Many people keep their medication in that cabinet. So what the teacher did was more than a simple invasion of their private ‘space’, it also could have revealed medications for all sorts of ailments.
What if the person was on psych meds, reproductive meds, meds for highly personal issues. These things could cause by way of common knowledge some sort of community group-think that was highly negative.
Kids go home and tell their parents. Teachers talk amongst themselves. This was a terrible idea.
The lack of judgement here is amazing.
It may even be a violation of the health law as it relates to patient privacy. FWIW, I recently needed to fill a prescription for something the FDA moved to schedule 2 from schedule 3. First pharmacy said they were out and would not be restocking for a few weeks, come back then. Since the pain med was for a tooth problem, I did not wish to wait two weeks so called another one. Get this: “sorry, cannot by law tell you over the phone whether we stock or have in stock that particular med”. So, I had to drag myself up there to see if they had enough meds to fill my 16 pill perscription. So, if it is not legal to even tell one over the phone if a pharmacy has something in stock, how much of a violation would it be for some stooge to peruse one’s medicine cabinet and report back to the state school what they found??
I’m almost sure this was also illegal. Wouldn’t it violate HIPPA? Your medical records are confidential, and without your express permission I doubt that even your children have a right to know what medications you are taking, much less their school teachers.
The first one is a treatment for tinnitus and the second increases the effectiveness of my anti-pain medication. They are carefully chosen so as not to interact with anything each other or anything else I am taking. It helps that SweetiePalm is a Licensed Pharmacist and knows this stuff better than the doctors.
I will bet dollars to donuts that some government bureaucrat would just look at the medication name and go, "You're taking anti-depressants. You're disqualified for (fill in the blank). They wouldn't know or care about the dosage or secondary prescriptive reasons.
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(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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