How to dispose of old medicines -- DON'T FLUSH!

[shekkara]

A year or two back I tried to find out how to dispose of old prescription drugs. I didn't want to put them down the toilet. I've read enough articles about water testing to know how contaminated our water has become with discarded drugs. Need tylenol? Just drink some spring water. So when I called pharmacies asking about disposing drugs, I was less

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[rmeidaking]

I buried some back in the woods a year or so ago, after crumbling the capsules. Was that bad? I figured it was sort of like going into an extremely local landfill.

[djinnthespazz]

Thanks, this is good info to have. I think I'll post a copy to my med cab.