Any pharmacists in the forum? (Dealing cocaine does not count)

So yeah, my lifelong goal was to become a lawyer and then eventually a politician. However, it seems like the legal field is oversaturated and shitty right now. It seems like that there are no guarantees of a nice job after graduating from a good law school anymore (unless you are extremely smart in a T14) and I am not confident in my abilities to both A) get into a T14 law school and B)achieve cream of the crop status to be recruited by biglaw. I am also not sure if I'd like to work 70-80 hours a week (as some members have shared).

So now, I look into a different career choice. Pharmacy. Drug dealing. Legal drug dealing*

It seems like this job has a stable and decent income along with good hours and less stress. The only down side to this job is that I will never be able to make as much as a top attorney makes and that going through Pharm school will be hellish.

Any SF pharmacists want to chime in on this particular career choice?

Good thing about my career change is that I'm only a freshman right now. I don't think it's too late to hange and it was my fault for not adding that in the op.

Well I wanted to become a lawyer because I liked what the job entails and it was a way for me to do what I like while making six figures. In 2000, lawyers were making more and more money and now, 10 years later, it seems like the economy is horrible for them. I've read horror stories of lawyers who are fresh out of law school with either no jobs or having "temp" jobs where they mindlessly reviewing boring documents. As much as I enjoy making big $ and dealing with the law, I don't really want to risk not being able to pay my bills and satisfy my material needs. I've accepted the fact that being a retail pharmacist isn't neccessarily exciting, but the way I see it is that it's a low stress job with good pay and good hours. And yeah, I'll do some searching.

I'm guessing if I have a dual degree, I could probably make it big with patent law (in terms of new drugs?) or something of that sort. For retail, I have a rather nice goal. Azn pharmacies are springing up in my neighborhood and I guess retail places vary. I've read threads and people say it sucks to work in retail, but the pharmacies that I know have rather laidback and easy going environment (though there's a degree of "fast-food"ness). I wouldn't mind working in one of the asian pharmacies. However, I'm hoping to become a clinical pharmacist instead. I guess a lot of this has to do with prestige and the work description because it feels a lot better to be actively helping the ill than to just stand behind a counter. I read through all the past threads, and it seems like (as with other careers) that I'll love it or hate it and that the job will either be monotonous or exciting (clinical). I'm a freshman in Fordham and after a long night of thinking, I worked out a plan to catch up on my pre-reqs (freshies take bio I+II/Chem I+II which I will miss out on) with summer classes. Then I'll aim for a B.S. in Biology and then apply to a four year pharmacy school. If I haven't gone insane by then, I'll aim to either work in retail to make some money first or to apply for a year of residency. Question now is....does the pharmacy school prestige affect your chances of residency? I know for retail, the school doesn't matter so long as you get a license. But do hospitals care if you graduated from LIU or St Johns as opposed to UMinn or USC?

You'd make a fine detective!