Here is a good piece of advice from the pharmacist - never just throw unwanted meds in the trash. You never know who will pick them up and who can ingest them. Drug overdoses happen all the time and they can be fatal. You never want to be the reason why a pill finds it's way into a child or an addicts hands and causes them to end up in the hospital.

Drug take back programs are becoming more and more popular and help people easily dispose of their unwanted medications safely. The government along with doctors and pharmacists highly recommend disposing of your unwanted meds through a take-back program, sometimes even your local pharmacy has a permanent drop-off point.