So, every now and then, and especially when I'm homeless, I tend to wander the streets at night and have a nice little look inside the local pharmacies' dumpsters. I know that the odds are always very slim for finding anything, much less something fun, but still....

My best luck has always come from the CVS pharmacy's dumpster. Just about every other empty bottle is Oxy or moprhine or hydros. Unfortunately that's all they are: empty.

but!

there's always a few pills at the bottom of the bag that must have...fallen out? I don't know. The best I ever came up with was a 7.5/500 vicodin and the rest of the pills are invariably cholesterol lowering pills.

But I've got to wonder...why are there any pills there at all? How do they dispose of the pills that allows for some to fall through? Is there any way to maximize the chances of getting something good? Like, certain times?

My hope is that one day I'll find an oxy 20 or 40, rail it right there and fall asleep in the dumpster. :)

anyone have any experience, opinions, suggestions, flames, completely unrelated comments, random images, prose, poetry, anecdotes, statistics, free drugs, etc?

lulziest post in a long while for sure haha

I went to a friends house last night and whenever I walked in the room... About 35 huge pill bottles caught my eye. I asked my homeboy which pharmacy he robbed. I started reading on the 500ct bottles, hydromorphone; morphine sulphate IR's; xanax; valium; methadone. My friend told me he went through the pharmacy dumpster and got all of the pill bottles to scrape them with a card. He said he got about 2 pills worth of powder out of each bottle. So we sat there and scraped and scraped and he let me keep the scrapings out of 6 bottles: one was a Valium 10mg; Hydromorphone 2mg; Hydromorphone 4mg; Ms-ir 30mg; Ms-ir 15mg; Percocet 10's... I wound up with about 5 grams of powder, which I snorted on and nodded away the whole day.

Just thought I would let all you guys know if you scrape a 500ct empty bottle of Dilaudid 4 or 8's you will get about 2-3 pills worth of residue.


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I think I'll try that tonight...what the hell? why not. I can't believe I didn't think of that. but I guess I haven't sunk that low yet. oh well, the night is still young!

from same thread:

Growfh is right, they do throw away any pills that hit the floor. However he left out that at a pharmacy there are two types of trash....the regular kind and the kind that gets picked up at the end of each day (the cans with blue liners in them). Those are where they (are supposed to at least) put any pills that hit the floor or that might be chipped alittle, along with any paper containing private information of customers.

does anyone have any information about these other trash cans? where do they put them? what time do they get picked up? how well are they guarded? why haven't I seen them before?

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controlled substances are supposed to be destroyed in front of a witness. you probably got a pill that fell and the cleaners swept up.

then why would it be in the same bag as all the empty bottles? if a cleaner sweeps it up, im sure it goes in the "random trash" bag, not the "empty pharm bottles" bag

SwIm did this just to see what WAS in the plastic bags outside of the dumpster.
Lots of scraps of paper & coffee cups and some pills in the bottom of the bag.
Some empty pill bottles of Morphine etc.

The pills were mixed up in the floor sweepings so I guess thats how they ended up in there.
I never figured out what they were, puttem aside, then threw them out.

After about 2 weeks of checking the plastic bags they stopped leaving them beside the bins & now put them inside the locked dumpster.
Probably for the best now.

Oh there was odd makeup, testers & other retail items swIm gave to a chick.

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Shut up, steve-o.

why does everyone tell steve-o to shut up? did i miss something?

Hmm scraping out the empty pill bottles seems like a good idea if it's as simple as it sounds. Don't they have cameras in back of those places though? I'm sure they would...er...frown upon such behavior...

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Dude you're homeless? What the fuck?

There's a dumpster INSIDE the building that the pharmacy will use to dispose of pills.

some shitheads bring in old pills for disposal too

I am sometimes

I was once dumpster diving wilst on a lot of valium, me and a buddy found one of those 7 day, pop top pill holders, but it was a 28 container thing... so a months worth of pills... we never opened it, and then lost it... fuck valium.

Damnit!

But yeah, I found dozens of hydromorphone bottles, and that being an instant release pill, there is inevitably powder washed off from pills stuck to the inside of the bottles.

