Don't know if I missed this or not, but some I think good advice. ALWAYS carry any prescription drugs you have in labeled bottles. ALWAYS! That way if you are stopped you can't get taken in (or at least shouldn't) for illegal drugs even if you have a script for them.
This shouldn’t be a problem. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. First off, it’s against the law to carry a scheduled medication without a doctor’s prescription for it. That has nothing to do with a sticky label on a bottle from a pharmacy. It’s about a doctor authorizing you to take a medication for a specific problem. It’s not against the law to carry a pill around out of the bottle, just to do so without having them given to you from a doctor. Have you ever had a doctor give you a free sample of medication with your name no where on it? I have, lots of times. The label on the bottle is not the prescription.
Even if that were the case, the police should never have a reason to be going through your stuff unless they have probable cause. NEVER freely give consent to a search. You have nothing to gain, and everything to lose, even if you have done nothing wrong. They like to go “fishing” and try to find something to pin on you, under the guise of “If you have nothing to hide, you should have no problems with letting me search.” We are one of the few in the world with the RIGHT to refuse an unwarranted search. Many men have died for that right, why would you freely give it away? A sealed container in your possession (like a PSK w/ meds) can not be searched by the police, unless they have reasonable cause, a search warrant, or you allow them to.
Even if somehow the cops DID find a prescription medicine in your possession outside of the bottle, all you would have to do is give them your information & where the medicine was filled, and they can call the pharmacy and verify you have a doctor’s prescription for the medicine. If you do, no crime has occurred.
Just Say “No” to Police Searches – Know your Rights!
http://www.flexyourrights.org/
