10-20-2014, 12:24 AM
I don't know about the legality, but around here (in North GA), when I read about various arrests in the newspaper, it's not at all uncommon to see that part of the charges was having medicines not in original containers. It may well be that it's an add-on type of charge and not something that the police are looking for. Having said that, I carry prescription pills when I travel in a small plastic case in my pocket. I figure that it's much more likely that they'll be picked up on a carry on xray than on my person. I don't take them out of my pocket when I go through the metal detector and I've never been questioned in any way about them.