A Juneau man was indicted Friday for attempting to fill a forged prescription for oxycodone.
Ronald E. Skoog, 27, faces one count of forgery in the second degree, a class ‘C’ felony that can carry up to five years in prison and $50,000 fine.
District Attorney David Brower charges in an affidavit that on Dec. 2 of last year, Skoog attempted to fill the prescription, parts of which were valid, through Ron’s Apothecary Shoppe, a registered pharmacy on Mendenhall Mall Road.
The pharmacy called Juneau Police Department to report its suspicion a prescription had been altered. A police investigation found the prescription was from the Juneau Alliance for Mental Health and was signed by a doctor. The first two prescriptions for two different drugs appeared to be valid, but third for the oxycodone appeared to be a fraudulent. It was written in different handwriting, and there was no dosage information associated with it, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit stated a registered nurse with JAMI informed police JAMI does not prescribe narcotics, oxycodone should not have been on the prescription, and it was added by an unauthorized person.
Oxycodone is a schedule IA controlled substance, meaning it’s listed in Alaska statute as having the highest degree of danger or probable danger to a person or the public. Schedule IA substances include opium and opiates, and any salt, compounds or derivatives of opium or opiates, including codeine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, morphine and oxycodone.
Skoog is scheduled to be arraigned in Juneau Superior Court on Thursday.
Comments (23)
Add commentYet another...
...stupid addict.
I'd be curious to see what their path to addiction was. Track it back. Was it originally due to prescribed pain medication? Or what? How does one get started with this vice?
Another one bites the dust!
Another one bites the dust!
Good question:
Good question Lat. I know it doesn’t’ matter what type of back ground you come from anyone can become addicted. However you know what they say’ alcohol leads to pot and pot leads to….. You know the rest. Not sure if that’s true or not, but when I look at a few addicts I know that was the path they took.
No doubt, mil
I'm sure some of them followed that path. However, doctors don't prescribe alcohol and pot, but they certainly DO prescribe narcotics. If you have a patient with 'pain issues' and they have to come back to you monthly for a 're-examination' (for $250) before you renew their prescription...seems like a potential conflict of interest. Could that be happening here?
Some people are more prone to
Some people are more prone to addiction than others. The vast majority of people who drink alcohol (which is most people, now and for the last several thousand years) and smoke pot don't end up hopeless addicts or move on to harder drugs.
WOW!
What was this guy thinking?
It's sad:
Lat, you are exactly right. I have someone who is very close to me and whose life is on the line. They started out small “pain meds” prescribed by a doctor and it soon escalated to the point that I’m waiting for the day when that dreaded phone call comes.
This is sad for a number of
This is sad for a number of reason. First off, that this guy is stupid. Secondly, that this guy was so hard up that he pulled a goofy stunt like he did to score drugs. Further, it's sad that he had a substance dependency in the first place.
On the issue of gateway drugs, a number of people like to point the accusing finger at weed. While weed smoking is not the healthiest of activities, it is not the opening of the chasm to hell. The true gateway drugs are tobacco and alcohol--substances that provide the public with huge revenues.
No JOY From JAMHI
JAMHI has never prescribed narcotics. What a surprise... At least they got rid of that stuffy old coot Dr (with the bushy eyebrows) who wore the same pair of pants to work for the last 20 years... He a give BuNNy the creeps...
You're right about
the conflict of interest Latitude58. The insurance companies, big pharma, healthcare providers, and patients. The are all gaming the system, and profiting in some fashion, all down the line. Ultimately, and unfortunately, it's the end-user that pays with their life....the very one the others profit from, in caring for.
Weird how corporate america works sometimes, isn't it.
Bwahaha
Juneau's crippling addiction to opioids is a sickening reality. Start giving people shots of naltrexone in their asses before they have time to withdrawal. Maybe the pain and suffering of not being able to control your bowels and body will deter most people from going back.....NOT, its a pointless battle, addicts will be addicts and unless they have drug savvy support from family, friends and the medical community their isn't any hope for these people to quit. Most of these "morons"aren't privy to the consequences of their own actions and hold behaviorally modified socio-pathic tendencies, which they are also not aware of.
Jeremiah's...
Uh, right, like you have a clue. You're a Johnson.
Funny thing Jeremiah's,
you don't sound Kenyan
Huh?
If the DA can't be convinced to prosecute someone for possession of 2/3 of a pound of coke then why in the heck would you bother arresting somebody for something like this?
Oh... wait a sec I get it, THIS one looks like a "Gimme" to the DA.
Right...NewLife
Government America, a subsidiary of corporate america. Get a cup of coffee!
Boy you people sure can get
Boy you people sure can get [filtered word]y over some loser trying to forge a prescription.
What if that
next oxy headline is your wife, or child...or you J.E.Fume...still just a loser?
Ask Milspec. if only losers can become addicted to oxy.
Pretty scary, and sad isn't it Milspec..I finally got that call.
Every last pill was prescribed by a doctor. I think he was only charging 180.00 per 'refill visit' at that time.
Business is good....