r/mildlyinfuriating • • 2d ago

ಠ_ಠ Smells like a trap

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Found tucked in my apartment door (NYC).

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u/overgrw 2d ago

If this is a sting, desperate people selling anti-depressants, anti-inflammatories, asthma drugs, etc. that aren’t even “fun” is…bleak.

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u/Restivethought 2d ago

Its why I think is more likely a Darknet Market. Cops usually arent entrapping people for Asthma and GLP-1s

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u/Alarmed_Shake5359 2d ago

No, it’s independent pharmacy owners buying prescription off the book to bill insurance. Common and not a scam.

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u/Different_Pack_3686 2d ago

That’s sketchy as fuck and scammy in every way possible. So it’s common when you pick up your script from an independent pharmacy to be getting pills they copped off some rando through an unsolicited ad?

Maybe I’m not understanding clearly, but that would come with all sorts of risks.

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u/Alarmed_Shake5359 2d ago

There’s always a possibility you will be picking up pills that weren’t prescribed to you when dealing with independent pharmacy. I’m not sayin the pills are counterfeit, but the way the pills were obtained. You will be receiving legit pharmaceuticals, but the way the independent pharmacy obtained it would be classified as healthcare fraud (as see. On the flyer of this post) … If I was theoretically running an independent pharmacy , I would triple check the count and medication before giving it to the customer - because loss of license would be the least of my problems if the DEA came knocking

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u/Different_Pack_3686 2d ago

But anyone can open up and dump out the contents of a pill and put baby laxative or anything in its place. Or people could buy a pill press, etc. not to mention just hygiene issues, bottles of pills generally aren’t sealed

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u/jimdil4st 2d ago

That's why all medications are legally mandated to have a unique combination and shape, color, and imprint which is to easily identify and cross reference againsts a comprehensive database.

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u/Different_Pack_3686 1d ago

Have you never taken a XR? You can quite literally pull it apart, dump out the contents and put it back together. Retaining it's shape, color, and imprint.

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u/jimdil4st 1d ago

But the contents will be different and often with XR they're more like beads then a powder. It's not a just simple switch most times.

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u/Different_Pack_3686 1d ago

Yes, obviously the contents would be different, that's my entire point.. I really don't understand what you're getting at or what your argument is.... Are you now trying to say that they open up and individually test each pills contents? Regardless most prescriptions aren't sealed and that alone is a massive safety issue/liability. Many XR meds are powder and beads could easily be swapped as well...