I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

Staffist: I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

One pharmacist screwed up so you are gonna boycott the whole chain? Either you are a)subby trying to get more clicks for his link, b)high off of sniffing glue, C:\>, or d)trollin

Staffist: I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

Seconded, with an exception - I'm going to avoid them until the company publicly apologizes and makes major changes to its policies forcing pharmacists to actually speak with the signing practitioner before being allowed to notify authorities.

Until then, CVS can suck it.

cman: Staffist: I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

One pharmacist screwed up so you are gonna boycott the whole chain? Either you are a)subby trying to get more clicks for his link, b)high off of sniffing glue, C:\>, or d)trollin

Not this.

logistic: Staffist: I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

This.

Seconded, with an exception - I'm going to avoid them until the company publicly apologizes and makes major changes to its policies forcing pharmacists to actually speak with the signing practitioner before being allowed to notify authorities.

Until then, CVS can suck it.

logistic: Staffist: I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

Seconded, with an exception - I'm going to avoid them until the company publicly apologizes and makes major changes to its policies forcing pharmacists to actually speak with the signing practitioner before being allowed to notify authorities.

Until then, CVS can suck it.

Jeez did we need her whole origin story for that?

Real 'Mericans use the Walmart pharmacy, anyway.

Mugato: Jeez did we need her whole origin story for that?

It was an ok story, I didn't mind reading it. There are better origin stories though...

Mugato: Jeez did we need her whole origin story for that?

Writer probably gets paid by the word. Or has a minimum word count that has to be met before it will be published.

But, to answer your question...

no.

The article gave some irrelevant stuff about how she's a wonderful person even though she's apparently addicted to narcotics, but omits more relevant parts like a description of the job/employer she can't go back to as long as HR thinks she might be a criminal. (Yoga isn't a job, is it?)

"As this involves pending litigation, we are unable to provide additional comments at this time."

Isn't CVS immune from suit because police reports are privileged? I don't object to giving the pharmacist a good kneecapping, but I don't think it's legally allowed.

ZAZ: The article gave some irrelevant stuff about how she's a wonderful person even though she's apparently addicted to narcotics, but omits more relevant parts like a description of the job/employer she can't go back to as long as HR thinks she might be a criminal. (Yoga isn't a job, is it?)

"As this involves pending litigation, we are unable to provide additional comments at this time."

Isn't CVS immune from suit because police reports are privileged? I don't object to giving the pharmacist a good kneecapping, but I don't think it's legally allowed.

No. Otherwise I could call the cops on someone every day reporting a "crime" and they wouldn't be able to do something. Besides, CVS could have avoided the whole thing just by calling the doctor themselves instead of simply depending on the intuition of the pharmacist

ArkAngel

If you call the cops on me every day the cops can charge you, but I can't sue you (in most states). Likewise, if I testify in court that you are a god-fearing conservative / tax-and-spend liberal (choose one) I can be charged with perjury but you can't sue me for defamation.

Why sue CVS instead of the Dallas Police? Sure, CVS screwed up by calling the wrong doctor or whatever, but didn't the Dallas PD screw up even more by arresting the lady without checking up on their facts? Especially when she can rolling in looking like she'd fallen off a waterfall in Haiti.

serial_crusher: Why sue CVS instead of the Dallas Police?

I'm still working on my GED in law but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it's pretty hard to successfully sue the cops for something as mundane as false arrest.

If this woman had been getting her drugs illegally, she probably would have had better access, less hassle and lower costs....

serial_crusher: Why sue CVS instead of the Dallas Police? Sure, CVS screwed up by calling the wrong doctor or whatever, but didn't the Dallas PD screw up even more by arresting the lady without checking up on their facts? Especially when she can rolling in looking like she'd fallen off a waterfall in Haiti.

I think that the cops are supposed to take the pharmacist at his word in fraudulent prescription situations. After all, they're probably not allowed to access medical records. So, from what I imagine, they show up at the pharmacy and ask the pharmacist: Is the prescription for a controlled substance? Did you try (and fail) to confirm the prescription?

If the answer is yes, yoga teacher goes to jail.

ZAZ: ArkAngel

If you call the cops on me every day the cops can charge you, but I can't sue you (in most states). Likewise, if I testify in court that you are a god-fearing conservative / tax-and-spend liberal (choose one) I can be charged with perjury but you can't sue me for defamation.

Wat?

Sure, she can sue. The pharmacist is held to a professional standard of care in confirming prescriptions. He had a duty to her as a patient. That duty was breached when he failed to use the correct DEA number. This led to the patient suffering injury (no drugs) and perhaps aggravating the injury. She can sue the pharmacist who is likely covered by CVS insurance and CVS for negligent supervision or hiring or through respondeat superior.

