Q: Consequences of abusing someone else's Adderall prescription?
I'm doing research for my book.
The character is my antagonist. He's the father to a boy who's got ADHD. The father is not present in the boy's life at all and left him with his mom at the age of four.
He's a manager for a famous band and wants to stop one of the band members from leaving the band by giving him performance-enhancing drugs (Adderall) to help him cope with stress. So, he scams a doctor through an email prescription service to get the doctor to write out a prescription for his son, but in reality, he's going to give it to the band member who will later develop an addiction as a result of the Adderall.
The antagonist is going to court in the end and is exposed for what he's done.
What is the worst and best case scenario for him?
Also, the antagonist has used NDAs to silence some of the band members who find out about this, made them sign them. Is there a way that they won't suffer consequences for exposing him for it?
The story takes place in the US.
A:
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