[CodeAndCuffs]

Yeah, it could. People can also lie on affidavits for warrants, but it does leave more of a paper trail to catch the guy. Honestly I don't think I'd be against a warrant requirement, but I also think we need a way to speed up the warrant process a _lot_. Right now it often involves a 1 hour + drive to a magistrates office, 30-45 minutes of filling out paperwork by hand, plus the hearing, getting the actual warrant printed+signed+logged, then 1 hour + drive back to where you need to be. I think you'd see less pushback of warrants in general if it leveraged the technology we have. We should absolutely be able to file an affidavit electronically, facetime a magistrate, and get a warrant approved/denied that way.

But again, getting records from the pharmacy isn't really the issue. The government already has the records of the doctor that "wrote" the prescription. All the pharmacy is giving you is the physical copy of the record + data of who picked it up.

[dvngnt_]

3hrs seems like a small price to pay for patient privacy

[dwattttt]

Everything is cheap when you aren't the one paying for it.

[patmorgan23]

Warrants are regularly issued based on electronic filings and phone conferences are they not? Everyone spent an entire year plus doing almost all court processes entirely online/over zoom.