Opinion No.

The Honorable Lona Horn McCastlain Prosecuting Attorney, 23d District 301 N. Center St., Suite 301 Lonoke, Arkansas 72086

Dear Ms. Horn:

I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following question:

May the Lonoke County Coroner secure and destroy the prescription drugs of a decedent to prevent their use by an unauthorized person?

RESPONSE

Your question is identical to one I answered in the negative in the attached Ark. Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2000-204, which I am issuing simultaneously herewith.

Assistant Attorney General Jack Druff prepared the foregoing opinion, which I hereby approve.

Sincerely,

MARK PRYOR Attorney General

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