Well we believe that you have forged your pain pill prescription and we are calling your doctor now. But I've worked with this pharmacist a number of times and he's never made a mistake,

Overzealous pharmacist.

But the doctor never makes a mistake...

serial_crusher: Why sue CVS instead of the Dallas Police? Sure, CVS screwed up by calling the wrong doctor or whatever, but didn't the Dallas PD screw up even more by arresting the lady without checking up on their facts? Especially when she can rolling in looking like she'd fallen off a waterfall in Haiti.

Actually, a disguise would be great if you wanted to get fake drugs, so every junkie probably does it. Neck brace, crutch, what have you.

ZAZ: The article gave some irrelevant stuff about how she's a wonderful person even though she's apparently addicted to narcotics, but omits more relevant parts like a description of the job/employer she can't go back to as long as HR thinks she might be a criminal. (Yoga isn't a job, is it?)

"As this involves pending litigation, we are unable to provide additional comments at this time."

Isn't CVS immune from suit because police reports are privileged? I don't object to giving the pharmacist a good kneecapping, but I don't think it's legally allowed.

Where do you get that she's an addict? She just had knee surgery and was on crutches. Knee pain is intense and I'm sure there is a slight difference between a junkie trying to scam the system and a post op yoga instructor.
CVS set her up without meeting her or interviewing her, as did the police.
She should sue.

Kudos to the Dallas PD for taking another dangerous criminal off the streets!

Now if they would only start patrolling Oakcliff after dark and catch the real drug dealers.

Well, I feel safer.
/not

SphericalTime: serial_crusher: Why sue CVS instead of the Dallas Police? Sure, CVS screwed up by calling the wrong doctor or whatever, but didn't the Dallas PD screw up even more by arresting the lady without checking up on their facts? Especially when she can rolling in looking like she'd fallen off a waterfall in Haiti.

I think that the cops are supposed to take the pharmacist at his word in fraudulent prescription situations. After all, they're probably not allowed to access medical records. So, from what I imagine, they show up at the pharmacy and ask the pharmacist: Is the prescription for a controlled substance? Did you try (and fail) to confirm the prescription?

If the answer is yes, yoga teacher goes to jail.

It appears the pharmacist thought she forged the prescription and instead of following procedure he called his cop buddy, which according to the cop, he's done before and "has never been wrong".

Mugato: serial_crusher: Why sue CVS instead of the Dallas Police?

I'm still working on my GED in law but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it's pretty hard to successfully sue the cops for something as mundane as false arrest.

You can't even sue the Dallas PD after serving 30 years due to their
negligence or a crime you didn't commit.

CVS is not the problem. The problem is any American that supports the War on Drugs. What we need is a War on the War on Drugs.

Marcus Aurelius: CVS is not the problem. The problem is any American that supports the War on Drugs. What we need is a War on the War on Drugs.

One would think that when everyone saw the broken leg, crutches, and actual IV in her arm, they would have possibly tried to double-check the validity of the prescription.

But that would require a little bit of intelligence on the part of the arresting officer, so yeah.

Man On A Mission: Real 'Mericans use the Walmart pharmacy, anyway.

If, God forbid, you have to get prescriptions that aren't covered by your insurance (or you don't have insurance) - Walmart is always cheaper, sometimes by up to 25% in my experience if the drug in question has gone generic.

Just FYI - no reason to spend money you don't have to.

So, how come this pharmacist didn't notice the 'supposed' forgery when she originally filled the prescription? In the article, she said she called in for her refill.

I've had people come into the pharmacy where I worked with hospital bracelets, braces, bandages, and a good shuffle. It doesn't do any good when the name on the bracelet doesn't match the name on the RX, and the diagnosis on the carbon copy of the RX they're trying to get filled clearly says 'kidney stones'.

Always remember, kids: shred your personal health paperwork once you don't need it anymore. Don't throw stuff in the trash, because people will dig for it.

"Everyday pharmacies fill millions of prescriptions for controlled substances."

I avoid them anyway...their prices are 20-30 percent higher than other stores as a rule.....1.79 for a single 20 oz soda? What kind of crack are you smoking?

Where were these vigilant cops a couple of years ago when my ex-wife was doctor shopping and forging prescriptions for vicodin?

And of course the comments say, "And this is why I don't want Obamacare."

