COMING FORWARD. WESH 2’S MATT GRANT REPORTS. I USED ABSOLUTELY LOVE BEING A PHARMACIST. NOW I HATE IT. A SECOND PHARMACIST IS NOW COMING FORWARD TELLING US THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION INSTRUCTED HIM NOT TO FILL CERTAIN PAIN PRESCRIPTIONS. WHAT IS THE DEA COME AND TOLD YOU? NO GOOD PHARMACIST WOULD FILL PRESCRIPTIONS FROM OUTSIDE THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY. BILL NAPIER OWNS PANAMA PHARMACY IN JACKSONVILLE AND HAS MORE THAN TWO DECADES EXPERIENCE AS A PHARMACIST. HIS COMMENTS ECHO WHAT ORLANDO PHARMACIST TOLD US IN JANUARY. WE WERE TOLD WE COULD NOT FILL PRESCRIPTIONS SPECIFICALLY PAIN PRESCRIPTIONS IF THE PATIENT LIVES TOO FAR AWAY. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF PHARMACY RECENTLY SENT PHARMACISTS A RED FLAG VIDEO INTENDED TO HELP THEM FIGURE OUT THE LEGITIMACY OF PATIENT PRESCRIPTIONS. ONE RED FLAG? GOING INTO A PHARMACY FAR FROM YOUR DOCTOR. EARLIER THIS YEAR THE DEA TOLD US THEY WOULD NEVER TELL A PHARMACIST NOT TO FILL A PRESCRIPTION BASED ON WHERE THE PATIENT WAS TRAVELING FROM. THEY WOULD NEVER TELL ANYONE YOU CAN ONLY FILL FOR YOUR OWN COMMUNITY. BUT THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT NAPIER SAYS HAPPENED TO HIM IN MAY OF 2013 WHEN HE SAYS THREE DEA AGENTS VISITED HIS SHOP. HE SAYS HE WAS GIVEN OTHER INSTRUCTIONS AS WELL. IF THE PATIENT HAD A DRUG OR ALCOHOL RELATED ARREST, NOT CONVICTION, BUT ARREST IN THEIR LIFETIME, NO GOOD PHARMACIST WOULD FILL THAT PRESCRIPTION. THE DEA WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THE NEW ALLEGATIONS BUT SAY THEY WILL RESPOND AT THE NEXT FLORIDA BOARD OF PHARMACY MEETING. TELLING US… WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THEE ISSUES AT THE MEETING SO WE WILL COMMENT AT THE TIME. AND THAT WAS MATT GRANT REPORTING. THAT MEETING TAKES PLACE AUGUST 10TH. OUR INVESTIGATIVE TEAM WILL BE THERE. COMING UP AT SIX, A LOCAL FAMILY WHOSE FOUR-YEAR-OLD IS FIGHTING