Comments on: Millions In Pills - Going Down The Drain

At Nursing Homes, Brand New Medications Flushed Away

[pollroller1]

To hear a story like this is realy devasting, I have a brother in a rest home,He is getting ss disability,I have been figting a battle for years getting the drugs he needs with the amount of money he draws,because he can''''t pay a $2,400 bill I was told my brother would not get his medication, Then I hear things on the news with all the waste, Right now I can''''t say I''''m happy to be an american.
Posted by ginnylou3 at 10:59 AM : Apr 12, 2008
I am truly sorry to hear about your brother. I wonder if the pharmaceutical companies are behind this so they can make more profits. It wouldn''t surprise me one bit.

[ginnylou3]

To hear a story like this is realy devasting, I have a brother in a rest home,He is getting ss disability,I have been figting a battle for years getting the drugs he needs with the amount of money he draws,because he can''t pay a $2,400 bill I was told my brother would not get his medication, Then I hear things on the news with all the waste, Right now I can''t say I''m happy to be an american.

[hotpaulie]

God bless America???

[pollroller1]

Hey y''all, this is America. This is how we do things here in the home of the brave, land of the free. hahahaha

[ssakoian]

Dumping into the water supply certainly is pollution. Burning them, returning them to the manufacturer or pharmacy for destruction? Recycling? Thing is, all this talk about "giving them to the poor" - good intentioned as it is, is a risk as well. If the drugs were to be tampered with prior to distribution, you have another problem, a potential lawsuit. Dumping down the toilet is the easiest way, but the fact is, it has long term hazardous results - pollution and who knows what else for animals, plants, fish, people.

[fridak-2009]

Out here in the west there are fish that are developing dual *** characteristics because of the high levels of drugs in the water. A lot of this is because of what is excreted in urine, but adding to it by flushing meds does not make sense. There has to be a better way.

[antizion]

Then that toxic *** winds up in our water supply. Where is the EPA when we need them? Putting fluoride in your water to keep you a zombie so you don''t rise up and demand legitimate government. Stalin did the fluoride trick in his labor camps for the same reason.

[swwils]

I will bet the farm,that they aren''t flushing narcotics.Those are either going home or to the dope man.My brother was an inspector for the state,he use to go to theses facilities and check out the patients and how they were being cared for.His team found many bagged up prescription drugs,and needles heading out the door with maintenance workers,nurses,and aides.They even busted a director of one home that was over ordering the medicine,and selling it right out of the facility.

[truth-hurts]

STEP DOWN OBAMA

THE TRUTH IS OUT!!

AND IT''S NOT ABOUT BITTER VOTERS, ITS ABOUT THE WORKING CLASS, SMALL TOWNS, RURAL AMERICA, RELIGION AND GUNS

[w0074]

Back in the day when I use to be a RCRA inspector (Resource Conservation Recovery Act) for my state, throwing drugs down the drain could constitute potential violations, if the drugs were hazardous. Another aspect of throwing drugs down the drain is the bioaccumulation of drugs in the environment and the potential bioaccumulation of pharmaceutical drugs in drinking water. You good people are possibly looking at a potential violation that is documented in this video. I don%u2019t know what New Orleans state laws would accommodate this as a violation, never less I know that most pharmacy%u2019s and hospitals%u2019 that I have inspected have a program where they return the drugs back to the manufacture (recycling or proper disposal). Hence, the pharmaceuticals companies could redistribute the drugs to the poor and it%u2019s a win, win situation for every one and the environment.