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Posted on 08/13/2005 3:39:11 PM PDT by freepatriot32
Her husband is one of the 49 arrested.He sits in jail awaiting trial on charges he sold cold medicine and antifreeze.
Thank god this dangerous menace is off the streets why that arragent basterd was so brazen about selling anti freeze and cough medicine thath e was selling it right off the shelf out in the open almost like itwas legal or something!
they shoud just shoot him in the back of the head and make his family pay the cost of the bullet /sarcasm
and lets not forget this oldie but a goody to Clerk Convicted Of Selling Meth Ingredient (10 Bottles of Cold Medicine Could Bring 10 Years) feel safer now?
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"In one Georgia case, authorities made mass arrests of immigrant store clerks and owners, but it's starting to look less like a criminal conspiracy and more like culturally naive foreign-born merchants simply trying to sell their merchandise."
Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
This is "...government of the people, by the people, and for the people???"
Just another feel good law that won't do a bit of good.
This is really stupid. The WOD has become the new excuse for the nanny state.
"When I do barbecue, I have four families. I never have enough aluminum foil."
I think this says it all. Do these LEOs really think that REAL meth-heads go in and tell the clerks WHY they want to buy whatever it is they are buying to make their drugs? Do they really think that?
This is about the most blatant form of entrapment I've ever heard. Did they at least purchase mass quantities, or do the charges hang on just the bogus druggie lingo used during the buy?
More and more it seems our law enforcement has stopped pursuing the troublesome criminals and terrorists amoung us and has turned to the pursuit of cigarette smokers, seat belt scofflaws, and now, bamboozled grocery clerks.
These guys know exactly what they're doing. They're not only selling the ten bottles of cold medicine to one guy for his meth, but they got the Chore Boy copper mesh pads and the glass pipes with the rose right under the counter for those discriminating customers who still prefer crack.
Here in Puget Sound, the Koreans run the psudoephedrine trade. They have for a decade. And they know what they're doing.
What's your proof they know? Clerks should stock whatever items sell well. National Enquirers and packs of Big Red gum are also right next to the register as well. Are those used for making meth too?
We've lost our minds. Our country has lost it's mind. How many more lives to be sacrificed for the "war on drugs".
The NRA is just barely, starting, to begin considering the dangers of the War On (some) Drugs. Until now, as far as I have been able to ascertain, they were Rah Rah supporters of the WO(s)D, but the Prinz decision seems to have finally gotten through to them.
This is a travesty. A publicity-hound prosecutor in Georgia is behind most of these arrests.
"It make me want to take back all the nasty things I said about the ACLU and write them a check."
Resist that urge!
Past time to change the law.
Well, they know now. Try to buy 5 boxes of certain cold medicines at a reputable store like Walgreens or Osco even in states without any laws restricting the sale- you won't be able to do it. All of these sleazy convenience stores had these medicines behind the counter long before any laws were passed- they knew the drug addicts would steal them- and not because they catch more colds. Ask one of these convenient store clerks for a Chore Boy pad and he'll pull it out from under the counter. And if it happens to be a store where you're a regular customer, take a look at the clerk's look of amazement when you ask for a product that only drug addicts purchase at his store.
The second part is doubtful. The first part is utterly absurd.
Okay, back to the liberdrugian discussion.
My former officemate had such a resistance build up to pseudoephedrine, he required massive doses. I hope he (or his local merchant) hasn't been thrown into prison for his medical/pharmaceutical needs!
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