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Several years ago there were several nurses, counselors etc that worked for Hospice. They would recycle the morphine from their cancer patients. In the end there was even a law suit and if I remember correctly they were all fired. I guess it was the other way around, they were fired and then the law suit. Nancy B -----Original Message----- From: dokfaye <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 12:46 PM Subject: Re: excess pills >I am not certain of the legality of this situation. But I am aware of a >system in place when I did a rotation in Pittsburgh with the transplant >service during my training where meds were donated/recycled in a similar >fashion. This was extremely helpful for those folks as well since their >meds are outrageously expensive (in the range of $5,000 to more than $30,000 >per year, depending on meds and dosages). Since it is or has been done for >other medical situations, I believe it would be worthwhile to check >seriously into the legality. If it is possible, then we should pursue some >arrangement, perhaps based on regional groups. Excellent idea >