If I had have taken like 5-10 HM bottles and cleaned them out well... I am sure I would have got a fat line of HM out of the deal... look for pill bottles for highly potent instant release opiates... and started a coloured powder collection.

hahahhaa.

once there was a poster called simply "Steve". a meme (to an extent) started on totse of telling him to "Shut up, Steve." whenever he said something. he has subsequently left and a year later, some bright spark has pinned the unfortunate meme on another innocent steve :p

hahahhaa.

once there was a poster called simply "Steve". a meme (to an extent) started on totse of telling him to "Shut up, Steve." whenever he said something. he has subsequently left and a year later, some bright spark has pinned the unfortunate meme on another innocent steve :p

That would be needmoney.

hahahhaa.

once there was a poster called simply "Steve". a meme (to an extent) started on totse of telling him to "Shut up, Steve." whenever he said something. he has subsequently left and a year later, some bright spark has pinned the unfortunate meme on another innocent steve :p

got it, thanks for the update.

When a pharm tech drops anything on the floor it has to be thrown away in a small bio-hazard bag and recorded. Just look for those bags and hope someone dropped something sweet.

as I sit here sick Im kinda thinking of going for a drive.

The town i live in is full of oxy scripted bitches. plus the other thousand that get desoxyn, vikes, and xannax for their over stressfull blue collar wanna be white collar jobs.

should be a good search live beside 2 pharmacies one where old poeple go to and a walgreens./

dude, if you have a home to go to whether its your rents place or your friends place or whoever, then youre not homeless. youre just sleeping outside.

Controlled substances are destroyed with a witness present to confirm it.

dumpsterslut.

sometimes i dont though

thus psuedohobo

I work in a major chain Pharmacy that shall remain un-named....Of course all pharmacies will differ from chain to chain, store to store, and state to state....but for us:


As someone previously stated, when we drop a pill on the floor...it goes in the trash. And you'd be surprised how many we drop. They accumulate in certain areas...for instance; there are large turnstiles that have bins of pill bottles and caps ect. right near where we count. It's pretty common to drop a pill into one of those, and it's a pain to fish them out so we just leave them. Also, they accumulate in the bottom of our script-pro machine, which is a large cabinet looking device with a robotic arm that automatically dispenses the most common drugs, including controls.

Usually when we drop a pill in a hard to reach area (which is often), it just gets left there, and will be sweeped up sometime later and thrown in the trash...regardless of whether it's a control or not...If we drop it someplace where it's easy to pick up, we will pick it up and throw it in the trash, but usually we're more focused on getting the hundreds of scripts we fill each day done on time...

Also most pill bottles have a little plastic thing with a dessicant in it to keep the pills dry/fresh or what not...it's pretty common to leave like 1 pill in the bottle by accident after dumping it out onto a tray, thinking that it's the little plastic deal (a lot of times the plastic deal will block the mouth of the bottle making you think you dumped them all out but actually theres 1 or 2 left).


I should point out that "controls" are the "lower" level controlled substances, stuff like valium or vicodin, ect. The "higher" level controlled substances like oxycotin ect are considered "narcs" and are kept in a safe. Only the pharmacist can dispense these, and the pharmacists are much better about keeping them off the floor.


I should point out that as a pharmacy we have "special" trashcans everywhere to dispose of anything that has a patients personal information on it. These are kept locked up at all times and are carted away by a special trash company. 90% of the time we throw the empty pill bottles and dropped pills in there...but I'm sure some end up in the "regular" trash.

So if you "dumster dived" at my pharmacy (and I imagine most places)...you wouldn't end up with much....maybe one or two 1mg ativans and a stray vicodin, and assorted random pills. Maybe a few empty bottles of controls/narcs that you could scrape.


Overall I'd say the payoff is not worth the risk of being caught...but if you think it's worth it, go for it....

Overall I'd say the payoff is not worth the risk of being caught...but if you think it's worth it, go for it....

