Yeah, don't know why are you being downvoted. According to OP's description it is just big waste of money and erosion of privacy to catch some people who don't really hurt anyone.
To be fair to the system the OP describes, a doctor who's prescription was forged and the pharmacist who filled it could both he considered harmed when someone fills a bogus script. Both are licensed professionals that have a lot to lose if there is reason to believe they may be involved in writing or selling bad prescriptions.
Given that we've already empowered law enforcement agencies to enforce the law, its reasonable for them to step in here to catch those forging prescriptions and risking direct harm to others' rights. What is unreasonable and the main discussion above is the process of dodging the 4th amendment to investigate these people without a warrant.
> To be fair to the system the OP describes, a doctor who's prescription was forged and the pharmacist who filled it could both he considered harmed when someone fills a bogus script. Both are licensed professionals that have a lot to lose if there is reason to believe they may be involved in writing or selling bad prescriptions. Given that we've already empowered law enforcement agencies to enforce the law, its reasonable for them to step in here to catch those forging prescriptions and risking direct harm to others' rights.
IMO desperate person who tries to buy 90 pills of Oxycodone with forged prescription (OP's example) needs help, not a criminal record.
> What is unreasonable and the main discussion above is the process of dodging the 4th amendment to investigate these people without a warrant.
> IMO desperate person who tries to buy 90 pills of Oxycodone with forged prescription (OP's example) needs help, not a criminal record.
Sure I definitely don't have a strong opinion on this. I don't have nearly enough first hand experience helping someone with a serious drug problem, or dealing with one myself. The debate over the best way to help people in this situation is firmly in the space of one that I'm happy to weigh in on but would heavily lean on those more experienced to share what they've found to work best.
Unrelated to drug charges, I was involved in helping a close relative through a criminal case that was entirely based on the testimony of one individual, with no hard evidence and other witnesses directly refuting the claim. I have very strong opinions about the legal system in general that would land me pretty squarely on the "provide help not a criminal record" in a vast majority of cases. Our legal system is a complete shit show.
