AKRON, Ohio -- When you call to get a prescription filled at your local pharmacy, did you know that just about anyone could pick up those drugs and walk off with them?

This happened recently to an Akron woman named Olive Jackson.

"I pulled my pills out and said, 'What's wrong with them? Half of them are missing.' He said, 'I don't know, I didn't mess with your pills. I didn't take any of your pills,'" said Jackson.

Jackson said Denane Pollard, a man who picked up pills for her a couple of months ago, picked up her medication again without her consent, and she never saw him again.

Jackson was at her pharmacy when she found out and asked the pharmacist why they would let someone take her medications.

It's actually not the pharmacy's fault. While this incident happened at Ritzman's, it could also happen at a Walgreens, a CVS, or just about any pharmacy, according to the State Board of Pharmacy,

"There are no laws and rules about that. The pharmacists have traditionally done a good job at making sure the right people get it and that's the way it has continued," said the state board's Bill WInsley.

The state board advises consumers to be careful about who knows about their prescriptions. When disposing of bottles, make sure to get rid of information that could allow someone else to get a refill.

"There's been some talk about requiring identification. Obviously, there's pros and cons, but that would require a state law," said Winsley.

Pharmacists across the state are split about whether a law should be implemented.

If pills are stolen, a doctor can reissue the prescription. If the insurance company receives a police report to prove that the medication has been stolen, the insurance company should fill the prescription free of charge.

NewsChannel5's faxed the Akron police report to Jackson's insurance company, Humana, and a company spokesperson said that Jackson would have her medication by the next day.

The man suspected of picking up Jackson's prescription is still at large.