There's plenty of fiends in BLTC who would easily risk prison time for $10 or less of drugs.

sometimes i dont though

thus psuedohobo

A little off-topic, but i'm drunk so here it goes
If your homeless (sometimes) how do you have am internet connection? Also if you really want those pills stalk someone coming out of the cvs and ask them politley to fork over their legal drug of choice.
Rizzo is now ofcailly in a box

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU SPELL OFFICALLY

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officially!!!! got it nvm

I work in a major chain Pharmacy that shall remain un-named....Of course all pharmacies will differ from chain to chain, store to store, and state to state....but for us:

I should point out that "controls" are the "lower" level controlled substances, stuff like valium or vicodin, ect. The "higher" level controlled substances like oxycotin ect are considered "narcs" and are kept in a safe. Only the pharmacist can dispense these, and the pharmacists are much better about keeping them off the floor.


I should point out that as a pharmacy we have "special" trashcans everywhere to dispose of anything that has a patients personal information on it. These are kept locked up at all times and are carted away by a special trash company. 90% of the time we throw the empty pill bottles and dropped pills in there...but I'm sure some end up in the "regular" trash.

So if you "dumster dived" at my pharmacy (and I imagine most places)...you wouldn't end up with much....maybe one or two 1mg ativans and a stray vicodin, and assorted random pills. Maybe a few empty bottles of controls/narcs that you could scrape.


Overall I'd say the payoff is not worth the risk of being caught...but if you think it's worth it, go for it....

What do you guys consider percocets, controls or narcs? Also, how often do they drug test you and how hard would it be for you to swipe small or large amounts of pills without getting caught?

Sounds like a job with the company that collects your trash would be an awesome opportunity since they probably collect the trash from every pharmacy in town.

How do you guys dispose of expired controls/narcs? I assume you guys only order as many as you project you'll sell, so, how many do you guys throw away?

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instead of all that scraping wouldn't it be a lot easier to just was the powder out and filter (if its insoluble that is).

A little off-topic, but i'm drunk so here it goes
If your homeless (sometimes) how do you have am internet connection? Also if you really want those pills stalk someone coming out of the cvs and ask them politley to fork over their legal drug of choice.
Rizzo is now ofcailly in a box

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU SPELL OFFICALLY

ofcailly
offcailly
ofcaily
offcaily
officaily
offical
ofical
officaly
ofishaly
oficaly
officially!!!! got it nvm

hahahahahaha

when im homeless I go to the local library where they have computers that have internet connections

although I'm not allowed on the actual computers set for internet browsing so I end up using the ones you use for searching for books :)

I tend to just hang around the river bottom/skate park when im homeless though. or wander around.

sometimes i dont though

thus psuedohobo

I know how it is.

Anyways. I've done a bunch of dumpster diving in my day, but have never thought of a pharmacy. I'm going to try this next time I'm on the streets and see what I can find.

On another note, what about Nursing home dumpsters? It might not be worth looking since it would be mostly full of old person diapers. Maybe hospital dumpsters would yield good results? These people have more volunteer and inexperienced staff that are less likely to follow proper drug disposal procedures.

I know how it is.

Anyways. I've done a bunch of dumpster diving in my day, but have never thought of a pharmacy. I'm going to try this next time I'm on the streets and see what I can find.

On another note, what about Nursing home dumpsters? It might not be worth looking since it would be mostly full of old person diapers. Maybe hospital dumpsters would yield good results? These people have more volunteer and inexperienced staff that are less likely to follow proper drug disposal procedures.

yeah I was thinking of that, too. along with vets and anything else remotely related to the medical field

and hell, I'm sure old people diapers aren't completely useless...there must be some use...maybe...mass jenkem production?

yeah I was thinking of that, too. along with vets and anything else remotely related to the medical field

and hell, I'm sure old people diapers aren't completely useless...there must be some use...maybe...mass jenkem production?

your screws progressively get looser
you have lost most your marbles...

your screws progressively get looser
you have lost most your marbles...

the machine is....getting close to...breaking

complete and total loss of grounding in the so called...reality...no hope...no friends...nothing to lean on...dissolving into pure spirit...

