Abuse Potential Reduction in Abusable Substance Dosage Form

Abstract

The potential for substance abuse involving residual amounts of abusable substances remaining in used skin-worn patches is reduced by the provision of a system and method for combining the abusable substance with a separate anti-abuse substance agent as part of a removal or disposal procedure.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 - 33 . (canceled) 
     
     
         34 . A device for disposing a substance, the device comprising:
 (a) a disposal container having an opening therein for receiving the substance; and   (b) a deactivation system in the container comprising a material that renders the substance unusable upon contact with the substance.   
     
     
         35 . The device according to  claim 34 , wherein the deactivation system comprises an absorbent material. 
     
     
         36 . The device according to  claim 35 , wherein the absorbent material comprises activated carbon. 
     
     
         37 . The device according to  claim 35 , wherein the absorbent material is present as a layer on a side of the container. 
     
     
         38 . The device according to  claim 34 , wherein the container comprises a pouch. 
     
     
         39 . The device according to  claim 34 , wherein the container comprises a closure system configured to seal the container. 
     
     
         40 . The device according to  claim 38 , wherein the closure system comprises an adhesive. 
     
     
         41 . The device according to  claim 38 , wherein the closure system comprises a ziplock. 
     
     
         42 . A method for disposing a substance, the device comprising:
 (a) introducing the substance into a disposal container comprising:
 (i) an opening therein for receiving the substance; and 
 (ii) a deactivation system in the container comprising a material that renders the substance unusable upon contact with the substance; and 
   (b) sealing the opening.   
     
     
         43 . The method according to  claim 42 , wherein the deactivation system comprises an absorbent material. 
     
     
         44 . The method according to  claim 43 , wherein the absorbent material comprises activated carbon. 
     
     
         45 . The method according to  claim 42 , wherein the absorbent material is present as a layer on a side of the container.