RW>bottle that doesn't have any type of label. If I were
>stopped in a ZT area I would be arrested and the
>"drugs" taken away. If this was to happen just before
CH> If you were in a jurisdiction that requires a label.
RW>Any where that a ZT was in effect for illegal drugs. I
>doubt if any officer out there could tell the
>difference between a legal pill and an illegal one.
RW>You find four pills on a guy. Is it blood pressure
>medication, anti-seizer meds or something I use to get
>high? Even if the med name is stamped on the pill do
>you carry a PDR in the car?
RW>Now because you can't be sure and there is a ZT on
>drugs you HAVE to arrest me because you no longer have
>to authority to use your judgment. Its up to someone
>else to decided what happens after I'm arrested but its
>not your concern because its your job to enforce the
>law.
I'm not saying that there are not officers who would rush to the
conclusion that you were in possession of illegal drugs. However,
absent some other indication that you were in such possession and faced
with a reasonable claim that they are legal drugs authorized by a
prescription I would have one big hole in my probable cause if I didn't
check out your story. Now if you just sit there and invoke the fifth
amendment.......that's a different story.
CHARLES HUNTER
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