Amanda's prescriptions¶
Amanda's prescriptions are the hidden stash of Xanax and opioid pills found in a hollow bedpost in Amanda Lucky's bedroom, labeled with Dr. Lawrence Lori's name, whose Vicodin record was later found altered in the pharmacy computer, with its paper copy missing.
| Type | Item (medication, evidence) |
| Aliases | pill stash; Vicodin and Xanax bottles; Amanda's prescription bottles |
| Holder | Found in the Lucky house; bagged as evidence and shared with Sheriff Roosevelt |
| First appearance | Radford Horror 01 |
| Appearances | Radford Horror 01, Radford Horror 02, Radford Horror 05 |
Description¶
In the pink Lisa Frank bedroom, a hollow bedpost on the four-poster bed holds bottles of Xanax and an opioid, labeled with Amanda's name and with Dr. Lawrence Lori as prescriber (Radford Horror 01). Kurt finds them with an Investigate a Mystery roll of 13 and shares the pills with Sheriff Roosevelt, asking him to dust the trellis and roof (Radford Horror 01).
In Radford Horror 01 Andre names the opioid as oxycodone. During Radford Horror 02 the table works out that oxycodone was not yet on the market in this era, and Andre revises it: "it was Vicodin then." From that point the bottles are Vicodin, and the pharmacy record concerns Vicodin (Radford Horror 01; Radford Horror 02).
Properties¶
- Xanax. Prescribed to Amanda for about three years for anxiety and severe depressive tendencies, according to Lori (Radford Horror 02). His files show the dose was later raised without explanation (Radford Horror 05).
- Vicodin. Lori flatly denies prescribing it and suggests forgery or a pharmacy error (Radford Horror 02).
- Autopsy. Amanda's toxicology shows trace Xanax and a lot of opiates, enough to chemically sedate a person. The team's theory is that she was drugged and held, and could walk only because of old tolerance, so other missing people may be held the same way (Radford Horror 05).
History¶
- Discovery. Amanda's parents believed Lori had prescribed nothing; they say he helped with her grades. The stash is the first lead to Lori (Radford Horror 01).
- Lori's side. In his office, Lori says he prescribed only Xanax, refuses to elaborate without consent or a deposition, offers prescription receipts, and under pressure names Dean Lawson as drug-involved (Radford Horror 02). See Dr. Lori's office.
- The pharmacy. The Radford pharmacy has a computer record of Vicodin for Amanda under Lori, entered about a year earlier and started about four months after the Xanax. Prescriptions are phoned in, logged on paper, then entered in the computer, and anyone with the password can alter the record. The pharmacist finds that the paper original is missing, "a big problem" (Radford Horror 02). The pharmacist adds that the Vicodin prescriptions he fills, apparently all from Lori, mostly go to 17- and 18-year-olds.
- Photos of the patient files. The Biz photographs Lori's files for Amanda; Kurt later develops them. They show Xanax prescribed with a stated reason, doses raised without explanation, extra appointments that taper into no-shows, and no mention of opiates. The Biz had also stolen a prescription pad from Lori's office (Radford Horror 05). See Dr. Lori's patient files.
- Theories. After learning that Derek Augustine is a pharmacist who filled Lori's opioid prescriptions for Amanda, a couple of times assuming wisdom teeth, Kurt suspects an affair (drugs in exchange for sex), and Andrew proposes that Lori and the pharmacist were partners who fell out; the missing item was Lori's hard-copy validation. Augustine claims ignorance of the "record error" (Radford Horror 05). Lori's side is that he never wrote the script.
- Resolution. In Radford Horror 08 the sheriff says Lori and Augustine confessed to abusing Amanda and are going to prison, which would account for the drugs in the official account. The team does not argue (Radford Horror 08).
What remains unknown¶
- Who altered the pharmacy record and removed the paper log.
- Whether Lori wrote the Vicodin prescriptions.