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Could also mean people are throwing them down the drain. Seems that standard issue for post op pain prescription here in PNW is 20 oxy. I don't know anyone who
by mmaunder 8y ago
Could also mean people are throwing them down the drain. Seems that standard issue for post op pain prescription here in PNW is 20 oxy. I don't know anyone who has taken more than a few. 20 is a lot.
- freeflight 8y ago> I don't know anyone who has taken more than a few. You don't need to know people who "take more than a few" for them to actually exist. At this point, the opiate problem in the US is pretty much an established fact and most certainly does not boil down to people just washing their spares down the drain.
- mmaunder 8y agoThe article says we have oxy in the ocean. I'm exploring possible causes.
- patmorgan23 8y agoI think the above commenter was trying to emphasize how much oxy that is rather than trying to deny the opiad crisis.
- empath75 8y agoI think he’s just saying that some reasonably large amount are just thrown away. Not most or all. I threw away at least 20 or 30 after my appendectomy.
- taurath 8y agoI dunno, with as many needles that are found around parks here nowadays, I'd bet a fair amount of people are chucking them into the ocean.
- drb91 8y agoHell it could just be someone accidentally dropped an entire stash of fentanyl in the bay.
- dluan 8y agoIt's not the drain, it's your pee. Most drugs don't get fully utilized in your body, so it gets flushed out when you flush your poop.
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- umanwizard 8y agoMaybe I'm misunderstanding something fundamental, but why would you flush pills down the drain, as opposed to just throwing them in the garbage?
- oasisbob 8y agoFor the same reason you'd shred sensitive documents instead of just throwing them out. If you're a government agency giving advice on discarding potentially scheduled pharmaceuticals, advising people to flush them is an easy way to make sure diversion is no longer a concern.