DON’T GET THE SNIFFLES IN POLICE STATE AMERICA

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Florida woman arrested after buying allergy medicine

Two boxes of Sudafed caused a woman 15 months of personal hardship.

(Source: ParentingPatch)

TALLAHASSEE, FL — A woman says that she was arrested and imprisoned after she bought some allergy medicine from a local pharmacy.

The ordeal of Mickey Lynn Goodson occurred in July of 2010, but was recently brought to light in a federal lawsuit.

Ms. Goodson says that when she suffered seasonal “allergy flare-ups”, she asked a pharmacist what she might take to suppress her symptoms. Because of Florida’s draconian drug laws, coupled with Gadsden County’s overzealous enforcers and prosecutors, the woman’s medical issues would stem into a costly legal nightmare that lasted over a year.

Details of the Ms. Goodson’s lawsuit were summarized by Courthouse News Service:

“The pharmacist on duty suggested that plaintiff buy two boxes of Sudafed and she did,” the complaint states.

“Almost immediately,” defendant Officer [Rodney] Moore drove up in an unmarked police car, Goodson says. Moore blocked her and her husband’s car, prevented them from leaving, and asked if she had just bought Sudafed. She said she had. Moore then took the Sudafed and told the Goodsons they had to wait for more officers to arrive, detaining them against their will, they say in the complaint.

Defendant [William] Buckhalt arrived, with other deputies, and searched the Goodsons’ car. They were taken to a sheriff’s station, where Buckhalt asked if he could search their home. The Goodson said no, “unless there was a search warrant. Buckhalt then said, ‘Oh, I’ll get a search warrant,’” according to the complaint.

After being held for two to three hours, Goodson says, she left the Sheriff’s office.

She was arrested and handcuffed on her front porch, by a deputy who asked her, “What have you gotten rid of?” Goodson says.

She replied, “I don’t know what you are talking about,” but was taken back to the county jail and booked in, charged with possession of a controlled substance.

The contention of police was that the Sudafed was being used to make methamphetamines. However, a weak case resulted in all charges ultimately being dropped, but not until September 7, 2011, causing her to endure 15 months of hardship.

Ms. Goodson is suing Officers Rodney Moore and William Buckhalt, as well as Gadsden County Sheriff Morris Young, for false arrest, false imprisonment, Fourth Amendment violations and negligence.

The allegations put forth by Ms. Goodson are neither implausible nor unheard of, as many innocent people before her have had their lives destroyed by similarly ridiculous accusations in America’s War on Drugs. The institution of Prohibition has opened the gateway to widespread civil rights abuses — both accidental and malicious.

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Steve Hogan
Steve Hogan

Yes, America has gone full retard.

TeresaE
TeresaE

1. It isn’t Florida, it is Federal. Thank CONgress for this abomination of a “drug” law. Florida appears to be going overboard OR this woman actually purchased sudafed (or another product with pseudoephidrine in them) in the past and that purchase along with this 2 box purchase put her into the Federal gubment “watch” list.

Sudafed was made a controlled substance to (attempt) to limit Meth manufacturing.

Here are the results of another stellar anti-drug project from DC:

The price of Sudafed went from around $0.03 a pill, to over $0.50, for us legal users. I was buying them at Costco, in a quantity that allowed me to only have to buy them every 3 or 4 months, instead of more often. After the passage, my price skyrocked, I was now limited to barely enough to control my allergies, and I had to present my ID, sign a form, spread my asscheeks and remind myself that “they” hate “us” for our “freedoms.”

2. It was estimated over 600 pseudoephedrine factories opened in Mexico in the months following the passage of the bill here.

3. The price for Meth, contrary to the price for allergy sufferers, has DROPPED. Yet more proof of the success of our drug laws.

4. The meth chemists have figured out how to make a similar drug with worse chemicals. I guess even more are dropping dead from these new chemicals now. Again, success, drugs are bad for you, we’ll make them worse and destroy your life to prove it to you.

I shouldn’t bitch though, this was the straw that broke the camel’s back and led me to real health, curing of my allergies and the happy place where I no longer need to take these horrific chemicals that cause problems to try and stop a symptom of any other one.

Kill Bill
Kill Bill

Had this woman also purchased lithium batteries, lighter fluid, and Drano within a couple of days, I would be suspect as to her activities, yet the article leaves these details out, therefore I am not able to conclude much of anything. Buying these items does not mean one is in possesion of a controlled substance but could, possibly, be producing them.

And why did the pharmacist sell these pills to her?

Anonymous
Anonymous

spread my asscheeks and remind myself that “they” hate “us” for our “freedoms.” -TE

I know that shouldnt be funny….but it was! Thx TE -Brad

IndenturedServant

You think shit is draconian now, just wait until Ebola arrives on our shores!

Mr. Chen
Mr. Chen

Anonymous says:

spread my asscheeks and remind myself that “they” hate “us” for our “freedoms.” -TE

I know that shouldnt be funny….but it was! Thx TE -Brad

I’m a guy and because it piqued my interest yesterday when TE let on that she looked like Emma Peele; I have to ask, what’s wrong with the shower?

TE
TE

@Mr. Chen, oops, I USED to (kinda) look like her! When my hair was darker and I was in my 30s, which is the picture I have of the beautiful Diana Rigg.

And I meant it to be funny Anonymous, I need some yuks with my doom to keep from losing it altogether.

good cop
good cop

Its amazing how the victim of such said case didn’t tell of the illegal narcotics found in the house and the history of buying Sudafed pills!!!!!!! Yes we still have all the photos of the search warrant!!!

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