-> 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
RG> Actually, when we contact the originating pharmacy, radio
RG> gives them my Cell number.  I talk to them directly, give
Ah. . .but what if the person is from out of town or
thinks you are invading their privacy and invokes their
RIGHT to keep quite?  Neither of which matter if there
is a ZT policy in effect because you, as a street cop,
DO NOT have that option!
RG> them the customer name and they can tell me what he/she is
RG> supposed to have, what color shape and number is supposed to
Which would depend on when the scrip was filled and it
could be the same shape and size of several other
drugs.  I've never noticed the numbers on the pills so
that might work.
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--- timEd-B11
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