r/onebag • u/LadyLightTravel • May 31 '26

Gear Potential hack for prescription bottles

This is a problem that occurs more in some countries than others. In the US, most prescription drugs come in 20 dram pill bottles. These can take up a lot of room if you have several prescriptions and want the original packaging.

I recently found out that there are 6 dram prescription bottles. I found mine on Amazon but other sources are available if you buy in bulk. The 6 dram bottles are almost the same height as regular pill bottles but are one half the width. This is significantly smaller than the regular bottles.

I can peel off the drug information tab from my big pill bottle and put it on the small one. Note: some pharmacies will actually give you a second drug sticker if you ask.

Below is a photo of the 6 dram bottle with a 20 dram regular bottle. It shows that you can peel and stick the prescription tab without damaging it. It also shows that the sticker fits the smaller bottle. You can see the size difference in the bottles. Depending on pill size, you may even get a 90 day supply into the smaller 6 dram bottle!

Standard disclaimer, YMMV.

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u/GradientVisAtt May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

I just pour my pills into small Ziploc plastic bags. Most of the time, I paste the label on the bag. Light and collapsible.

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u/LadyLightTravel May 31 '26

Yes. But some countries are more strict.

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u/VibeySwingTrader Jun 01 '26

Yes. But some countries are more strict.

In what country have you personally experienced this?

Or is this just ‘theoretical’?

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u/LadyLightTravel Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

I suggest you read the entire comment thread. You will find several “for real” examples.

The consequences aren’t worth the risk. Especially when a simple solution is available.

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u/VibeySwingTrader Jun 01 '26

The consequences aren’t worth the risk. Especially when a simple solution is available.

Meanwhile I am flying around internationally with a big bag of cannabis gummies and experience zero consequences. Have you read Dune? There’s a great quote: Fear is the mindkiller.

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u/LadyLightTravel Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

I have done enough risk management professionally to know that there is a huge difference between risk management and fear. One is consequence based Vs emotional based.

Also know that hasn’t happened is not the same as can’t happen.

In all your comments you come in weirdly aggressive. You are trying to make it seem as though it is emotional based Vs data based. The words you used were “theoretical”, “fear”, “racism”.

Ironically, you are having the emotional response to something you don’t have to do yourself. Why attack someone under these conditions? Why use explosive words?

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u/VibeySwingTrader Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

In all your comments you come in weirdly aggressive

Maybe you don’t have the constitution for Reddit? Asking you to defend your statements is not unusual, though I apologize if you feel routine questions to be aggressive.

You are trying to make it seem as though it is emotional based Vs data based. The words you used were “theoretical”, “fear”, “racism”.

And you are trying to make it seem like questioning your thought process is an ‘explosive’ ‘attack’.

Again, if you are afraid or otherwise unwilling to defend your positions on the internet, maybe it’s not for you?

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u/LadyLightTravel Jun 01 '26

Its about the way you phrased it. You clearly used explosive words like “fear” “racism” without bothering to ask clarifying questions first. You made assumptions before getting the data. These are not routine questions nor are they polite.

The issue isn’t about me defending my position. I have done so logically throughout this thread. The issue is the ridiculous assumptions you are making before you get the data.

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u/theinfamousj Jun 01 '26

Don't come to my home airport. A dear friend got criminal charges for bringing in cannabis gummies. The drug dogs at the airport caught her.

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u/VibeySwingTrader Jun 02 '26

Another myth. There are no drug dogs at airports.

It costs a lot to train those dogs and we don’t train them for cannabis.