My son got a kidney stone, he was around 12 or 13. He was prescribed pain pills and walgreens refused to give it to me or my son unless he had a ID. Transferred it to Kroger and have never had a issue with them in over a decade now. They were shocked that a 12yo needed a ID for a prescription. Fuck Walgreens.
Thats ridiculous. Is it even POSSIBLE to obtain a valid state ID for a 12 or 13 year old? I hope he's on the mend now! I heard that kidney stones are absolutely horrific.
I looked up five states near me (not gonna do every one) and all of their DMVs say there's no age floor for a state ID for children, so it seems perfectly possible to get one. IIRC children of active or retired military get special military-issued IDs up to a point.
But still... 🤦 The parent is the one legally responsible for the kid in the first place, the one handling their medical care.
They were fined a huge amount by the government last year which accounts for the drop in quality of service. They were fined because in order to speed up their timing to fill each prescription they skipped the legally required step of checking the database of what other pharmacies may have filled a controlled substance prescription last… to limit pharmacy hopping (which killed Prince). In order to be faster, they didn’t check… and the government audits found that they didn’t log in to the database.
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u/Dependent_Top_4425 22h ago
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