Originally Posted by
SgtScott31
As I stated, to the best of my knowledge, most states have a law (with exceptions) against carrying prescription meds outside of the bottle they came in. Most drug arrests involving pain meds involve those that have them without a prescription, and without the required containers. You imply that this rarely occurs. You would be astonished by the amount of people that illegally possess prescription meds that do not belong to them. If they have enough, we can also take it up a notch and charge for felony intent to sell/distribute.
We carry drug identification indexes and have toll free numbers to call if the pill is not readily identifiable. We have been called by TSA during the screening process if pills are found by themselves or in baggies and we hold the person until the pill is identified. If it is a controlled substance, then the person may be arrested. I have yet to be called to a checkpoint by TSA when pills were in a prescription bottle or another container that is commonly used by those who are on several medications.
Not sure how you read that into my post, I said nothing about the frequency of arrests for unlawful possession of controlled substances. We agree that controlled substances need a prescription for legal possession. The bold portion of your post implies that all prescription meds are controlled substances. That is just incorrect, and that's where you are overreaching.
Sure wish a PharmD/JD where around to weigh in on pharmacy law. But I am certain that neither PA nor NJ have a legal requirement that "regular" prescription meds be in a prescription bottle.