LAW PROHIBITS RETURN OF UNUSED PRESCRIPTIONS

A recent letter writer here said that unused portions of prescriptions
should be required to be returned.

There are obvious problems with returning any prescription -- the biggest
one being that the pharmacist has no idea what may have happened to the
medicine before it was returned.

But there are laws on the books stating that it is illegal to give
prescription medicines to someone other than the intended party. I might
also add that anyone who takes a prescription intended for another person
is showing a profound lack of judgment -- just like the person who gave it
to them.

As this example demonstrates, laws don't do a lot of good if people don't
have the good judgment not to endanger themselves.

Clifford Schaffer Aqua Dulce, Calif.