• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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      3 days ago

      How does that system work, what is his pad?

      Here it seems to be entirely digital, I don’t need anything and just walk into a pharmacy and tell them my name to pick it up, they usually ask for address to confirm but I think it’s just any 2 bits of personal info.

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        3 days ago

        In the US, many states require controls (narcotics) be written on paper prescriptions. If they do allow digital prescriptions of controls, there’s often a lot more hassle involved with getting approved to do it.

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          Because a letterhead on an odd sized piece of paper is so much harder to fake than a login over an encrypted connection