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-> 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.
I've dealt with several truck drivers that have prescription drugs all
mixed together in a bottle.  Our radio operators have access to a PDR,
and 24hr numbers they can call for most pharmaceutical chains.  If all
else fails we start making calls to companies trying to find out if
they know what prescription drugs their driver is supposed to be taking.
I've had two that we've had to call out one of our Troopers, a drug
recognition expert, to help with.  One was under the influence of
benzedrine (excuse the spelling) which he claimed were allergy pills, the
other, I forget what drug it turned out to be, but he was getting them
from another driver at a truck stop to help keep him awake.  Both had
been driving non stop for days.
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