Most people have taken prescription drugs at some point in their lives. Some people need them for most of their lives. While usually legal, sometimes they can become illegal.
Here are a few of the times when these medications could land you in trouble with the law:
If they affect your driving
Some medications can reduce alertness. Certain anti-allergy drugs, for example, can cause you to become drowsy, which is not something you can afford to be when driving. If the police believe you are driving badly, they are unlikely to care that prescription medications were to blame. They could still charge you with an impaired driving offense.
If you sell them
Maybe you no longer need the drugs. That does not mean you can sell them to someone else. There is a huge black market for certain prescription medications, and the police are on the lookout for people they think may be part of that.
If you share them
Sharing your medications with someone else is also illegal. You could face charges, as could the person you gave the drugs to.
If they are part of your job
Doctors are allowed to prescribe drugs, nurses are allowed to administer them and pharmacists are permitted to dispense them. If you are in one of those professions, you must respect the guidelines regarding when, how and to whom you can prescribe, administer or dispense a prescription medication.
Of course, you do not actually need to do any of these things to be accused of them. Wrongful accusations happen all the time, and legal guidance will be crucial if you find yourself in such as situation.