My friend is on lorazepam, generic for Ativan, controlled substance & She fills it at Walgreens, employee ste?
In the State I live in Ativan is a controlled substance and no one receives a one year prescription. Just the prescription being filled and two refills, and that just changed. Before that the patient would have to come in every month for the prescription. Also that is only if the Doctor trusts the patient to not over use. Pharmacies have numbers of who to call if you have a problem with them. You can probably find out that info on line. Or just call several other pharmacies and ask them for the phone number. That is who they need to talk to. Then they can report it to the Police, however that may not go well. Pharmacies should have that info posted for all to see. Since you worked for a pharmacy you should know all about who to report problems with a pharmacy to. We always have problems with our pharmacy giving us someone else's prescription or shorting us ten pills or one at a time. We have also been given ten more in one case. When we received someone else's prescription it was for depression, and my Husband picked it up on Thursday, we never opened the sack until Sunday and he could not get it back to them until Tuesday. We always wondered what they kept telling the guy it was supposed to go to. They were just like oh bring that back, no big deal. Then they said we will refund your money, I said of course you will. They just do not seem to care. There is also info posted at our Doctor's office stating that lost or stolen prescriptions will not be refilled.
A coworker stole prescriptions from my purse at work and my employer refuses to pull the tape. Should I call the police?
Awesome answer from Jon Mixon, Gina Bowman.So lets mash them together,Adding this YOU are not Law Enforcement!Telling your Employer puts them on notice, so now what they do or do not do looks bad on them.So Without YOU present the Manager should review the tapes to see when and who took the meds.Then take action against that person.Now what I would have done is told my BOSS then called 911 using the STORES phone to report the theft.All business are responsible for the safety of the staff and reasonable accommodations for lockers for belongings.So now that a Officer is rolling to get your report and to get Video of the crime the BOSS has some serious choices to make.There is a thing called CHAIN OF EVIDENCE and if you are in possession of the video that chain has been broken and that evidence CAN NOT BE USED.So now you have an upset BOSS because you got the LEOs involved in their business due to their LACK of providing a safe and secure workplace.Keep all your documentation in case the Company decides to retaliate against you.So long as you have not broken any company policies they can not touch you, if they do it can be retaliatory and you can then SUE them for this.I would lock your things up in your car or leave as much as you can at home if you can.Schedule Drugs are required to be in the Pill bottle with YOUR prescription on the bottle. This is Federal DEA Law not state or county or even city.There are companies (Pharmacies) that can fill prescriptions in a BAG with dosages so you do not carry your entire month’s prescription with you everywhere.PridePharmacyGroup.com is one such company that does this. (Pride Pack)I worked at this pharmacy as the IT Infrastructure consultant and learned many things here.This package has passed every USDEA rule and regulation.A Dallas PD officer arrested a client over the package, but charges were later dropped and the City settled the resulting lawsuit. I was there when we pulled the information to this patented product and presented it to their lawyer. Open and shut $200,000.00 and expunged record. It was over without making it to the news.I would suggest that you look into such a pharmacy and that type dosage packaging.
Will I get caught if I charged a stolen credit card?
Here's the really cool part of this whole deal: when you ARE caught, you get to go to jail, where the other girls will beat you up and steal all of your belongings. Then, you get to go to court, where you will be convicted of grand theft and credit card fraud. You'll be sentenced to more jail time, and hopefully, prison time. You'll also be fined - probably thousands of dollars. Of course, you won't make your payments to the court for the restitution or the fines, and you'll go back to court for failure to pay. The judge will sentence you to more time in jail, and you'll still oew the fines. Of course, you'll figure out that you'll have to keep stealing to make enough money to pay off the court, but you'll get caught again. As a repeat offender, you'll go to prison. There, some bull dyke will make you her "wife", and you'll have a very special relationship with your new master. And you'll probably get shanked a few times, cut up with razors and such, so your pretty face will be a mess of scars. Eventually, they'll let you out of prison, and you'll find that you can't get a job because you're a convicted felon, and because no one wants you working the "want fries with that" counter because you'd scare their customers off with your scarred up face. You'll end up turning tricks to make money, and one after another of your customers will beat you up, steal from you, rape you, and break your bones. You'll turn to drugs to try and ease the pain, and get into deep debt with your dealer. He will become your pimp, making you go out every night to make enough money to pay him off. You'll get beat up more often, and life will just suck. A thief like you is a pathetic excuse for a person.
