# Unused Prescription Medication, Can you donate?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unused-prescription-medication-can-you-donate/494261>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 24, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unused-prescription-medication-can-you-donate/494261 "2009-04-24T20:06:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unused-prescription-medication-can-you-donate/494261/21 "2009-04-26T03:06:49Z")

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> [@Rigamarole](#):
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> Oh yeah. Those have a high black market value, and in that market, people don’t care about the source of the meds.

Yeah, but I really can’t see myself going back to drug dealing after all these years… 😉

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**Author:** ![Tafftastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tafftastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tafftastic)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unused-prescription-medication-can-you-donate/494261/22 "2013-09-06T22:29:09Z")

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Someusername: please get in touch with me iam 68 years an have lost my script and am in pain i have been ripped of twice by people i thought i could trust i shuold have know better at my ,you wil be doing some good and easeing my pain and restoreing my faith in humanity thanks please contacte me a.s.a.p thanks

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unused-prescription-medication-can-you-donate/494261/23 "2013-09-06T22:33:26Z")

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> [@Tafftastic](#):
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> Someusername: please get in touch with me iam 68 years an have lost my script and am in pain i have been ripped of twice by people i thought i could trust i shuold have know better at my ,you wil be doing some good and easeing my pain and restoreing my faith in humanity thanks please contacte me a.s.a.p thanks

That was three and a half years ago. Someusername hasn’t even been around for the last 2 years.

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**Author:** ![Tafftastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tafftastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tafftastic)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unused-prescription-medication-can-you-donate/494261/24 "2013-09-06T22:40:20Z")

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Thanks for pointing that out i didnt have glasses on i knew it was to good to be true

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unused-prescription-medication-can-you-donate/494261/25 "2013-09-06T23:11:54Z")

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Since the situation in the OP has no doubt been resolved several years ago, I’m closing this.

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