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Both were prescribing Vicodin, and neither knew about the other. This is known as "doctor shopping".

It is not uncommon to have the same prescription from two different doctors, and you would have to truly be insane to live in Florida these days.

This guy isn't some innocent schmuck "caught up" in the system. He's a drug dealer.

His last conviction for drug dealing was in 86, 21 years ago, so your statement must assume "once a drug dealer, always a drug dealer."

So it's really a question of what constitutes "too many" pills. You or I possessing 58 pills -- no problem. But this clown was driving around with pills in an unlabeled bottle and had a history of drug dealing, so the prosecutor took advantage of a poorly written law and went after him.

And now he is going to get his head handed to him in civil court. This guy is not only going to get his 500K back but since he did 2 years in prison for something he did not do, much more.

I know you will probably say screw him because he used to be a drug dealer, but our system of justice is not supposed to work that way.

One person who I don't remember said it well:

We used to put people in jail because we feared them. Now we put people in jail because we are mad at them.

[robertpaulsen]

"It is not uncommon to have the same prescription from two different doctors"

Huh? Not uncommon? Happens all the time? Puh-leeze!

"so your statement must assume "once a drug dealer, always a drug dealer."

When a prior drug dealer is found with 58 Vicodin pills in an unmarked bottle in a van, my antennae twitch.

"And now he is going to get his head handed to him in civil court"

The prosecutor hasn't yet decided if he's going to retry the case. Not a real good time for Mr. O'Hara to be talking about suing the prosecutor.

"since he did 2 years in prison for something he did not do"

Pfffft! I look at it as two years for something he DID do but wasn't caught doing.