Undereducated idiots... like that has anything to do with this situation.

we believe that you have forged your pain pill prescription and we are calling your doctor now

Wouldn't the prudent thing to do be to confirm suspicions before farking arresting the woman?

Hope she doesn't settle and financially rapes as many of these 'tards as possible.

logistic: Staffist: I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

Seconded, with an exception - I'm going to avoid them until the company publicly apologizes and makes major changes to its policies forcing pharmacists to actually speak with the signing practitioner before being allowed to notify authorities.

Until then, CVS can suck it.

^These.

And CVS needs to be told this (in general). No point in boycotting quietly.

Hopefully, I can convince friends to switch out as well.

fark CVS, fark the phony war on drugs, fark the Dallas police, and fark all the little wannabe law enforcement "see something say something" homeland security bootlicking corporate minions. fark them all straight in their ass dry.

And don't give them any Norco afterwards.

doglover:
Actually, a disguise would be great if you wanted to get fake drugs, so every junkie probably does it. Neck brace, crutch, what have you.

Why would junkies want fake drugs? And why would it take a disguise?

Staffist [TotalFark]
2012-05-06 12:45:29 AM

cman: Staffist: I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

One pharmacist screwed up so you are gonna boycott the whole chain? Either you are a)subby trying to get more clicks for his link, b)high off of sniffing glue, C:\>, or d)trollin

Not this.

logistic: Staffist: I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

This.

Seconded, with an exception - I'm going to avoid them until the company publicly apologizes and makes major changes to its policies forcing pharmacists to actually speak with the signing practitioner before being allowed to notify authorities.

Until then, CVS can suck it.

And what about the blue shirt thugs that colluded with CVS?

CSB:

Apparently it is illegal to put oregeno in a baggie and try and sell it as weed. Even though it is perfectly fine to sell baggies of oregeno on the street corner, the second you call it weed, you have committed a crime. Even though it's not.

Who would have thought ripping off potheads would be a crime. Stupid, yes, but a crime?

You'd think with all the physical evidence that the woman is actually injured that they'd double check their facts before making an arrest. You'd think that if the cop had worked with this pharmacist before, he'd have gone in and said, "I dunno, buddy. She looks awfully injured to me. You want to check your number and dial again?"

Then there's the other option. Take down the woman's ID and information, tell her to have her doctor's office call the pharmacy and confirm the prescription tomorrow (or the next business day, if it's a weekend or holiday) or the cops will be showing up on her doorstep.

This, again, because the woman is so obviously injured.

The cop could have chosen to be sane and not to be a total douche.

This is part of why I'm against the so-called War On Drugs. It inculcates douchebag habits in sworn law enforcement officers.

logistic: Staffist: I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

Seconded, with an exception - I'm going to avoid them until the company publicly apologizes and makes major changes to its policies forcing pharmacists to actually speak with the signing practitioner before being allowed to notify authorities.

Until then, CVS can suck it.

From the article:

Benton thinks the pharmacy may have called the wrong physician.

Simple human error. They tried to verify it, got back a "who is that?" and called the cops. Wrong and she deserves compensation but it's no reason to blame the whole chain.

serial_crusher: Why sue CVS instead of the Dallas Police? Sure, CVS screwed up by calling the wrong doctor or whatever, but didn't the Dallas PD screw up even more by arresting the lady without checking up on their facts? Especially when she can rolling in looking like she'd fallen off a waterfall in Haiti.

I doubt the cops know enough about how the system works to independently verify it. They took the word of the pharmacist.

Hunter_S_Thompson: fark CVS, fark the phony war on drugs, fark the Dallas police, and fark all the little wannabe law enforcement "see something say something" homeland security bootlicking corporate minions. fark them all straight in their ass dry.

And don't give them any Norco afterwards.

Don't forget the useless and thuggish bureaucracy known as the DEA, and the smarmy politicians that keep the drug war going.

The handwriting on the prescription was probably suspiciously legible.

Another dazzling victory for the War on Drugs.

Loren: logistic: Staffist: I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

Seconded, with an exception - I'm going to avoid them until the company publicly apologizes and makes major changes to its policies forcing pharmacists to actually speak with the signing practitioner before being allowed to notify authorities.

Until then, CVS can suck it.

From the article:

Benton thinks the pharmacy may have called the wrong physician.

Simple human error. They tried to verify it, got back a "who is that?" and called the cops. Wrong and she deserves compensation but it's no reason to blame the whole chain.

serial_crusher: Why sue CVS instead of the Dallas Police? Sure, CVS screwed up by calling the wrong doctor or whatever, but didn't the Dallas PD screw up even more by arresting the lady without checking up on their facts? Especially when she can rolling in looking like she'd fallen off a waterfall in Haiti.

