An adult was choosing not to decide the answer before asking questions.

By then the prescription bottle was in police custody, collected from our house with my father’s consent after the deputy explained why it mattered.

The medication itself was not illegal to possess with a valid prescription.

The question was whether a prescription had been obtained through false information and whether the bottle had been used to frame me.

Investigators requested dispensing information from the pharmacy.

They also sought records from the prescribing clinic and reviewed the insurance claim.