I have just come across a rather quirky little news item from Reuters UK reporting about how the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in Washington DC, is looking at ways people can safely dispose of unused prescription drugs that are liable to be abused.

The department says that “Mixing prescription drugs with an undesirable substance, such as used coffee grounds or kitty litter, and putting them in impermeable, nondescript containers, such as empty cans or sealable bags, will further ensure the drugs are not diverted.”

And then there was this little gem from SAMHSA’s spokesman Mark Weber who said, “Ferret waste, like nearly any other form of pet waste, can be effectively used to help prevent the abuse of unused prescription drugs.”

So, to get back to the enterprising spirit …. how about scooping up all the poop from your little darlings’ litter trays and bagging them up into small sacks of, say, 50g-100g, then selling them to your local drug store or pharmacy? Then, if people come in and ask the pharmacist what they should do with their unused drugs, they can, in turn, sell those bags of ferret poop to their customers!

I suggested that to my kids and boy, you should have seen the hairy eyeball each one of them gave me!

Well, heck, I thought it was a good idea!!! :-) )

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