HALT Recovery Central's Addiction Blog http://haltblog.com H.A.L.T. is an independent 12-Step Substance Abuse Meeting for Alcoholics and Addicts following the format of AA that meets at Noon Monday through Saturday at Solutions, 2975 South Rainbow Blvd. Suite J, Las Vegas, Nevada 89146 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:01:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 AAA Nevada is offering tows home for Super Bowl celebrants who choose to drink. http://haltblog.com/2012/02/05/aaa-nevada-is-offering-tows-home-for-super-bowl-celebrants-who-choose-to-drink/ http://haltblog.com/2012/02/05/aaa-nevada-is-offering-tows-home-for-super-bowl-celebrants-who-choose-to-drink/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:01:32 +0000 nita http://haltblog.com/?p=410 Continue reading →]]> Participants can get a one-way, free tow of up to 10 miles — only to their homes — through AAA’s Tipsy Tow program, which will be offered from 6 a.m. Sunday through 6 a.m. Monday, AAA said. Drivers, potential passengers, party hosts, bartenders and others can arrange for a tow by calling 800-222-4357. Callers must ask for the program by its name to summon a truck. The program is open to anyone, not just AAA members, and tows are provided by companies associated with the organization.

]]> http://haltblog.com/2012/02/05/aaa-nevada-is-offering-tows-home-for-super-bowl-celebrants-who-choose-to-drink/feed/ 0 Using Drugs Without a Prescription Is Illegal Using and Sharing Pills Is Against the Law http://haltblog.com/2012/02/01/using-drugs-without-a-prescription-is-illegal-using-and-sharing-pills-is-against-the-law/ http://haltblog.com/2012/02/01/using-drugs-without-a-prescription-is-illegal-using-and-sharing-pills-is-against-the-law/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:02:22 +0000 nita http://haltblog.com/?p=402 Continue reading →]]> You may have heard that unlike underage drinking and marijuana use, using and sharing prescription drugs is legal. Many teens believe that because they get pills from their family’s medicine cabinet, instead of a street dealer, there is nothing illegal about it. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are both federal and state laws that make using or sharing prescription drugs against the law. If you take a pill that was prescribed to someone else or give that pill to another person, it is not only harmful, it is illegal.

Federal and State Drug Laws

Prescription drugs are considered “controlled substances.” The federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act makes it clear that the only legal way to access prescription drugs is to have a doctor’s prescription. An excerpt:…No controlled substance in schedule II, which is a prescription drug as determined under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), may be dispensed without the written prescription of a practitioner.

Even Doctors Can Break the Law

Sometimes even when a doctor does prescribe a drug, it is illegal to do so. For example, if a doctor writes a prescription for too many pills – either knowing that they are going to be resold or knowing that the amount is way too much medication for a single patient – that too can be a crime. That’s why the doctors who prescribed drugs for Anna Nicole Smith face criminal charges for conspiring to illegally provide drugs to someone they knew was an addict. Smith died as a result of having a combination of different drugs in her system.

Possession With Intent to Distribute

Some states have laws making it illegal for you to be in possession of your own prescription drugs under certain circumstances. Most states have laws that make it illegal to carry around pills that are not in their labeled prescription bottle. In other words, if you are carrying around pills that your doctor prescribed to you, but you have them loose in your pocket or purse, that is illegal. The presumption is that you are carrying them in that manner so that you can distribute them.

Just As Illegal As Weed

No matter what your middle school or high school friends tell you, using and sharing prescription drugs is just as illegal as possession of marijuana. There is a good reason for it – taking drugs not prescribed for you is very dangerous. Not only can taking prescription medications make you very sick, it can land you in jail. Just because you got them out of your mom’s medicine cabinet doesn’t make them legal.

H.A.L.T. is an independent 12-Step Substance Abuse Meeting for Alcoholics and Addicts following the format of AA that meets at Noon Monday through Saturday at Solutions, 2975 South Rainbow Blvd. Suite J, Las Vegas, Nevada 89146

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