living, can't live like you said,
with the grain, better off dead,
im in the rain but im in my head,
can't find a way to make this
any better

running, off into the sun,
trailing off, just looking for fun,
give me my skyline or give me a gun
any other way just wouldn't
be fair

and you say, oh you know,
this wasn't how it was supposed to go,
you took a turn, let burn,
lost your compass, never learned,
lived and die, but still remained,
in the land your blood has stained,
what you see, not for me,*
this isn't what you planned to be,*
but you'll have all you wanted*
in the end along the way*

alarm clock literacy lines
meandering self mutilation crimes
we can not repair these times,
and the books are going
up in smoke

watch the things the morning brings
all manner of decrepit things
and how sinister the dawn chorus sings
makes me think i want
out of here

im bored now. the asterisk lines are brett guerowitzes words, not mine.

so I just got back from CVS

I came up on about....30 amitriptylines, 1 cymbalta, and 1 30 mg temazepam

also a few bottles of oxymorphone/morphine/hydros/xanax/adderall

were you able to scrape anything from the empty bottles?

Yes he did, but didn't want to tell us for unknown reasons.

Not even I'm desperate enough to dig through garbage in the search for drugs.

Maybe it's time you had a look at yourself and your habits, because no amount of romanticising can cover the fact that you're digging through garbage for drugs.

Yes he did, but didn't want to tell us for unknown reasons.

i got a little suboxone and hydrocodone residue but that's about it

im pretty chilled out on this temazepam though

Not even I'm desperate enough to dig through garbage in the search for drugs.

Maybe it's time you had a look at yourself and your habits, because no amount of romanticising can cover the fact that you're digging through garbage for drugs.

meh fuck social stigmas

I see it more as my virtue of determination and persistence...or something

You guys are nuts. Scraping pill dust from empty bottles? That's worse then the people that look through obituaries for cancer or terminal patients so they can break in their house to steal the meds.

how is that worse? it's not harming anyone.

What the fuck are you talking about? That is definitely not worse you fucking twit.

Can I have your tolerance? I'd love to get chilled out off one single temazepam. :(

haha I have no doubt that there are many members on this board that would rape kill and pillage for my opiate tolerance, much less my benzo tolerance. :)

haha I have no doubt that there are many members on this board that would rape kill and pillage for my opiate tolerance, much less my benzo tolerance. :)

I would never pillage.

I would never pillage.

You're missing out.

The whole Vet dumpster thing sounds tempting to get a few empy bottles of Ketamine to scrape.

K comes in vials, as a liquid. No powder to scrape.

K comes in vials, as a liquid. No powder to scrape.

Yeah but when things sit in a 100 degree and above dumpster all day things tend to evaporate granted the cap is off or hole allowing air to flow in

Yeah but when things sit in a 100 degree and above dumpster all day things tend to evaporate granted the cap is off or hole allowing air to flow in

What I meant is that it's a lot easier to get all the liquid out of a vial than it is to get all the powder out of a container. There wouldn't even be any leftover liquid to evaporate.

RIP RIZZO :(

next bltc member down.... :(

he fought the uphill battle v.s. his heroin addiction...(and will eventually lose)

You weren't in on that inside joke.

You weren't in on that inside joke.
what the fuck?
thats my joke, you goof-ball.

This DOES sound like a good idea.

To those bitching about not being desperate enough:......Actually.......Yeah, it does sound SOMEWHAT desperate. I just wouldn't like to do this due to stinky garbage.

Wait, are pharmacy dumpsters that dirty/smelly, or is it mostly boxes and bottles and other non-smelly things?

no, all the medical/pharmacy stuff(empty bottles, trash, paperwork...ect..), in the US, is carted away separately. This is true with CVS, wallgreens and Rite aids. Most follow and adhere to strict codes for this shit...

Private pharmacies are more likely to not be as cautious.

what the fuck?
thats my joke, you goof-ball.

No the fuck it isn't.

Private pharmacies are more likely to not be as cautious.

That's what I thought. I was surprised to hear that the op's best spot was cvs; I would think they would have more to lose and try to follow the regulations more carefully.

That's what I thought. I was surprised to hear that the op's best spot was cvs; I would think they would have more to lose and try to follow the regulations more carefully.

