Grandmother arrested for drug charges because bought too much cold medicine

[~~whimsy~~]

Harpold is a grandmother of triplets who bought one box of Zyrtec-D cold medicine for her husband at a Rockville pharmacy. Less than seven days later, she bought a box of Mucinex-D cold medicine for her adult daughter at a Clinton pharmacy, thereby purchasing 3.6 grams total of pseudoephedrine in a week’s time.

Those two purchases put her in violation of Indiana law 35-48-4-14.7, which restricts the sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, or PSE, products to no more than 3.0 grams within any seven-day period.

http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_246225916.html

Go figure... Instead of focusing on known drug dealers and all that, they instead arrest a grandmother buying cold medicine to add numbers to their shit-tistics!

 

[busenbust]

:1orglaugh :o


Do some outlets deny multiple purchases of particular pharmaceuticals (paracetamol etc.)?? :dunno:

 

[Rey C.]

:1orglaugh :o


Do some outlets deny multiple purchases of particular pharmaceuticals (paracetamol etc.)?? :dunno:

I know the CVS pharmacy in my area makes you sign a form if you're buying multiple packages of certain OTC medications now.

I've become a fan of the TV show Breaking Bad. What is it that they call the people who buy the ingredients for making meth? "Smurfs", I think.

 

[busenbust]

^^Thanks. Thought so; probably varies district to district - or just pot luck LOL.

 

[Rey C.]

Allergies hit me pretty hard this past May. For a couple of weeks I was trying different meds to find one that would give me some relief. Even though they know me at my local drug store, I joked with them about my name being forwarded to the local police agency.
I might be a Smurf!!! :1orglaugh

 

[BlueBalls]

Good! Bitch deserved it!!!

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Haha! ^_^

 

[Baill Inneraora]

You're a bunch of bleeding heart softy libs feeling sorry for a drug dealer!




:hammer:

 

[jasonk282]

Harpold is a grandmother of triplets who bought one box of Zyrtec-D cold medicine for her husband at a Rockville pharmacy. Less than seven days later, she bought a box of Mucinex-D cold medicine for her adult daughter at a Clinton pharmacy, thereby purchasing 3.6 grams total of pseudoephedrine in a week’s time.

Those two purchases put her in violation of Indiana law 35-48-4-14.7, which restricts the sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, or PSE, products to no more than 3.0 grams within any seven-day period.

http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_246225916.html

Go figure... Instead of focusing on known drug dealers and all that, they instead arrest a grandmother buying cold medicine to add numbers to their shit-tistics!

because the above ephedrine and pesudoephedrine are the main componets in Meth. Actually the pharmacy did what they were suppose to do by law.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

because the above ephedrine and pesudoephedrine are the main componets in Meth. Actually the pharmacy did what they were suppose to do by law.

I can understand if it was a weekly thing for a month or so and seemed overly suspicious. But this was just stupid! Frivolous.

War on drugs is such a waste of time, (tax) money, and completely useless!

I'm against drugs, but obviously war on drugs isn't doing a damn thing useful. Just a waste of taxpayers money.

 

[jasonk282]

I can understand if it was a weekly thing for a month or so and seemed overly suspicious. But this was just stupid! Frivolous.

War on drugs is such a waste of time, (tax) money, and completely useless!

I'm against drugs, but obviously war on drugs isn't doing a damn thing useful. Just a waste of taxpayers money.

The pharmacy followed the law and did what they were suppose to do, I don't understand the problem.

 

[Mrs Jolly]

The 'war' on drugs is bad, no doubt. A war on meth though, I'm kind of for it. Meth is a cancer. I can't think of one outcome where even if it was legal any one individual or community would be better off. there are good drugs and there are bad drugs. Meth is the baddest.

 

[jasonk282]

The 'war' on drugs is bad, no doubt. A war on meth though, I'm kind of for it. Meth is a cancer. I can't think of one outcome where even if it was legal any one individual or community would be better off. there are good drugs and there are bad drugs. Meth is the baddest.

I agree 100%:hatsoff:

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Another law to put pressure on people to screw others up. In this case, this grandmother.

All these frivolous and stupid laws made by stupid organizations that don't do a damn thing to solve the problem but create more problems in the end.

 

[jasonk282]

Another law to put pressure on people to screw others up. In this case, this grandmother.

All these frivolous and stupid laws made by stupid organizations that don't do a damn thing to solve the problem but create more problems in the end.

Well if it caught a drug dealer you would be happy. I don't see how this is a "stupid" law. It stops somone for producing Meth. It's not like her husband and daughter died becasue she was detained and could not get the cold meds to them fast enough.

If you think its a stupid law, write to your district rep and tell them about it, fix the problem instead of bitching about it.

 

[ChefChiTown]

Ok, a few things...

1)

“This is a very traumatic experience,” Harpold said.

Traumatic? Shut the fuck up and get over it.

2)

Those two purchases put her in violation of Indiana law 35-48-4-14.7, which restricts the sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, or PSE, products to no more than 3.0 grams within any seven-day period.

Personally, I think it's a stupid law, but it's still a law none-the-less. Ignorance isn't an excuse and doesn't free anybody from following the law. Unfortunately, she broke the law (even though she didn't know it) and was arrested for doing so. It sucks, but it's still the law. Why is it a law? Well, that brings me to...

3)

As the 12th-smallest county in the state, Vermillion County ranked as the state’s fifth-largest producer of methamphetamine just a few years ago.

THAT is why that law exists. It's not to keep innocent old grandmothers from purchasing cold medicine for their families; it's to keep KIDS from buying cold medicine to get high off of. Obviously, abuse of drugs are a problem in that area, or else this seemingly ridiculous law wouldn't exist. But, I will finish this up with...

4) REALLY? Is this fucking serious? Arresting a grandmother for buying a small amount of cold medicine? Seriously...what the fuck? :dunno:

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Next thing you know Dog the Bounty Hunter will be going to Vermillion County to bring profanity and prayers and arresting bleepity, bleep, bleep, bleeping meth dealing bleepers.

Next thing you know they will find the grandchild's science kit and call that the meth lab!

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Drug problem, terrorist problem, economic problem, health care problem... all these damn problems and no solutions.

Government does not care one bit. That's why there is more problems than solving and solutions.

They come up with the problem blast it on the news for a week, set it in people's minds and they hop on the bandwagon wanting to solve a problem.

 

[jasonk282]

Next thing you know Dog the Bounty Hunter will be going to Vermillion County to bring profanity and prayers and arresting bleepity, bleep, bleep, bleeping meth dealing bleepers.

Next thing you know they will find the grandchild's science kit and call that the meth lab!

As far as I am concerened he arrest all the meth deals he wants oh and don;t forget the rapist he arrested in Mexico

 

[24788]

I'm going to go buy 4 grams of meth and sell it to the pharmacy.