Is it illegal to steal money from drug dealers? The dealers cannot call the police or file a report for being robbed because they are criminals. What happens when dealers get robbed of money or drugs? Does it happen?
True story. Many years ago, a friend of mine who had a bad coke habit paid a large sum of cash to his drug dealer, in expectation of receiving coke. This was a person he considered a “friend” with whom he had made many similar deals in the past. Well, the dealer was experiencing cash flow problems so spent my friend’s money and did not deliver any coke. He promised that when some other deals went through he would have more cash and would make good. My friend, being an addict, did not like the idea of waiting for his drugs so he broke into the dealer’s apartment and took his high-end stereo, and let him know he could have his stereo back when he got his coke. He assumed as many might that of course a drug dealer is not going to involve the police in such a dispute. But he assumed wrong — the dealer promptly called the cops who got a warrant and searched my friend’s apartment and found the stereo. They then went to my friend’s work location and took him out in cuffs. My friend told his story but of course the drug dealer denied being a drug dealer and the cops did not even bother searching his place for drugs, which in any case they probably wouldn’t have found since he was not an idiot. My friend ended up with a burglary conviction on his record, which cost him the high-paying financial service job that funded his coke addiction, along with any chance of similar future employment. He later committed suicide in despair. Moral of the story: drug addiction is bad and makes people do very stupid things, and drug dealers are probably not people who should be relied upon to act honorably, so it is best to avoid drugs and drug dealers altogether. But in any case, theft is theft in the eyes of the law and the fact that the “victim” is a scumbag drug dealer or that the stolen property was ill-gotten are not legal excuses if you are caught.
What are some characteristics of meth addicts?
Rather than the obvious signs of the homeless rock-bottom addict, perhaps it may be more useful to see some of the earlier subtle signs:-Weight loss despite junk food diet. They may appear pleasantly trim.-Bad skin-Very talkative, full of ideas. Can be intellectually interesting and engaging but at some point it feels they are talking at you more than with you.-No meaningful follow through on said big ideas.-Prone to irrational shifts into angry outbursts. These can be very quick and weird in normal conversation. -vanishing, unreliable to time commitments... Like not answering the phone all weekend, with vague explanations. In reality they were asleep for 3 days.-strange tooth decay, like along the sides of the front teeth. Teeth ground down.-hypersexual at times in risky ways-extremely clean house. Spotless bathrooms and kitchens. And yet there may be a nasty pile of junk hidden somewhere with piles of unfinished projects and found objects -spastic bird-like motions. If they are into dancing this might seem normal -rapid shifts in mood. They may go from sluggish and grumpy to quick and talkative after a short bathroom break.-weird hours in general. Like texting you at 5am with some sort of question -paranoid delusions. This doesn't have to be conspiracy theories and mind control, it could be extreme jealousy and accusations directed at you. Then it may get weirder with obsessions that various people or entities are watching them.-fascination with parts of objects.Contrary to expectations, there are severe meth addicts out there who hold down jobs and the appearance of normal life. In fact meth is a drug that can actually increase brain speed and productivity. Meth users are not stupid while high, but they end up irrational. They are dimwitted only when coming down. This makes the addiction very insidious as the addiction outsmarts the addict and the people around them in subtly sophisticated ways.
Could this simply be attention seeking behavior?
