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-> -> 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 
-> -> 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 d
-> -> check out your story.  Now if you just sit there and invoke the fifth
-> -> amendment.......that's a different story.
-> RG> I've dealt with several truck drivers that have prescription
-> RG> drugs all mixed together in a bottle.  Our radio operators
-> RG> have access to a PDR, and 24hr numbers they can call for
-> RG> most pharmaceutical chains.  If all else fails we start
-> Back in the old days these might have been a lot of use
-> now days not much.  It wasn't that long ago you could
-> call a pharmacist and tell him the color and shape of a
-> pill and he could tell what it was, heck some pills had
-> their brand name stamped on them.  Now days you get a
-> scrip fill today and the pills may be green hexagons
-> but when you get it refilled next month the pills might
-> be red 'caplets' and the next time the pills might be
-> capsules.
Actually, when we contact the originating pharmacy, radio gives them my
Cell number.  I talk to them directly, give them the customer name and
they can tell me what he/she is supposed to have, what color shape and
number is supposed to be on the pill.  We had one guy that was acting
real goofy (this was three or more years ago, can't remember for sure)
that had mixed up all his meds in one bottle.  Seems they didn't get
along with one another and he had a rather rigid schedule for taking
them.  Once mixed together in one bottle enough residue was present that
when taken over a period of time, became toxic in the patients system.
The Cell Phone route is how we handle most direct contacts.  Radio calls
the contact, the contact calls radio back on the public number to insure
it is the State Patrol, then they give my Cell number to the caller, or
patch them through to my Cell if it's long distance.
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