Seattle Drug Crime Defense Attorneys

Prescription Fraud Lawyers in Seattle, Washington

In recent years, prescription drug abuse has reached an all-time high in Washington and throughout the U.S.  The availability and addictive properties of prescription drugs have contributed to their popularity and everyone from teenagers to senior citizens can become addicted to these substances.  Even though prescription drugs are legal when used as prescribed by the people who are prescribed them, if they are obtained through fraud or misrepresentation or used by someone who does not have a legitimate prescription, prescription drugs can be considered illegal controlled substances. 

Prescription fraud is committed when an individual obtains or attempts to obtain a controlled substance (prescription drug) by using fraud, forgery, deception, theft, or any other type of misrepresentation.  There are many different methods that can be used to commit prescription forgery in Seattle, but due to the recent rise in abuse of this type of drug, pharmacists, doctors and law enforcement officials have been especially sensitive and aware of the different methods used to obtain prescription drugs in an effort to detain and charge individuals who violate this drug law.   

Experienced Prescription Forgery Attorneys 

Some Seattle residents get caught when they try to obtain prescription drugs because of heightened security and awareness of forgery problems on the part of doctors and pharmacists.  If you never actually used or obtained prescription drugs, you can still be charged with prescription fraud because you made the attempt.  If the prosecution can prove that you knowingly presented an altered, forged, or counterfeit prescription to the pharmacist, you can still be convicted of prescription forgery. 

The good news is that the state must prove that you knowingly and purposely attempted to commit prescription fraud by giving the prescription to the pharmacy.  Your Seattle drug crime defense attorney will have ways of disproving this to the judge and/or jury and will challenge circumstantial evidence in an effort to prove that you were not responsible for your actions because of a severe chemical addiction to prescription drugs.  Whatever possible defenses are available to you, your defense lawyer will find and apply them to your case in order to prevent you from being convicted. 

If you have been charged with prescription fraud in Washington, contact a Seattle drug crime defense lawyer today!