Posted on 07/08/2006 11:27:44 AM PDT by JTN
Video news story about a young woman who faces a 25 year mandatory minimum sentence for drug trafficking. The drugs were prescription drugs (the prescription was for her mother, who had recently passed away) and none were sold.
Note: I couldn't get the video to play in a Firefox tab, but it played fine using the IE Tab extension.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs4.com ...
I have thanked the Good Lord many times that we never retired in Florida. What a screwed up state! Lets see, they kill helpless patients by starvation and dehydration, e.g. Terri Schiavo; they can't read a voting ballot or count the voting results correctly without have many re-counts; they go after Rush Limbaugh for using pain medication and strive to get access to his personal medical records, and now this with no proof that this woman was selling anything. May God protect her against the state.
Though she didn't sell them, chances were real good she was "sharing" them.
There is a real epidemic in this country right now that many people are unaware of; it's addiction to pain pills (like Oxycontin) and muscle relaxers (like Somas). 75% of this new breed of "addicts" are women; many of them your everyday stay at home moms and homemaker.
Ladies,
Please see my Post #22.
If what you describe is "epidemic", then what is the current state of alcohol abuse in this country?
Superduperhyperepidemicorama?
Sorry, but I guess I disagree, non-violent addicts don't need prison, they need rehab.
Great to see that you are on board to condemn and criticize. No presumption of innocence needed. Since some food products and herbal remedies alleviate pain, you need to get hopping on restricting, limiting, outlawing, and determining the appropriate amount that everyone- except YOU- can have in their possession. Pardon me, your attitude stinks. May you and your loved ones experience relentless pain and suffering. All you need to do is go and beg permission for medication. It should only take a few years, so buck up. It is all in your mind, better to go see a shrink and get some legal psychotropics.
Why do you say she was "SHARING" them when there's absolutely no proof of that. She was using them for her back.
And I know very well about the PAIN pill "EPIDEMIC." But this is absurd...and you know it. 25 year Mandatory sentence for what she had? First offense? Even if she were selling them openly, it woul be absurd.
I officially call BS. Back it up with a link from a .gov or .org. Not holding my breath.....
The prosecutors are evil.
If ever there was an example of yellow journalism whipping up public hysteria, the Drug War is it, and these rubes have fallen for it, hook, line and sinker.
-ccm
Do you realize that people who suffer from chronic, incurable pain, will develop a tolerance for these meds?
When that happens, they are apparently criminals in the government's eyes. Stay at home moms, desk jockeys, judges, you name it. There is an addict that needs to be punished! /sarc
....OMG
"Sorry, but I guess I disagree, non-violent addicts don't need prison, they need rehab."
I don't recall saying they needed to go to prison. I'm just trying to shed some light on this thing from law enforcement perspective. They may be non-violent but you, apparently, have no idea the pain and suffering prescription drug abuse causes families in this nation every day. It's an epidemic my friend. Just because alcohol abuse is wide spread doesn't make it right to become a 'scrip freak.
You need to read my latest post #35 on this subject.
First of all, I was not condemning or criticizing. I was stating a fact. The comment you made:
"May you and your loved ones experience relentless pain and suffering...."
tells me one of two things: Either 1. You are in need of some intense therapy or 2. You're a 'scrip freak yourself.
Either way, you must be a miserably unhappy person.
"I wouldn't count on it. Richard Paey is still in prison, and his story has been on 60 Minutes and written up in the National Review and the New York Times."
Point taken. The difference is, she has not been convicted yet.
Once a person is convicted, the system will fight a death struggle to prevent them being released. You've probably noticed that only recently, after many years, have prosecutors stopped fighting against allowing old semen samples to be tested for DNA in rape convictions. Finally, DA's offices are starting to give up this practice of hanging onto these old convictions---even when they are provably false. The reason is incredibly enough, people in prosecutors offices feel that their careers are more important than keeping an innocent person in jail.
You didn't read what I said. I said: "chances were..."
All 'scrip freaks, supposedly, have "pain" in their back or somewhere. That's how they get their drugs.
SO..you're saying nobody has back pain? This woman now gets pills...from her Dr...double the dosage for her pain. There's a fine line. Do you think this woman should go to jail for 25 years based on this story?
So does alcohol. Should that be make illegal...again?
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