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Clerk Convicted Of Selling Meth Ingredient (10 Bottles of Cold Medicine Could Bring 10 Years)
The Oklahoman ^ | Oct. 2, 2003

Posted on 10/03/2003 10:05:53 AM PDT by Wolfie

CLERK CONVICTED OF SELLING METH INGREDIENT

ENID -- A convenience store clerk has been convicted of selling an over-the-counter decongestant used to make methamphetamine. Claude Allen McFalls, 70, sold 10 bottles of cold medicine to an undercover police officer at Mac's Mart No. 1 in Enid. He was convicted Wednesday of unlawful sale of precursor substances.

McFalls could face up to 10 years in prison.

McFalls testified that he did not hear most of what Sgt. Kevin Morris said to him during the sale last August. The clerk said he would not have sold the pills if he understood the officer intended to use them to manufacture methamphetamine.

Morris said McFalls initially refused to sell him more than five bottles of pseudoephedrine tablets, even though he complained he could not cook up much dope with that many pills.

"I said, 'It's kind of hard to make meth when you can only get five bottles at a time,'" Morris said.

McFalls eventually consented to sell Morris another five bottles if he went out to his car for a few minutes then re-entered the store, the narcotics officer said.

Selling pseudoephedrine is not illegal unless the seller knows it is intended to be used for manufacturing methamphetamine.

McFalls was one of seven people arrested Aug. 22, 2002, on charges of illegally selling pseudoephedrine.

McFalls' sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 2.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: drugwar; wodlist
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To: ellery
No, ellery, meth is not allowed in Mesa County, Colorado. Neither is murder. But guess what?

You know the rest.

61 posted on 10/03/2003 12:23:32 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: Wolfie
McFalls' sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 2.

I hope he gets a judge with half a brain. Slap on the wrist, hopefully.

62 posted on 10/03/2003 12:24:32 PM PDT by Modernman ("Oh, you all talk big but who here has the guts to stop me!" -Mr. Burns)
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To: robertpaulsen
Actually, I don't think anyone who was put in that situation should be arrested.
63 posted on 10/03/2003 12:24:56 PM PDT by Stone Mountain
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To: RonHolzwarth
And the clerk is 70 years old? Can't live off of social security, and so he WORKS! Or maybe he works so he is productive,,,

Hang him! He's keeping an H1-B from a productive job!

64 posted on 10/03/2003 12:35:25 PM PDT by null and void
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To: Wolfie
Another great victory in the war on drugs!

How pathetic

65 posted on 10/03/2003 12:38:23 PM PDT by slimer (i'm mad as hell and i'm not going to take it anymore!)
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To: olivia3boys
Most people settle for cranking out kids.

YOU on the other hand want to crank UP kids...

Have you no shame???

;^)
66 posted on 10/03/2003 12:38:23 PM PDT by null and void
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Meth has been declared a weapon of mass destruction in North Carolina:
[Miller]’s the first meth producer in North Carolina to be charged under the state law prohibiting the manufacture of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Miller obviously wasn’t making nukes in his kitchen, but he was allegedly mixing chemicals that pose a significant danger to public health, and the state attorney general agreed with District Attorney Jerry Wilson that the danger meets the criteria of the statute.

The statute defines a chemical weapon as any weapon, device, method or substance that is designed or has the capability to cause death or serious injury through the release, dissemination or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals or their immediate precursors.

With Miller’s arrest, Wilson and Sheriff Mark Shook have unveiled what Shook has called “a big surprise for meth producers,” the new charge that is much stiffer than those leveled in the past.

From now on, meth producers in Watauga County can expect to be charged not only for possession of the drug and the precursor chemicals, but also for WMD manufacturing, a class B1 felony that will involve “significantly more jail time,” according to Shook, if the defendant is convicted than the possession charges alone

Of course, until recently, the military knew the difference between a meth lab and weapons of mass destruction:
The 91st is a full-time guard unit based in Arizona, and is designed to assist local first responders dealing with terrorist-created radiological, biological or chemical agents, unit commander Lt. Col. Michael Lynch said.

