My mom will need to be in a nursing home indefinitely. I need help in determining the eco-safest way to dispose of old prescription drugs and expired over-the counter medications. I hesitate to flush them down the toilet or put them down the drain, thinking that creates extra problems with water management. Could you help please?

Why can’t Congress pass a law making prescription drugs (the non controlled ones that are habit forming) something you can buy OTC like Tylenol and Advil?

What would be the dangers in doing that? At least the black market for prescription drugs would go away.

Why can’t Congress pass a law making prescription drugs (the non controlled ones that are habit forming) something you can buy OTC like Tylenol and Advil?

What would be the dangers in doing that? At least the black market for prescription drugs would go away.

I have a few close people in my life who are seriously addicted to prescription drugs.What would you do in this situation?

I have had a lot of depression lately for how my life is going, and I need to do something without prescription drugs for help. Thank you for all answers.

I’ve heard about legal, non-prescription drugs and diet supplements that can improve memory, cognitive function, concentration, and quick thinking. What would you recommend based on your medical knowledge and/or experience with such substances?

I think he has prescription drugs addiction and he is also an alcohol addict. Is there a way for him to recover from these problems?

Recreational use not selling or importing or exporting. Is marijuana readily available? Is the sentence long or light like in the US? What about cocaine and prescription drugs? Is there much of a drug problem?
nOT A DRUG USER MYSELF JUST COMPARING THE PENALTIES FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY. i ASK THE SAME QUESTION OF GERMANY WHERE i SAW PEOPLE USING DRUGS IN PUBLIC. i THOUGHT GERMANY WAS SO STRICT ON OTHER CRIMES THAT IT WAS THE CASE WITH DRUGS ALSO. i HAV NEVER HEARD OF DRUG PROBLEMS DOWN UNDER.

Some prescription drugs (like high blood pressure o cholesterol drugs) warn to limit sunshine exposure, but they don’t say why. What is the risk?

A person I know believes that one can become acclimated to prescription drugs (or even over the counter) so that they quickly become useless.
I’m looking for authoritative references to the issue of development of drug tolerance in the human body. How quickly does it happen? Are some types of drugs more likely to reach tolerance level in most humans more quickly than others? If so, which ones? Is there an average number/amount of drugs the person must take before becoming tolerant?