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Many states have laws that require controlled substances, tylenol #3, to be in a properly labelled bottle with pharm, doc, and patient info. Bringing T#3 from outside the US you would not have this so that would be an issue, but the LE have to find it first.
Also, driving under the influence of T#3 is the same as driving under the influence of any other opiate, like heroin or hydro. It is also a crime in most states. The officer could test you in the field by looking for dilated pupils, slurred or slow speech, poor balance, droopy eyelids, etc. This would be enough to arrest for DUI, not to mention search and impound vehicle. If an officer suspects drugs in a DUI case the standard procedure for all departments I have worked for is to require a urine test , but blood will also work. The urine test we use covers virtually all opiates including codeine.
Finally, LE needs less reason to search a vehicle or person near an international border. Even local cops can make a case for searching a vehicle from far less than they would normally need within a couple of miles of a border.
Hope this helps.
I have a question about this issue. I am on Avinza, which is a sustained release morphine, and my pain doc has said that if I feel up to it, there is no reason for me not to go back to work. I feel no impairment on this medicine at all, and have been on it for several weeks. How would this law apply, in the case where a physician has documented that he feels there is no impairment from the medication? Would the case be based entirely on field testing results?Trampy, can you answer this one? TIA, kandi
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