Posted by Rick on January 21, 2002, at 4:21:01
In reply to Re: Klonopin Controversies - Anyone Have Followup?, posted by Cecilia on January 21, 2002, at 1:02:42
> > >Several communities, including Chula Vista, have passed laws making use of the drug illegal without a prescription. Law enforcement officials add that some rapists are using drugs such as clonazepam to subdue their victims.
> > This qualifies for the most ridiculous news story of the year award! Sensationalism! What a way to make a buck!> > Spike
>It`s ALREADY illegal to use clonazepam without a prescription-it`s a prescription only drug and a controlled substance to boot.
That was my thought too. Then I tried to make sense of it for awhile, and maybe what the article is *trying* to say is that if you're seen with Klonopin in those towns, you have to have proof of prescription WITH you, e.g., your pharmacy bottle with the prescription info on the label. Normally, as you know, if a law enforcement officer anywhere else sees you taking your afternoon dose of Klonopin, they're not going to come up and ask to see proof of prescription just because it's a controlled substance. Although... a woman I know was stopped in Indiana on a traffic violation and the cop demanded to see the prescription for the WELLBUTRIN she had in a pillcase!! (It's taking a lot of restraint for me to keep from adding a few pointed adjectives to that last sentence!)
I dunno, still sounds goofy to me!
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