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DTF: Woman faked ID to buy pills
Published Saturday, October 11, 2008
An Andalusia woman was jailed Thursday after she allegedly attempted to obtain prescription pills by posing as an employee of a local doctor’s office.
A Drug Task Force spokesman said 21-year-old Nikala Westgate was arrested on one count of attempted possession of a controlled substance.
“(Westgate) called an area pharmacy posing as personnel from an area doctor’s office,” the spokesman said. “She attempted to give the pharmacy a false prescription for a controlled substance.”
The suspicious circumstances in which the prescription was allegedly called into the pharmacy prompted pharmacy employees to contact the DTF, the spokesman said.
The spokesman said agents were able to make contact with Westgate and ultimately placed her under arrest. She was booked into the Covington County Jail under a $10,000 bond.
“Incidents like this only go to reaffirm the ongoing problem this county has with prescription pill abuse,” the spokesman said. “DTF agents and other law enforcement agencies are constant in their attempts to curb this problem.
“Thankfully, working relationships between law enforcement and area businesses has led to removing another suspected drug abuser off the streets,” he said.
Anyone wishing to report suspected drug activity or abuse is asked to contact the 22nd Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force at 222-3532.
Comments
Posted by BamaMan (anonymous) on October 12, 2008 at 10:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I hope the judge sends this person to rehab with a long aftercare.
Everyone must remember that drug users are sick and need medical help.....not just be arrested over and over. Arresting a person does not solve the problem....or "get them off the street" for long. They are not bad people....just sick.
While she should be punished for the illegal activity ....she should also be helped with her problem
Society is better served in the long run this way.
Posted by admin23 (anonymous) on October 13, 2008 at 8:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What if she has already attended a rehab? What if she does not want to go to rehab? Then what, we let her out free to do as she pleases? Rehab is not always the answer. Some do not want help.
Posted by justice (anonymous) on October 13, 2008 at 11:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
well there is a big problem with pills, like a pharmacy selling free samples to customers for a profit,and the attorney general troy king turns a deaf ear to this when reported as well as the state board of phamacy, so it only gets people who is has no pull that gets caught when reported.
Posted by lishad (anonymous) on October 14, 2008 at 8:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The problem in Andalusia is FAR deeper rooted than the community OR law enforcement even realize. What I will tell everyone is that there are 5 words every addict has in their vernacular, when depression becomes dispair and dispair becomes desperation they are not words that come from fear or weakness, they are hardwired in their beings from the minute they use the first time. Those five words........I Wish I Were Alive. EVERYONE wants help, they just don't always know it, or can't always admit it to themselves.
Posted by admin23 (anonymous) on October 14, 2008 at 9:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Then, I have a question. If one is given opportunities to get help and has the capability of asking for the help but does not accept the help that is given...Where are we? I do believe that rehabilitation is an option, but when do they become accountable for their actions? Do we continue to send drunk drivers to DUI schools and AA meetings because they have failed to accept the help and continue to drive intoxicated until finally they hurt or kill someone? Do we allow drugs to let people do as they please and get off by six months of rehab? I do not believe that is fair, not to me or to any other law abiding citizen.
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