Is it illegal to take someone else's prescription?
Technically it is illegal. The reason the medication is a “prescription” is it has been deemed to be to dangerous for people without a scrip. Almost all strong pain relievers are prescription meds. Simply having them in your possession would be a felony.Luckily most law enforcement realizes there are times when you may be picking up a prescription for someone who can’t get to the pharmacy due to illness or pain. This is following the “spirit of the law” rather than the “letter of the law.”An officer has wide discretion in cases like this. Certainly an officer is not going to arrest you for picking up someone elses’ antibiotics. But if you pick up narcotics you should be more careful and have a reasonable reason for doing so.TAKING someone elses’ scrips and using them is always a crime.
Is an old prescription still valid on drug test?
I hurt my ankle badly, requiring surgery nearly a year ago and I was prescribed a one-time-fill of Percocet. I did not use all the pills at the time but I will still occasionally use a pill here and there to take the edge off the pain when I step on it wrong or it flames up on me, maybe once or twice a month. I was wondering if I happened to be random drug tested at work, is the fact that I have the original prescription for the meds cover it, even though it was from a while back? I have heard that the most common urine tests don't test for the active chemical in Percocet, but I don't know about hair testing which I hear is increasing in prevalence. One last thing, if I have to be tested should I mention that I have an old prescription up front or only if they find something. I am not trying to be sneaky, but I also don't want to stir the pot and raise further questions by mentioning it right up front if I don't need to.
My insurance company (blue shield) denied me 3 times for an mri. what can i do? Should I go to the ER?
You should not go to an ER. If you go to an ER, then you will have to pay more money that the cost of an MRI. You might not be able to get the MRI. Even if you do not get it, you will have to pay the bill for being in an ER, which could be over $10,000. If you do get the MRI, then you will have to pay the bill for being in the ER, and the price of getting an MRI in an ER, which will be 2 to 10 times as high as the price of getting an MRI anywhere else in the world. If you want the MRI, and you are willing to pay some money, then you should go to anywhere else that can do an MRI, except for an ER, and pay money to have an MRI done somewhere that is not an ER, without using insurance. It will cost you much less than getting an MRI in an ER, and maybe even less than being in an ER without getting an MRI.
How can probation officer not allow meds prescribed by doctor?
The state in California. My GF is on probation for an offense that is not drug-related, but because she had priors (and I guess agreed to it as part of some deal) she's under jurisdiction of the "drug court." She has developed some medical issues that cause her a fairly severe amount of pain. The doctor prescribed pain killers, but her P.O. will not authorize her to use them; if she does she'll test dirty and could end up in jail. I am literally amazed (not to mention incensed) that a stupid P.O. has the authority to countermand a physician's order! So because she had a drug problem at one time, she's no longer allowed relief from pain? How can that possibly be legal, ethical, responsible or even nominally reasonable? Where do they think they get the expertise to say, "she doesn't need this, silly doctors, permission denied." It sounds to me like the probation department might even incur some liability here, pain and suffering has a price tag, and they are dictating health care practices that lie far beyond their training and expertise. They are making decisions that, by their very definition, and with explicit intent, directly result in pain that could've been avoided. Are there any related precedents? TIA
What motivated you to commit a crime and end up in prison?
Here’s the short story.I fell in love, got married and had a baby. He did some bad things due to drug addiction and chose to end his life. I blamed myself and the pain was unbearable. I just wanted to be numb. Someone suggested I try meth. I said f@ck it and tried it. Before I knew it, I was hooked. I even felt closer to him for being in my own addiction. I know it’s stupid but I’m being honest here.My motivation to commit a felony? Money or lack of. I was tired of paying $50 for a tiny sack so I used my intelligence to my advantage and quickly learned how to just make it myself. Suddenly $50 went from a tiny sack to 3–4 grams minimum, at a time. Before I knew it, I was hooked on cooking meth and the whole lifestyle that comes with it. To this day I don’t know which one I was more addicted to.Well you can’t cook meth forever and never get caught. Boom I got busted by the drug task force. I made bail and went right back to doing everything like nothing ever happened. You have to understand, in my thought process back then, I had nothing to lose. A few months pass and Boom, another raid by the drug task force. This time my first bail bond was revoked and I was stuck in jail to await trial. I ended up being slapped with a 15 year sentence. Here’s a summary of my felonies, 2 counts of unlawful manufacturing of a control substance 1st degree, 1 count of distribution and 1 count of possession!! Boy was I full of regrets and not a damn thing to numb the pain!! I ended up doing 3 years behind bars and a couple of years on parole.So, there you have it, grief and depression started it,and then, greed and addiction ended it. For the record, I got my life together immediately and never looked back. I have a very stable life that I can live with these days :)