I doubt the cops know enough about how the system works to independently verify it. They took the word of the pharmacist.

If the cops don't know enough about how the system works, they sure as hell shouldn't have the authority to take someone to jail for it. Will the police take my "word" that someone is trying to commit fraud and throw them in jail, or would they do their own investigation first?

I would hope the latter. But then again in the United Police States of America, you go to jail first an then an investigation is done. Innocent until proven guilty? Only for the rich, powerful, or otherwise connected. And until enough people start suing the pants of of the entire chain of pig lovers, nothing will change. I hope they all end up in bankruptcy court or jail for a very long time.

MythDragon: CSB:

Apparently it is illegal to put oregeno in a baggie and try and sell it as weed. Even though it is perfectly fine to sell baggies of oregeno on the street corner, the second you call it weed, you have committed a crime. Even though it's not.

Who would have thought ripping off potheads would be a crime. Stupid, yes, but a crime?

Where the hell is it perfectly fine to stand out on the corner and sell bags of oregano? Well unless you have a big stand or something, looking like a legitimate business stand.

You'd have to be an idiot not to realize what a cop would think if he found a bunch of bags of unlabeled shaky green plant matter in your pocket, standing around on the corner. Even if its oregano, you cant be selling little baggies of it out of your pocket, they get crack dealers peddling "dummy rocks" (fake product) all the time.In my city standing on the corner selling baggies of green anything out of your pocket is going to get you harassed, arrested, or incarcerated by cops, or shot by the local gang members whod think you were trying to sell drugs on their turf.

Want to cry? Read the article's comments section. Apparently, this is all happening because of Obamacare.

Staffist: I will never fill another prescription with CVS.

You would be better off boycotting the payment of taxes since that funds the government who is behind the drug war. Its gotten so bad they are making people take piss tests from their doctor if they take certain medications, a family member is being told she has to take one and she's 4 months out of reconstructive surgery for an ankle she crushed in a car crash. I'm fairly positive she will test positive for heroin since she just had a morphine drip removed and her halo device removed.

The DEA and drug war is a joke, I didn't even realize they were close to being de-funded in the 70s when they framed small pot smugglers to pretend it was a big deal.

D_Evans45: MythDragon: CSB:

Apparently it is illegal to put oregeno in a baggie and try and sell it as weed. Even though it is perfectly fine to sell baggies of oregeno on the street corner, the second you call it weed, you have committed a crime. Even though it's not.

Who would have thought ripping off potheads would be a crime. Stupid, yes, but a crime?

Where the hell is it perfectly fine to stand out on the corner and sell bags of oregano? Well unless you have a big stand or something, looking like a legitimate business stand.

You'd have to be an idiot not to realize what a cop would think if he found a bunch of bags of unlabeled shaky green plant matter in your pocket, standing around on the corner. Even if its oregano, you cant be selling little baggies of it out of your pocket, they get crack dealers peddling "dummy rocks" (fake product) all the time.In my city standing on the corner selling baggies of green anything out of your pocket is going to get you harassed, arrested, or incarcerated by cops, or shot by the local gang members whod think you were trying to sell drugs on their turf.

Why would anyone do this? Bagging up oregano and trying to pass it off as pot should get you arrested for fraud and being a dumbass.

Weaver95: If this woman had been getting her drugs illegally, she probably would have had better access, less hassle and lower costs....

No shiat. When my leg was shattered (long story, not going to fill it in here) I was on so many meds it wasn't funny. Of particular joy was the number of pain meds, just to not hurt so bad I couldn't move. You want to know how you're on a lot of meds? You've got a pill minder with more than 4 compartments per day, for a week. Oh, and each of those is filled with multiple meds. I was on vicodin the longest. Next was Oxycodone. Toss in morphine (on a drip) and something else with a really long name. Blood thinners (Coumadin, and for a short time injecting myself with lovenox) and a half dozen more meds I could barely keep straight.

I knew the pain pills though. Without them, I could move enough to take a pi$$ into a bottle. I had to take three different pain pills at first.

Fark that pharmacist.

For fark's sake. Seriously? Now i'm going to be even MORE nervous when I get the criminal treatment to pick up some pseudophedrine so I can farking breath,

Two solutions.

Round up all the drug users. Air drop them drugs by the ton. No one gets in or out, Escape from New York Style. Then line up all these asshat drug enforcement "officers" around the perimeter and let the rest of us go on about our farking lives.

Or.

Legalize everything.

This stupid bullshiat needs to stop.