Do you have to carry a prescription?

[Boyntonstu]

[font=Georgia,]   This issue was decided in a  Pinellas County case which occurred in 1984 which involved Florida Statute 893.13(2)(a)(7) which at that time did in fact make it a crime to possess prescription drugs in a “generic” container which was not issued by the pharmacy. In Walker v. State 444 So.2nd 1137 (Fla 2nd DCA 1984), the Second District upheld the Pinellas County Judge who had ruled that , “because the statute criminalized activity which was otherwise inherently innocent” , that the statute was unconstitutional.[/font]

[font=Georgia,]However, many cops do not know the law.[/font]

[font=Georgia,]Be advised:  Carry a copy of the prescription.[/font]

 

[musicman]

Cops wouldn't care unless it was a naracotic . I carry 6 prescriptions and have never been challenged. They are all in the prescription bottle.

 

[Boyntonstu]

Cops wouldn't care unless it was a naracotic . I carry 6 prescriptions and have never been challenged. They are all in the prescription bottle.

Your bottle was evidence of a prescription.

I read a story about a  guy with 3 legal pills in a plastic bag  who spent 11 months in jail without breaking the law.

 

[RVTravel]

Never repackage your meds into another container.

 

[Weight]

Do you think the police will care if this old vet keeps his scripts in a weekly day box?( https://www.forgettingthepill.com/products/easy-fill-weekly-am-and-pm-pill-organizer-item-457 ) That charge is when you are a problem in some other way and they need you off the street.

 

[drysailor]

[font=Georgia,]   This issue was decided in a  Pinellas County case which occurred in 1984 which involved Florida Statute 893.13(2)(a)(7) which at that time did in fact make it a crime to possess prescription drugs in a “generic” container which was not issued by the pharmacy. In Walker v. State 444 So.2nd 1137 (Fla 2nd DCA 1984), the Second District upheld the Pinellas County Judge who had ruled that , “because the statute criminalized activity which was otherwise inherently innocent” , that the statute was unconstitutional.[/font]

[font=Georgia,]However, many cops do not know the law.[/font]

[font=Georgia,]Be advised:  Carry a copy of the prescription.[/font]

Good idea. Laws change all the time, and vary widely by state. Court decisions vary just as often, with the possible exception of clear SCOTUS decisions. Best to carry drugs in their original, clearly labeled pharmacy containers.

 

[RVTravel]

Weight, if doing that you should still keep the original container they are from and a copy of the prescription. That is what I would do if needing to simplify taking multiple meds at multiple times during the day.

 

[SilverVoyager]

Oh great, something else to carry in my purse. I like my little containers that fit on my key chain. Oh well, best to not mess with the Law.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Weight, if doing that you should still keep the original container they are from and a copy of the prescription . . .

I haven't gotten a copy of my prescriptions for years.  Nurse asks for my pharmacy, I go pick it up; all electronic.