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Where to dispose of syringes?

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llama112

llama112

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I have a friend who IMs ketamine, but she is not sure how to dispose of syringes when she is done with them. Obviously throwing them in the garbage is not an option. So where could she dispose of them? Right now she just has a couple lying around her apartment which is also not very safe. So any ideas?

Location: Canada :p
 
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if she doesn't have a disposable bio-hazards bin then the next best thing is to throw them into an empty coke bottle or something similar, a sealed container, until she knows of a bio-hazard bin, at a hospital for instance, where she can drop them.
 
You can buy those bio-hazard needle bins at most pharmacies, my grandfather uses them for his insulin needles. Once she fills up the bin, you can bring it back to the pharmacy and they will dispose of it.

disposition has a solid idea though, a coke bottle or some sort of sealed container would suffice for the time being until she can find another place to get rid of them.
 
As above stated, people will bend over backwards to give you an appropriate means of syringe disposal. Please do not do anything short of putting them in a Bio-Hazard container.
 
She is worried that people will know that they aren't for something "legal" ... so like she can't drop them off at hospitals, pharmacies, etc. (at least I don't think so).
 
Just to give some additional options other then the ones already given and to add some additional info to another, My best suggestion would be to purchase from you local pharmacy a sharps bin. When you purchase one (and they are OTC, they usually have them near the pharmacy counter and you don't need anything special or anything to prove why you need to buy one, there are instruction inside as to how to dispose of them once filled. You can ask the pharmacy if they have one that you can dispose of some used needles as most have one since almost all are giving Flu shots so they most certainly have bins there that I am sure they would let you deposit into. Also most local First Aid Squads have a don't ask don't tell policy an would probably let you deposit them into their bins on their ambulances. Most if not all medical offices (local Dr's or Clinics), Methadone clinics, Alot of areas have needle exchange clinics especially in major cities. There are a ton of places. Just make sure your do dispose of them properly. The problem with disposing them in soda cans is that even if they are in the can they can still be picked up and gotten to fairly easily. So I would say just seriously look for a place to get rid of them properly right from the beginning. What state do you live in OP? I have been doing some searching for you, and it's very possible that your state may have a program where you can have a free container sent to you, and disposal services also free. Let me know and I will reply right away with some more info for you.

Best regards,

Pain
 
llama112 said:
She is worried that people will know that they aren't for something "legal" ... so like she can't drop them off at hospitals, pharmacies, etc. (at least I don't think so).
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Most places have a don't ask don't tell policy. Even if they didn't they would not be able to pursue any kind of legal action if it were for illicit drug use as they have no proof that it was her that the sharps were from and with out breaking the seal on the sharps container, and testing the substance inside the syringe and then some how testing the needle for her DNA, they really would have no way to prove who used the needle. Not to mention that its a huge cost to them to do, you have to realize that they arent going to be wanting to go after the users, they would want to go after the dealers, so the chances of them going through all that are slim to none. But that having been said, Im going to bet if you give me the state, I'll be able to find you a free container and disposal method (well atleast I can try) I have found a few but I don't know if it covers where she lives.
 
GarageFlower said:
I think you can pick them up from the doctors.
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It's highly doubtful that doctors offices will have them on hand to give out unless they are diabetes specialists. Most doctors will tell you to either go to your local pharmacy to purchase them or they will tell you to contact the manufacturer of the insulin and they will generally provide you with free containers providing you can prove that you are infact taking their brand of insulin. It's sort of like Fentanyl pain patches made by mylan, they will provide free of charge adhesive patch covers to allow the pain patches to stay on without falling off BUT you need to provide them proof via the lot number and exp date before they will send them. Obviously they want to insure your purchasing their product before they will send you anything free to work with their product.
 
you can always take them to the hospital, and they will take them from you, no questions asked.

Put them in plastic milk jugs marked HOME SHARPS in marker, and tape the lid on. You are good to go then, totally legal.
 
muvolution said:
you can always take them to the hospital, and they will take them from you, no questions asked.

Put them in plastic milk jugs marked HOME SHARPS in marker, and tape the lid on. You are good to go then, totally legal.
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In most places this is the way to go if you can't take them to a pharmacy.

It really does depend on your local and/or state laws, though.
 
Yes, to clarify, I'm in Canada. I don't really understand what these things are, like just boxes that you can put needles in? I can get that easily at a pharmacy?
 
Yes. It's a little orange container, similar to ones you might see at a hospital. They should sell them at just about any pharamacy or drug store. They are commonly purchased by diabetics for insulin needle storage.
 
llama112 said:
Yes, to clarify, I'm in Canada. I don't really understand what these things are, like just boxes that you can put needles in? I can get that easily at a pharmacy?
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This is what they look like.

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I PMed her a link to http://www.peelregion.ca/pw/waste/hhw/sharp-facts.htm not sure if that close to where she is but being in Canada they have a national sharps law and the DPW there is required by law to give people sharps containers if they need them and they can drop them off once full at a waste facility site providing that site will take bio hazardous waste. llama112, if you need more information, just let me know, I can get you more information as I found a number of places in Canada that offer this. Since you openly placed where you are from in this post I am not comfortable posting the information in here. As you can imagine since your location was not readily available before you put it in your post, I was not comfortable releasing that information to the thread. Hope you can appreciate that :)

http://www.peelregion.ca/scripts/waste/waste-search.pl?action=search&query=Syringe
 
This thread has gone far enough. I'm going to close it now.

painenduser, if you've PMed llama there's no need to re-post it in the thread as well...
 
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