Retail giant Walmart Wednesday announced the launch of an opioid disposal solution, known as DisposeRx, which will help in its fight against opioid abuse and misuse.

The DisposeRx packet contains a safe crosslinking polymer blend that, when emptied into a pill bottle with warm water, will let patients easily and responsibly dispose of any form of leftover medications in the trash by sequestering them into a nondivertible, biodegradable gel, according to the Southern Pines, N.C. -based manufacturer.

Walmart customers can request a free packet anytime, and people with long-term prescriptions will get one every six months.

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What Walmart wants to do by including packets along with the prescription is to make it possible for you to dispose of those five pills at home for free.

Repeated tests have been unable to extract opioids from the resultant solid after the powder is mixed with the drugs, DisposeRX's CEO John Holaday said. Ongoing counseling will also be made available to Walmart patients on proper opioid use and how to use DisposeRx.

The move comes as the USA grapples with the scourge of opioid addiction, an affliction that often begins when chronic-pain sufferers fill a prescription at a retail pharmacy chain like Wal-Mart, CVS Health ( CVS ) or Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ). The company said that as of last fall, it had donated around 1.5 million drug disposal packets across the country.

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More than 50% of people who abuse prescription opioids obtain them through friends and family, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Walmart is incredibly proud to fund this initiative that provides our patients with an opioid disposal solution they can access nationwide, at no cost".

Walmart says it's the first national pharmacy to offer the solution.

Walmart already was among pharmacies that sell another product, a pouch, to neutralize drugs.

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Walmart's Hays said DisposeRX "provides a [disposal] solution for customers to manage that at home, and much more conveniently". "Too often, these unsafe narcotics remain unsecured where children, teens or visitors may have access", Arkansas Senator John Boozman said in a statement.