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General => General Discussion for Everybody => Topic started by: dizzle on August 30, 2017, 11:25:44 PM
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http://m.wave3.com/wave/db_336805/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=J23e6pwg (http://m.wave3.com/wave/db_336805/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=J23e6pwg)
JEFFERSONVILLE, IN (WAVE) - A new initiative by Indiana State Police has been set in motion in hopes of saving lives and getting drug dealers off the streets.
ISP is now asking for the help of local prosecutors to pursue charges on people who overdose. They will also continue to target drug dealers.
This amped up mission comes a day after state police net 20 drug arrests in a major sting operation (http://www.wave3.com/story/36214079/operation-total-eclipse-nets-20-drug-arrests).
ISP has just created a new task force that has a mission of arresting a drug dealer a day in southern Indiana. This, along with the effort to charge those that overdose on drugs, helps law enforcement get one step closer to their overall goal.
“We have to fight a bunch of little battles to win a major battle,” ISP Sgt. Jerry Goodin said. “If they've got drugs in their system then we are going to try to work a case and get them arrested for that possession. If they've got a drug in their body they are in possession of that drug.”
Clark County Prosecutor Jeremy Mull said the law allows you to charge someone with drugs in their system with possession as long as there is other evidence to back the claim.
“Which might be a witness who saw the person use, it might be track marks on their arms or paraphernalia,” Mull said.
Mull said they don't want to prevent people from calling for help or to kick someone when they're down.
“The purpose of all of this when we are filling the possession charges is ultimately to get help for these individuals and many will not get that help unless they are required through the judicial system,” Mull said.
ISP said in order to make this change, they will now thoroughly investigate overdose deaths and are asking local agencies to turn over their cases.
"What we are going to try to find out is where these drugs came from that this person overdosed on and obviously we are going to be going after the person that sold the drugs,” Goodin said.
"If there was ever anything that warranted a response from the criminal justice system of a harsh penalty and a zero tolerance, this is the epidemic that warrants that,” Mull said. “We are going to have to change the way we are dealing with this and give prosecutors the tools to take these people off the street that are killing our citizens.”
In order to make punishments even stiffer, Mull said those who deal drugs that end in an overdose death could even face a homicide charge.
Not even kidding I had to triple check to make sure this wasn't an "onion" or "the late edition" website. No kidding. This is fucking really happening.
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It's a recipe for unnecessary deaths.
Yeah,as the epidemic continues things will get uglier. Expect complaints about the cost.Politicans and the media to use it to further their own agendas and the general public to become increasingly hostile.
Eventually,it will come down to a choice between decriminalising drug use or moving to a total war footing(suspending habeas corpus,internment camps-the whole nine yards) don't expect society to make the right choice.
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That's beyond fucked up.
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So I lived 1 mile from this county. It is literally across the bridge from Louisville which is just flooded with h now. This county is heavily focused on in the A&E liver series live PD.
This county sucks dick and will do anything for any drug charge to stick.
Someone else has to watch live PD and know this 1 dick cop from there that has the k9 drug dog.
He acts like that fucking dog is walker Texas ranger. Fucking crazy. He always smells weed and then gets his dog in your car. Then whatever the dog does he says he hit on drugs.
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This is fuckin retarded. Can't believe we are still moving in this direction in 2017 when there is so much hard evidence from European nations and I believe Canada also that the other direction (decriminalization and more maintenance options other than methadone) works so much better. Unreal.
If they would offer morphine dilaudid or heroin maintenance here I would sign up immediately. I don't want to be on something that takes a month to detox from such as methadone or subutex.
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it seems like Australia and the US are both implementing punitive responses to drug use.
why don't they like us ?
maybe because they see drug use as a moral failing.
maybe because by pushing the problem underground and making it so lucrative, there are SO many drugs out there that are more bizarre and deadly than ever.
it's depressing and counter intuitive.
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Getting "tough" on crime is a sure fire way for politicians to get votes, and the vast majority of the population has no idea how to address the issue. With the opioid "epidemic" it makes it seem like the drug problem is being addressed even though it will kill way more than it helps. Think of when crack hit the streets in the mid 80s and how Regan came up with his retarded just say no. Or when all the Vietnam vets came back from Vietnam with H addictions and the DEA went after drug lords outside of its own jurisdiction. I don't have faith that the real issues that cause drug addiction will ever be addressed.