Liam James Stanger, 38, pleaded guilty in Shepparton Magistrates Court on Friday to robbery, committing an indictable offence while on bail, breaching a conduct condition of bail and driving while suspended.
He was sentenced to the term of 12 months imprisonment with a six-month non-parole period.
The Numurkah man walked into Amcal Pharmacy in Hare St at 8.55am on August 20 before approaching the medication counter and demanding drugs.
He was given a large quantity of pharmaceutical drugs which he put in a bag before fleeing.
He was arrested about 12pm the next day.
Stanger is no stranger to prison; having been jailed for seven months in August last year for robbing a Wodonga chemist while withdrawing from medication.
Fairfax reported Stanger needed to visit Wodonga, four hours from his then home in Cooma NSW, to get his methadone prescription after being told it was not available in Corryong.
But his script was not there as expected on May 19, so Stanger dressed in a hoodie to hide his face and went inside the Wodonga Soul Pattinson Chemist.
Stanger then filled his backpack with more than $600 worth of drugs.
He was also arrested and charged with lighting a bushfire at Koetong near Albury in February this year following a lengthy police investigation.
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