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In a message dated 4/26/2002 12:44:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > This is easy for you to say. Horesfeathers!! Easy for those of you > wealthy/lucky enough to have access to free drugs - but many don't. Of > cause it is illegal - but so what, There are lots of things that are > illegal, and there are lots of things worse than being illegal as well. > This is my opinion on the matter, anyway. A rare opportunity to be able to > do some real good for some needy people. > > As for the List.just put a posting saying. "I have about 100 25/100 > generic > sinement." That's all. Then anyone who needs it can respond personally to > you. When you mail them do what I have done - put the pills in a plain > white envelope n put that and some padding in a plain brown envelope and > mail em with no return address. If you're really paranoid - wipe your > fingerprints off of everything. You'll be doing a service. Those who don't > approve, won't approve. > BBA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carole Hercun" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:19 AM > Subject: Re: Donated Prescription > > > > As a registered nurse, I'm afraid I have to echo Katie. You > > just can't do it, especially in a public forum. > > Carole Hercun > > > > --- [log in to unmask] wrote: > > > To all: > > > > > > Something else to keep in mind is that donated, or > > > shared, medication > > > is also a crime. If you give your unused medication to > > > someone else you are > > > illegally dispensing (prescription) medication without a > > > license. This is a > > > felony in most, if not all, states. This sharing of > > > medication has appeared > > > before on the list, and I sent a detailed posting which > > > ought to be in the > > > archives. This recent flurry of activity over donated > > > prescription > > > medication also puts the list and the listowners in a > > > very vulnerable > > > position. And, of course, the boilerplate provisions of > > > the guidelines from > > > the University of Toronto also cover these postings and > > > ban them. I know > > > what it is like to have excess medication and to know > > > someone else could use > > > that medication. I have also represented defendants who > > > have unwittedly, and > > > with the best of intentions, passed on medication to > > > friends and others for > > > whatever reasons. Believe it or not: this is criminal > > > activity. This is why > > > when someone dies, all those unused medications are > > > dumped. Katie > > > > Hey wait a minute. Let's not shoot the messenger because we don't like the message. We are lucky to have a compendium of people with expertise in different fields and if an attorney cautions us of the consequences of the act and is seconded bya medical professional it would be at the worst folly and the least gauche not to take the information in gracefully. What we do with the information is our own business and It is obvious that some will heed and others will not and so be it. There are enough messages on various topics pointing out that the disease affects us each differently. Take requip for example. For some it's as good as Sinemet. Others get tired from it. Still others get sleepy. Some actually report falling asleep at the wheel. Imagine the liability (not to mention profound remorse) were someone to fall asleep at the wheel of a moving automobile using someone else's spare requip. I shudder at it. So that's me. And that also appears to be Katie and Carole and probably many others. I for one am glad to have free advice from an expert whether I like it or use it or not Paul H. Lauer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn