wondering what chaes i could press for someomeone filling and using my prescriptions with out my permission
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wondering what chaes i could press for someomeone filling and using my prescriptions with out my permission
Asked on May 24, 2009 under Criminal Law, Pennsylvania
Answers:
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
That depends on what the prescriptions were for, and some of the other facts of the case as well.
If you can get replacement prescriptions, and the person who took the original ones paid for the medications out of their own pocket, you haven't been harmed beyond the inconvenience. But you can't replace the prescriptions, or they were bought with your money, it's theft, and the seriousness of the charge would depend on the value lost.
However, if any of the prescriptions were for controlled substances -- pain relievers, tranquilizers, things like that -- then the person who took them would be facing drug charges. Depending on the type and quantity of the pills, they could be guilty of serious felonies.
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