<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mebeem:
My sister was arrested for having xanax's in a baggie, however she had a prescription for them but she is being charged for intent to distribute. how can this be?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
My response:
Xanax, or by it's chemical name, Alprazolam, is an antianxiety agent, benzodiazepines. Used primarily for short-term relief of mild to moderate anxiety and nervous tension. Alprazolam is also effective in the treatment of activity depression or panic attacks. It can be useful in treating irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety due to a neurosis as well. Alprazolam may help the symptoms of PMS if extreme, some cancers pains if given with various narcotics, agoraphobia, essential tremor, and ringing ears.
Alprazolam is a "controlled substance". As such, and without it being in it's prescriptive bottle, the police had no choice but to presume she was distributing that drug. Obviously, and since it wasn't in the bottle at the time of her arrest, she could not, likewise, produce the prescription upon which it was filled.
It is curious as to why she would be carrying a drug in this manner . . . which was also a question on the minds of the police when, it is just as easy to carry the drug in its proper bottle.
So, when she gets to court, she can explain that to the judge, and also bring the bottle with her to show the judge, and also bring a copy of the prescription she'll need to get from the pharmacist.
IAAL
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