# confiscated contraband **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 23, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confiscated-contraband/150402 "2003-01-23T07:31:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rehabbr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d26b3c/32.png) [@rehabbr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rehabbr)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confiscated-contraband/150402/1 "2003-01-23T07:31:46Z")
so what (should) happen(s) to the confiscated dope? someone burns it, i suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confiscated-contraband/150402/2 "2003-01-23T08:28:36Z")
And the column being referenced is, [Can concert promoters legally search you for drugs and booze?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_151.html) I would guess that they just turn the stuff over to the cops, who then dispose of it properly. What the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation does with their confiscated illegal substances. [http://www.ardmoreite.com/stories/070101/new\_osbi.shtml](http://www.ardmoreite.com/stories/070101/new_osbi.shtml) > [@](#): > > Koch said the agency has taken more precautions to ensure confiscated drugs are disposed of properly. > > ‘‘We have increased the number of criminalists who watch the process from start to finish,’’ she said. > > Now, six to 10 OSBI representatives go to the site instead of three, she said. > > Employees follow the same process to destroy the items as before. Once the drugs arrive on the site, employees shred them and mix them with concrete, officials said. > > After the mixture hardens, it is buried in the landfill, Koch said.