijack that person's post. Anyway if (and this is a big if) I wanted to get rid of N (I am not there but I may need to at some point if I can't bring myself to take it). How would I do it? I am assuming I wouldn't pour it down a drain. Also, I am not giving it someone and being an active participant in their death. I am very much for people doing what they want, but I don't think I could live with that.

I am bipolar which for me means I have moments of clarity where I don't want to die (now) and sometimes months long moments of darkness where ctb is all I can think about (why I bought the N). And then there's mania where I might just drink the stuff impulsively which is not what I want.

 

[befree]

Keep it in a safe place. You never know if and when you need it.

 

[6ftunder]

Another post made me think of this but I didn't want to hijack that person's post. Anyway if (and this is a big if) I wanted to get rid of N (I am not there but I may need to at some point if I can't bring myself to take it). How would I do it? I am assuming I wouldn't pour it down a drain. Also, I am not giving it someone and being an active participant in their death. I am very much for people doing what they want, but I don't think I could live with that.

I am bipolar which for me means I have moments of clarity where I don't want to die (now) and sometimes months long moments of darkness where ctb is all I can think about (why I bought the N). And then there's mania where I might just drink the stuff impulsively which is not what I want.

If you make progress with how you're feeling towards life and decide to get rid of it, I would suggest dropping it off at a pharmacy or hospital.

 

[Cathy Ames]

Personally, what I would do is pour it into a sealed or sealable type container with clay cat litter and send it to the landfill. I would use a plastic bottle with a cap or a metal coffee can with a lid (and tape the lid shut). In either case I would put the container inside of a zip-lock type bag. This is not a perfectly "green" solution but will keep it out of the water supply and also prevent someone else from being able to use it.

 

[Interloper]

Just drop it off at some pharmacy, they'll know what to do with it. Do it a couple of towns over if you're paranoid.

 

[YourNeighbor]

Just drop it off at some pharmacy, they'll know what to do with it. Do it a couple of towns over if you're paranoid.

Second this. Most pharmacies allow people to drop off unused/unwanted drugs. Take the labels off beforehand off course, but I wouldn't worry about anyone trying to track you down. After all, many prescription meds dropped off by anyone other than the patient are controlled substances too. These take-back programs are not set up as gotchas or sting operations, otherwise they would not work. Also, your local pharmacy is not a law enforcement agency.

 

[Seeking_Peace]

Might as well keep it. If it's any good pharmacy will make $ off it.

 

[hush hush]

Another post made me think of this but I didn't want to hijack that person's post. Anyway if (and this is a big if) I wanted to get rid of N (I am not there but I may need to at some point if I can't bring myself to take it). How would I do it? I am assuming I wouldn't pour it down a drain. Also, I am not giving it someone and being an active participant in their death. I am very much for people doing what they want, but I don't think I could live with that.

I am bipolar which for me means I have moments of clarity where I don't want to die (now) and sometimes months long moments of darkness where ctb is all I can think about (why I bought the N). And then there's mania where I might just drink the stuff impulsively which is not what I want.

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[YourNeighbor]

Might as well keep it. If it's any good pharmacy will make $ off it.

No, pharmacies (at least in developed countries) will not resell drugs that random people bring in. Consider the potential liability and the uncertainty that whatever is brought in is safe or is actually labelled correctly.

Drug take back programs are either just a public charity provided by the pharmacy, or more likely part of a publicly funded unwanted drug destruction program funded by government and for which the pharmacy makes no real profit but may recover costs.

 

[Intelligent_Panic99]

If you make progress with how you're feeling towards life and decide to get rid of it, I would suggest dropping it off at a pharmacy or hospital.

Do you think there would be any ramifications of this? I am in the US and N is illegal

Second this. Most pharmacies allow people to drop off unused/unwanted drugs. Take the labels off beforehand off course, but I wouldn't worry about anyone trying to track you down. After all, many prescription meds dropped off by anyone other than the patient are controlled substances too. These take-back programs are not set up as gotchas or sting operations, otherwise they would not work. Also, your local pharmacy is not a law enforcement agency.

will I have to tell them what it is? There is no label.

