What would you do?

Originally Posted by ClaireBear

If it's a good friend I think I would try to talk to him/her about it. See if I could convince them to get some help for thier problem. If you alert the pharmacy, thier probably going to figure out pretty quickly who it is, and that person is going to be in BIG trouble. At the very least he/she will loose thier job, however if they alert the authorities, they could probably go to jail for a long time. Of course if you can't get your friend to admit that he/she needs help, then you'll probably have to tell someone. It'd just be better that your friend get that help themselves before it becomes a big problem.

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Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

Confrontation could be dangerous. And it seems to me that the best thing you could do for someone who is not only doing drugs, but also stealing and selling them, is get him into trouble. Those activities often lead to disasters far worse than losing a job or being charged with a crime.

I think your impulse to send an anonymous letter is correct -- but I think you should send it to the police, rather than the pharmacy management. I think you should state not that "someone" is stealing from XYZ Pharmacy, but that Joe Jones is dealing drugs, and his address is 123 Main Street.

Stated this way and coming from outside the pharmacy, the tip is less likely to make this person suspicious of you... and that could be important, depending on how vindictive or violent he (or anyone he may be selling to) may tend to be.

I really don't give a hoot about messing up his life -- he's dealing drugs, for heaven's sake! He's messing up lots of people's lives. And in fact, as I say, if he gets caught and is smart enough to straighten himself out, you'll actually be doing him a great favor.

Be careful.

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Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

Confrontation could be dangerous. And it seems to me that the best thing you could do for someone who is not only doing drugs, but also stealing and selling them, is get him into trouble. Those activities often lead to disasters far worse than losing a job or being charged with a crime.

I think your impulse to send an anonymous letter is correct -- but I think you should send it to the police, rather than the pharmacy management. I think you should state not that "someone" is stealing from XYZ Pharmacy, but that Joe Jones is dealing drugs, and his address is 123 Main Street.

Stated this way and coming from outside the pharmacy, the tip is less likely to make this person suspicious of you... and that could be important, depending on how vindictive or violent he (or anyone he may be selling to) may tend to be.

I really don't give a hoot about messing up his life -- he's dealing drugs, for heaven's sake! He's messing up lots of people's lives. And in fact, as I say, if he gets caught and is smart enough to straighten himself out, you'll actually be doing him a great favor.

Be careful.

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Originally Posted by NoRachelHere

If you knew someone who worked in a Pharmacy and was stealing narcotics and controlled substances for personal use/ to sell???

I think the best decision would be to anonymously alert the pharmacy that this was going on, not neccisarly exactly who, but that they had best keep an eye on their associates???

What does everyone else think???

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