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This really angers me and I can certainly undestand your frustraion. This prescription drug thing is one of the oldest tricks in the book that drug addcts use to get away with getting high. The thing is if the prescription is for an optiate, no matter what optiate is taken it will still show up the same. That means heroin as well. Unless the test is done to distinguish exactly whet was found there is no way to diferentiate the difference. The test that would have to be done is very espensive and indepth and usually done by doctors or in hospital settings not in out patient clinics or by the state(CPS, probation/parole. They use the most cost efficient testing which is basicallty a pass/fail that would tell you what type of drugs were found such as opiates, benzodiapam, cannibis, ect.
The only way to insure that the person is using exactly what was prescribes is to have the prescribing doctor do random testing to make certain the person is not using anything else. Most likely the prescribing doctors are not aware of the persons substance abuse history and if they are they should be doing this type of testing.
Where I work a prescription for an opiate used to be a card blanche for them to justify using illicit drugs. Now we have it where they must sign a release to contact the prescribing doctor and exchange information and the doctor must preform this extensive testing.
Good luck on this, my heart goes out to you as I can tell you do care about this little boy's safety and well being.
EZ
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