At the scene, investigators noticed numerous items that appeared to have been stolen from the CVS pharmacy at 1215 E. Superior St. on Monday. They concluded that the deceased individual was the suspect in the robbery and said they were seeking no other suspects.

The death did not appear to be suspicious, police said.

The body was taken to Midwest Medical Examiners for an autopsy and results on toxicology are being awaited to determine the manner and cause of death, police said.

The dead individual’s name was not immediately released.

Since Pharmacies in general and chains in particular have been reluctant to created a more “fortified” Rx dept… so that Rx dept robberies would become more difficult, if not impossible.

Should  these pharmacies that have left their Rx dept “wide open” and more “inviting” to robbers… be charged with some sort of violation of being complicit with what goes wrong and/or people harmed because of this reluctance/failure ?

In this particular case, should CVS and their executives be charged in contributing to the death of this person?  I can assure you that if this person had gotten a prescription from a prescriber and OD’d… the DEA would be after the prescriber… Shouldn’t pharmacies be held to the same standard ?  Shouldn’t the Boards of Pharmacy take a more proactive stance in the how Rx depts are configured and be “less robber friendly “?  The Boards of Pharmacy primary charge is to protect the health/safety of the general public.  Since the majority of the Boards of Pharmacy are “stacked” with non-practicing corporate Pharmacists… working for the same pharmacy chains that are keeping their Rx depts “robber friendly”.  In general, are the Boards of Pharmacy being negligence ?