We have a family member who got caught stealing prescription pain medication from other family members and friends. The thief denied stealing, and when all the evidence was presented and he could no longer deny it, he "kind of" tried to commit suicide. BUT -- he left a very dramatic note, took his cell phone AND the charger, packed a bag with clothes, toiletries and the stolen pain medication, went to a liquor store and got plenty of booze, checked himself into a motel, ordered a pizza, waited until midnight when his accusers were all in bed and fast asleep, then proceeded to call all of them and in a drunken stupor say "I'm okay .... I'm okay". Does this sound like an attempted suicide or just a way to deflect attention from the crime of theft? All the other family members are walking on eggshells right now, feeling guilty about pushing him too far and I seem to be the only who is saying BS on all of it. The irony of it is this family member was taken to the hospital by the Sheriff's department. It took over 12 hours for his blood alcohol level to return to normal so he could get counseled by the social workers. If he had taken all of the muscle relaxers and pain pills that were in his bottles, he probably would have indeed committed suicide. Yesterday I was concerned, but today when I learned about the cell phone, the packed bag, the motel and pizza I feel used and angry. He was supposed to be checked into rehab today -- but now the family is backing out. I think it is pure and simple manipulation and attention seeking behavior. Would you agree? Is there something I am missing? Or am I being cold hearted?
Firing someone for missing time due to illness?
I went into work the other day (Walmart) and one of my friends told me he heard that I may be getting fired because of all the time I have been missing. I have been getting sick alot lately due to IBS, I have had two days this month that I have went home early due to pain and feeling sick. Last week I was in so much pain I could not even stand up straight or sit, I ended up leaving 3 hours early. I got home and passed alot of gas and felt fine. I have always had a problem with constipation but the past few months I have now been dealing with diarrhea so I am constantly running to the bathroom at work which I have had something said to me about, a CSM upfront gets snobby with me all the time and says I am stealing time because I will go to the bathroom and spend sometimes 10-20 minutes in there, I cant freaking help it. The thing is nobody knows of my problem, when I was talked to about the bathroom thing I said I had bladder issues because I find IBS embarrassing but now I am worried I am going to get fired, I also have HSV (herpes), and I have had a few breakouts that have caused me to miss work, again nobody knows about it. I was thinking of going to the front end manager and talk to him about what is going on, my question is once this comes out will they be able to fire me for missing time? I have been freaking out ever since my friend has said something, I just purchased a car that cost me $150 a month plus I just moved into my own place which is 400 a month, I can't get fired. It took me two years to find a job, I live in a very small tourist town with no jobs. I live in Luray Virginia
Why can't a doctor prescribe replacement suboxone if lost?
Because that doesn’t work.Why can’t you be responsible for your medication?Have you asked in another Quora section, “Why can’t the bank teller dispense replacement cash if lost?” (I hope not.) I think I’ve already answered your question with innuendo and sarcasm; however, feel free to read on…See if you can read through to the end and get the concepts.When I treat a patient for opiate addiction with Suboxone, the patient is educated, given informed consent regarding the treatment, and they sign a treatment contract. Part of the contract is the patient agrees in writing, they and they alone are responsible for the medication, and it will not be replaced for any reason, including being shorted by the pharmacy. This is best for the recovering addict regardless of whatever the recovering addict’s mind thinks, and it is best for everyone else in society, too.“Why can’t I have what I want when I want?”“Why can’t you bend the rules for me?”These questions are part of the thinking that gets the addict into a bad place in life.Finally, think of it as going to the bank and cashing your paycheck. Once you leave the bank, the bank isn’t bad or wrong for not replacing the cash that was lost not matter what actually happened to the cash.Another reason you might be confused as to what’s appropriate is that if you are paying for treatment, it may unconsciously create the expectation that you are a customer and deserve customer satisfaction. There are a number of settings in which that isn’t appropriate. If you pay an accountant a fee to do some accounting for you, you are paying for his expertise, not for him or her to do what you tell them to or want them to.If this answer comes across as pointed, it is likely to be due to answering this question many times for patients after it has already been clearly communicated at the first office visit and agreed to in writing.Given that it might be horrible to wait out a week, take the precautions necessary to prevent further loss. It’s your responsibility. Be responsible appropriate to the level of horrible. If it’s super horrible, be super responsible about the Suboxone.It is a privilege to be treated with Suboxone. Don’t threaten the availability of Suboxone by being irresponsible with it. The more “loss” of Suboxone there is, the greater the risk the DOJ and DEA will step in and up the level of control.Instead of living by the slogan, “One day at a time,” live by the slogan, “Do the next right thing.” You’ll grow to love it.