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Old 08-14-2025, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by juddfl View Post
I go to the police station on Rt. 466 and pick up DisposeRx. It is a powder that solidfies like cement. Just open the pill bottle, add 2/3 full with warm water, add the DisposeRx powder, shake for 30 seconds and it will become hard like cement in 10 minutes. Then just put the bottle in trash. I keep extra at home for when I need to safely dispose of a prescription.
If it goes in the trash after being hardened why not just put in trash to be incinerated? I do not think folks here will go thru my garbage looking for medicinal drugs.