Amy Cameron

But the BIGGEST reason I started reading up on this tonight, is I just cleaned out my freezer tonight and found two alza 36 tablets in the bottom of the freezer. There is NO reason why those should be there. My youngest son stopped taking the script about a year ago, and I still had some left in the bottle — should have known better.

My Step-son was over about a month ago, and I overheard a conversation he had on the phone with the daughter of a friend of his mother’s (confused yet) that was living with them. She was trying to get a hold of Concerta, as she was “needing it” to help study for a test. I suspect that he had gotten some from his brother’s old script bottle, and when I confronted him about the conversation, must have “dumped” the pills in the bottom of the freezer to get later.

Needless to say, I told him that if I caught him with the pills, or found out that he was either “supplying” or “giving” the pills to others, that he would find out just how much of a “wicked step-mother” I could be, as I would not have a problem having him arrested for “dealing.” Yes, it is a little (no, a lot) extreme, but it could “wake him up” before he ends up killing someone. Truth be told, he really is a good kid, but his mother has absolutely no common sense when it comes to raising kids. Not only that, I have five other kids, and three grandkids I need to worry about as well.

Well, short story long, in answer to many posts questions, contact your local drug rehab organization. They would be more than happy to direct you on where to safely drop off the old meds. Hospitals, pharmacies, police stations, etc. may also have a system in place as well to properly dispose of them.

While grassroots efforts are great, we need the USEPA and the FDA and DEA to provide consistent guidance to these outposts acting on their own with just determination and meager anecdotal guidance.