 

[YourNeighbor]

will I have to tell them what it is? There is no label.

I wouldn't, doubt anyone would ask. You can always walk by the pharmacy first without the N and look to see if there is simply a drop box. If it is monitored, you can ask if you can drop something off you think is in an old medicine bottle but you don't know what it is. Can even make up a story about cleaning out your late great aunt's medicine cabinet, or whatever, if you are asked (doubt anyone would).

The pharmacy will not place you under oath, they are not in the business of doing criminal investigations.

 

[onlyanimalsaregood]

Just drop it off at some pharmacy, they'll know what to do with it. Do it a couple of towns over if you're paranoid.

It seems to me the best option.

The pharmacy will not place you under oath, they are not in the business of doing criminal investigations

Indeed. You can rest assured that they'll not and cannot do anything to you.

 

[Cathy Ames]

Do you think there would be any ramifications of this? I am in the US and N is illegal

will I have to tell them what it is? There is no label.

Where I live, there are specific, designated "take back" days, which definitely are no questions asked and (as far as I know) safe. Personally, I would not feel comfortable walking into a pharmacy on any given random day and having the necessary conversations to hand over an unmarked bottle of liquid. [I'd be fine doing that with a prescription bottle with my own name on it.] For N, I would either wait for a "take back" day or dispose of it as I described above. If I wanted to get rid of it ASAP, I would not wait for a "take back" day.

 

[Tapir]

In the US some police stations, fire departments or hospitals have places where you can drop off old medicines. In my experience these drop offs aren't staffed, it's just a secure box in a foyer that you can put stuff in but not get it out. If you locate one of those, you can drop it off there.

 

[Intelligent_Panic99]

In the US some police stations, fire departments or hospitals have places where you can drop off old medicines. In my experience these drop offs aren't staffed, it's just a secure box in a foyer that you can put stuff in but not get it out. If you locate one of those, you can drop it off there.

I looked in my area and most of the drop off boxes that accept controlled substances are in police stations. Makes me a little nervous - but I am sure it's like you said and no one will see me

 

[Tapir]

I can totally understand the nerves - I wish they could be places other than police stations.

If you can accept my very small sample size, I once dropped off a not-small quantity of prescription vet-meds that were not prescribed to me at a box like this in a police station. They were the original bottles that never had patient labels (from the vet) on them. Absolutely no one cared. I found the location on the internet, went with a friend, dropped them in the box, never thought about it again until I read your post.

Take care.

 

[YourNeighbor]

I looked in my area and most of the drop off boxes that accept controlled substances are in police stations. Makes me a little nervous - but I am sure it's like you said and no one will see me

The police station may just be so that no one tries to rob the box, and because police may have authority to handle ilicit substances and destroy them.

These boxes are not set up as traps. If they were, they would 1 - immediately be ineffective, because word would get out, and 2 - in any case only trap those people LEOs have little interest in--small time possessors of illegal drugs who are trying to destroy them/turn them in.

 

[TheBroken]

Just don't pour it down the drain - waste treatment plants do not filter out such things very well and it will end up downstream of the city's plant.

 

[UpandDownPrincess]

I'd go with the landfill. Mixed with kitty litter is best.

This is what the hospice programs around here do with all dangerous drugs after a death.

 

[Zegers]

Don't do it, consider it a life insurance policy for when you need to use it. you have a key in your hands.

 

[whatevs]

Shit's expensive, I would stash it somewhere. If you're not going to drink it, it will just become a grim souvenir.

 

[Chronic]

Mail it to me?

 

[Alex6216]

Do you think there would be any ramifications of this? I am in the US and N is illegal

you should keep it and give it to someone else in the US, near you, if one ever asks. You also could just use it as actual medicine, 3ml of it would be enough to make you sleep if you have sleeping problems assuming 200ml has 6.3g of it

 

[Lost Magic]

I'm sorry but the dropping the illegal N substance to the pharmacy sounds ludicrous to me. The kitty litter in the landfill sounds like a better option. What a waste though.