After being pulled over for speeding, the son of a client was arrested, prosecuted, fined, and is on three years probation because he was found with pills in a bottle whose label was worn off. This was considered a separate offense.

It that turned out the pills were the last of an expired painkiller prescription. Possession of these was considered a second and separate offense.

The county prosecuted under federal drug laws that the U.S. Attorney for the jurisdiction declined to prosecute.

Even getting the doctor to verify the original prescription and to write a new, current prescription was considered by the court to be no defense.

I do not want to be arrested pending a report from the lab on what kind of pills I am carrying. Original packages and labels in all my FAKs. Only current prescription meds in original containers with legible labels.