"We can be called out to help when local authorities find something that is beyond a meth lab, and could be a weapon of mass destruction," Lynch said. "We have equipment that can determine what a substance is within hours of obtaining a sample."

This old man was selling precursors to Weapons of Mass Destruction. Let's give him life in prision

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67 posted on 10/03/2003 12:49:52 PM PDT by george wythe
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To: george wythe
Let's give him life in prision

At Gitmo, no less!

This is so disgustingly reprehensible...a new low for the jack-boots.

The clowns here who support this must really be proud of this JBT action.

68 posted on 10/03/2003 1:01:38 PM PDT by ActionNewsBill
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To: ActionNewsBill
If only he had sold the cold medicine to Rush, the "clowns around here" would give him a pass.
69 posted on 10/03/2003 1:03:12 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: auggy
Sounds like they were quizzing him on his knowledge of the law, and he apparently failed. I wonder if we can do this for the high school graduation qualificaiton tests now. Hmm.
70 posted on 10/03/2003 1:24:34 PM PDT by Teacher317
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To: auggy
Sounds like they were quizzing him on his knowledge of the law, and he apparently failed. I wonder if we can do this for the high school graduation qualification tests now. Hmm.
71 posted on 10/03/2003 1:24:39 PM PDT by Teacher317
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"we'll just go about trying to close down the clandestine labs."

Now that this seller of a 'precursor substance' is living off the taxpayers, I'm sure the clandestine labs are all shut down. Much easier work then hunting down the actual drug makers/dealers.

72 posted on 10/03/2003 2:05:11 PM PDT by sweet_diane ("Will I dance for you Jesus? Or in awe of you be still? I can only imagine..I can only imagine.")
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To: Wolfie
"Precursor substances" is about a half-step away from "thought crime."
73 posted on 10/03/2003 2:06:58 PM PDT by Timesink (For a good time, visit clark2004.meetup.com. Ask for Mary!)
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To: Timesink
"thought crime."

isn't that called conspiracy?

74 posted on 10/03/2003 2:09:57 PM PDT by sweet_diane ("Will I dance for you Jesus? Or in awe of you be still? I can only imagine..I can only imagine.")
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To: robertpaulsen
Gosh...hope the jackboots dont check out my medicine cabinet...they might shut down my operation...

75 posted on 10/03/2003 2:23:05 PM PDT by smith288 (Opinions expressed on this post are smith288s and not neccessarily those of Freerepublic.com)
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To: Wolfie
"Thought you all might enjoy a Drug War story where can all rally round the "lock 'em up and throw away the key" mentality again."

Sweeeet. Selling cough syrup is one step below full time drug dealing. This one didn't get away!
76 posted on 10/03/2003 2:34:11 PM PDT by JohnSmithee
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To: robertpaulsen
I could be wrong but I don't think this is an arguement over state's rights. The bigger issue I believe is that these laws are counterproductive. These laws put away the wrong people.
77 posted on 10/03/2003 2:38:40 PM PDT by Almondjoy
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To: Almondjoy
"The bigger issue I believe is that these laws are counterproductive."

Nah. I believe this is the Giuliani approach.

People say, "How do the kids get the message that you're serious about drugs when you allow _________".

You start paying attention to the small stuff, and people think you are. Worked in New York.

My theory anyways.

78 posted on 10/03/2003 3:11:04 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: smith288
I'm sure they'll never show up at ... what's your address again?
79 posted on 10/03/2003 3:13:12 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
Hey, my "for the children" references are running about 10:1 behind "The DEA SWAT shot my dog" threads.

Well, that certainly changes things. For a minute there, I thought you'd posted an irrational emotional appeal trying to pass itself off as an argument.

80 posted on 10/03/2003 3:13:49 PM PDT by tacticalogic (Controlled application of force is the sincerest form of communication.)
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