I tried last night and CVS was the best place i could find also.

Only got a few 500ct bottles of hydro though cause i got paranoid and left..

Shut up, steve-o.

LOLLLLLLLLL

Hey Rizzo.


The town i live in is full of oxy scripted bitches. plus the other thousand that get desoxyn, vikes, and xannax for their over stressfull blue collar wanna be white collar jobs.

should be a good search live beside 2 pharmacies one where old poeple go to and a walgreens./

People get prescribed meth in your town?

-Angus

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meh fuck social stigmas

I see it more as my virtue of determination and persistence...or something
My desire not to dig through garbage has nothing to do with social stigmas mate.

No, the only stuff that HAS to bee carted away specially (by law) is HIPPA stuff...that is anything with a patients personal information on it. Different chains might have different policies...but I have worked in multiple stores for 2 of the 3 chains you mentioned and I can say neither one was strict about empty pill bottles, ect.....just HIPPA info..

It just so happens that we toss most of our empty pill bottles and ect in the "special" trash cans because there's so many around. I toss empty bottles in the "normal" trash all the time...

I work at a "major" pharmacy BTW, one that has been mentioned in the thread....and AGAIN as I said it varies store to store and state to state.


A hint for dumpster divers which I dunno if this was mentioned or goes without saying...but don't neglect the empty LIQUID containers...it's almost impossible to get all the liquid out and if you collect a few empty vicotuss bottles you might be able to catch a good buzz.



As far as EXPIRED or RECALLED drugs go...we collect them and hold on to them. They're counted/weighed ect (strictly for inventory purposes) and sent back to the manufacturer to be destroyed.



What do you guys consider percocets, controls or narcs? Also, how often do they drug test you and how hard would it be for you to swipe small or large amounts of pills without getting caught?

Sounds like a job with the company that collects your trash would be an awesome opportunity since they probably collect the trash from every pharmacy in town.

How do you guys dispose of expired controls/narcs? I assume you guys only order as many as you project you'll sell, so, how many do you guys throw away?


I don't remember off the top of my head what they're considered, but WE keep them in the safe. I forgot to mention that's not the only criteria for what we keep in the safe....for instance we keep Cialis and Viagra in the safe even though neither one of those is a controlled substance.

At my store, (and most pharmacies I imagine) there is only a pre-employment drug screen. They send you to an outside contracted lab. This is after the initial interview, they give you the lab paperwork and give you something like 78 hours to go to the lab and take the test.

I cheated on mine by giving them a friend's urine...see the drug testing thread for more info on cheating drug tests, ect.


As far as stealing....I could steal a pill here or there pretty easy without getting caught. I don't do it simply because it's not worth the risk. I have a really good job and I love it and want to keep it...also I have easy enough access to drugs. It's not worth risking for one or two ativan or something.

But I've got to wonder...why are there any pills there at all?

I didn't read through the thread, but the pills could have been dropped, which they wouldn't put them back to avoid contamination.

what the fuck?
thats my joke, you goof-ball.

what? what joke?

no more heroin for me...too many crazy nights of shooting up and smoking crack and drinking wine...watching CSPAN...too crazy. mostly the cspan though.

I conventiently have a pharmacy down the road. I may go give it a look. Mercy, when you're down we should go hunting, no one here will look through garbage with me :( aha

the people that look through obituaries for cancer or terminal patients so they can break in their house to steal the meds.

not a bad idea... not a bad idea at all...

So I tried this at K-mart and found a whole bag of pill bottles. What the hell should I do with them? If these were full it'd be enough pills to keep a whole ghetto doped up.

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not a bad idea... not a bad idea at all...

A better idea is to look through obituaries then check their trash. The family members cleaning up will probably just throw everything out.

ahahahahhahaha

scrape away

What about @ a vet?

They must have to toss the pcp/ket away when its empty.

Anyone given the vet's trash a run through?

Only thing is, they probably don't go through bottles nearly as often as a pharmacy.

Eh, just came into my head...

Speakin' of Vet's, my mother works @ a state veterans home, and i know all the old ppl get controlled subs. of all kind.

Think there dumpster's would be worth a try?