# I dropped my bottle of Adderall off a balcony, a guy below took off with it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 9, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083 "2015-06-09T17:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/1 "2015-06-09T17:18:53Z")
This has been a terrible start for the day. I accidentally dropped my June supply of Adderall from the second floor of the casino where I play professional poker. It was $50! Some asshole on the first floor scooped it up and walked away. I guess I wasn’t all the way awake. I took my morning dose standing near a rail, when I tried to screw the top back on, I lost grip. The bottle bounced once on the floor and then it went through the rail bars onto the floor below. There’s a shitload of cameras of course, and security could probably track down the guy. The thing is that A. I’m uncomfortable with security knowing that I carry around a controlled substance. B. That I’m on psych meds. I’m not liked by the casino authorities for reasons I rather not go into. I don’t want to give them more ammo, if they are plotting to kick me out. F me! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/2 "2015-06-09T18:12:28Z")
You play poker professionally and you worry about a $50 loss? 😕 You may be in for a serious shock someday. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/3 "2015-06-09T18:39:06Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > I’m uncomfortable with security knowing that I carry around a controlled substance. B. That I’m on psych meds. I’m not liked by the casino authorities for reasons I rather not go into. I don’t want to give them more ammo, if they are plotting to kick me out. > > F me! Is the prescription for you? If so, there’s nothing they can do about it & they’re hardly going to kick you out for having a reasonable treatment for a medical condition. If not, that’s what, maybe 5 - 10 pills or so? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/4 "2015-06-09T18:44:00Z")
If the casino wants to kick you out, they don’t need to plot or have a reason. It’s a private business; they just tell you to leave. But as long as you’re playing their games, giving them money, and not scaring away the other customers, they’re going to let you stay. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/5 "2015-06-09T18:53:22Z")
So, you managed to get the top back on before you dropped the bottle, or somehow, despite dropping two stories, pills didn’t go flying everywhere when it hit the floor, and some guy, presumably thinking “Hey, pills from heaven!” just scooped it up instantaneously, without even looking to see what it was, and you, for whatever reason, didn’t attempt to get his attention. OK, I won’t argue. Why, however, don’t you want to discuss why you’re in dutch with the casino? It’s not like anyone here knows who you really are, and it sounds more interesting than the pill story. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/6 "2015-06-09T18:55:53Z")
Cool story, bro. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/7 "2015-06-09T19:03:22Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Why, however, don’t you want to discuss why you’re in dutch with the casino? It’s not like anyone here knows who you really are, and it sounds more interesting than the pill story. I bet it’s because [that scofflaw litterbug he’s been tracking down](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=759018) has friends in high places. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/8 "2015-06-09T19:21:12Z")
Huh… and I thought it was the amphetamine litter scooper that has friends in high places. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/9 "2015-06-09T19:28:14Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > You play poker professionally and you worry about a $50 loss? 😕 > > You may be in for a serious shock someday. To be fair, he just said professional, he didn’t say he was good. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/10 "2015-06-09T19:31:41Z")
[Guy on 1st floor] _Hit me again! Hit me, hit me!_ ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/11 "2015-06-09T19:32:51Z")
You play poker in a casino and you worry about much of anything? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/12 "2015-06-09T21:13:28Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Cool story, bro. Yeah, I’ll keep an eye on The Moth for it. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/13 "2015-06-09T21:21:12Z")
So how much did you get for it? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/14 "2015-06-09T22:37:09Z")
Whatever you do, don’t show up at the ER and tell them that story expecting to get a refill! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/15 "2015-06-09T23:00:07Z")
This has GOT to be one of the “best” stories I ever heard. :dubious: :rolleyes: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/16 "2015-06-09T23:05:14Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > I play professional poker. I’m gonna give you this tip free of charge. You have a tell. When you’re bluffing, you post on messageboards. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/17 "2015-06-10T01:51:15Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > When you’re bluffing, you post on messageboards. Golf clap. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/18 "2015-06-10T11:14:07Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’m gonna give you this tip free of charge. > > You have a tell. > > When you’re bluffing, you post on messageboards. Schools are out for summer already, eh? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/19 "2015-06-10T16:13:42Z")
Gosh. I hope OP hasn’t been evicted from the casino for littering. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083/20 "2015-06-11T22:04:35Z")
Instead of a rail, next time hang your pillbox over someplace safe, such as a grate, an aquarium, or a flowing river. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dropped-my-bottle-of-adderall-off-a-balcony-a-guy-below-took-off-with-it/722083.md?page=2)