Where do confiscated drugs go?

Especially when drug-destruction work is pro bono, police tend to be tight-lipped about details to protect security, the businesses involved and sometimes the arrangements themselves. "The word gets out there that this facility does it, then 50 other agencies want to go there ... read more

It depends on how they are confiscated, who confiscated it, and how serious the crime (large the bust, if they caught the criminal, etc) Some departments destroy (incinerate) evidence after a year or two of a defendant being acquitted or found guilty. read more

Police have used crematories, foundries, hospital incinerators or specialized businesses -- and even torched drugs in 55-gallon drums. Troopers in Ohio used to destroy thousands of pounds of seized drugs -- for free -- at factories where they could be vaporized in molten steel. read more

These traffickers don't do what they do because they're principled when it comes to personal liberties or because they're making a societal statement against national drug policy - they're wholesaling to the street dealers who push product on addicts and children. read more