If you weren't aware, police have places to drop off guns with no questions asked. Now, Pinellas County law enforcement has a simlar new plan - they will be allowing the public to drop off prescription pills at various locations throughout Pinellas County this weekend.
Pinellas and Pasco counties have the highest prescription pill overdose rate in Florida. Although per capita Pasco County's rates of overdose death's are higher - Pasco does not have any drop off sites. (See Bay News 9 report of 8/23/11) Also interesting is the locations for drop off: Oldsmar? Dunnedin? 38th Street and 4th Street North in St. Petersburg? Not exactly places I would consider to be pill havens of the county.
I guess this is just one more worthless step in the war against drugs. Why not try refusing payment of the pills by medicaid? Somehow I have this feeling that would work wonders.
