Saturday, April 27 is "National Drug Take Back Day," and Seattle is participating with a prescription drug take back program, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the city's five Seattle Police Department precincts. It's a great opportunity to reduce the opportunity of theft or abuse by getting rid of unwanted or expired prescription drugs. And of course, collected drugs will be disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner (as opposed to flushing them into Puget Sound).

Great program. But it has Slog reader Max wondering if, like our recent gun buyback program, this proactive measure might lead to some unintended consequences?

I wonder if a secondary market will appear on the streets next to the precincts, with people offering cash for painkillers?

No. Of course not. That would be illegal. Because it would be way more dangerous to allow people to offer cash for Vicodin than it is to allow them to offer cash for guns, no questions asked.