I’ve heard people say this about something that is a waste of money, “You might as well just flush your money down a toilet.”

That isn’t always the best way to dispose of something – even excess money.

Recently there was a major national “event” where people take back and dispose of drugs free of charge. It was supposed to have something to do with publicity. Since I am constantly trying to be the most up-to-date of anyone who prescribes psychotropic drugs, I have to conclude that the publicity is unlikely to have been extremely effective.  My patients sometimes exchanges prescriptions with friends or family — or steal them — and when I tell people they are only intended for the person whose name is written on the label, they get angry at me. Read more on Disposing Of Old Prescriptions Is Tricky…