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    Walmart Offers Product To Destroy Leftover Opioids, But Critics Say It's Unnecessary

    The company billed it as a "first-of-its-kind" item that lets customers turn extra opioid painkillers into trash, but the CDC says just flush the medicine down the toilet.
    by Vanessa Romo Jan 17, 2018 2 minutes
    On Wednesday Walmart began distributing a new solution to help customers dispose of leftover opioid prescriptions. But CDC says, just flush them down the toilet.

    Walmart is the latest national company joining in the fight to try to help curb America's harrowing opioid epidemic, which now kills more people than breast cancer.

    On Wednesday the chain rolled out a pharmacy product it says provides a safe way to get rid of extra prescription opioid drugs. It's called DisposeRx and when mixed with warm water it turns

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