E.D.Mich.: Govt showed basis to get SW for def’s blood to prove he wasn’t taking the oxy he was prescribed

Defendant’s oxycodone use was tipped to the police by an automated system that he was prescribed 50 oxys a day for five years [yet wasn’t dead]. “The indictment further alleges that from November 2012-November 2017, Defendant filled prescriptions on a monthly basis for 1500 oxycodone 30mg pills, totaling over 90,000 oxycodone pills; that between January 2014 to July 2017, Defendant deposited over $400,000 cash into multiple bank accounts; and that in November 2017, less than 30 days after filling a prescription for 1500 oxycodone 30mg pills, Vasquez tested negative for oxycodone.” The government sought a search warrant for his blood to prove he wasn’t taking any, and it was issued. The motion to suppress was denied. The government showed a substantial basis for the warrant. United States v. Vasquez, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195343 (E.D. Mich. Nov. 13, 2018). (I’ve thought about the possibility of these warrants before, but this is the first I’ve read about in a case.)