Counterfeit Crack
Well, now we know that not only is it illegal to sell crack, but it's also illegal to sell fake crack. A 40-year-old unemployed man, Timothy Allen Riggin, was caught selling bread as crack in Fort Pierce, FL. That's right, he was selling little pieces of bread, the stuff you eat, as crack cocaine. I kind of feel bad for the people that may have purchased it from him, but then again I don't. Apparently, he was trying to sell the fake crack to help pay his bills. He is being charged with "felony possession of counterfeit controlled substance with intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a convenience store charge and a misdemeanor count of resisting without violence." Yes, there is a mugshot.
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The drug laws here in Florida are extremely harsh. This guy will probably get a couple of years in a crowded jail, while violent criminals get out early. I don't feel like ranting today, so I'm gonna stop here. StarThrower, there is an easy way to tell a weed. If you pull it out and it grows back, it's a weed.
Posted by Matt in Florida on 06/25/09 at 09:06 AM
Matt, a "weed" is what my wife grows in the yard! She calls them trees, flowers, grape vines and all kinds of weird names but they're all weeds!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 06/25/09 at 01:03 PM
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The guy selling the fake crack was probably lucky he got arrested, because if anyone bought some and realized it was fake he may have ended up dead.
Also, I found it extremely ridiculous that he was charged with felony possession of bread, even if it was being passed off as crack.
Since Matt didn't want to rant I think I will indulge a little.
The war on drugs is a waste of money and resources. I do not condone drug use nor do I condemn it. If anything, it needs to be treated as what it is, an addiction. The prohibition of drugs (marijuana, cocaine, LSD, et al) created the black market for those drugs. All of them were legal at one point in time and heroin was even available over the counter. The same thing happened with alcohol. Once it was made illegal crime skyrocketed and the black market took over.
The jails are filling up with nonviolent drug offenders that need help not jail time, because all a jail does is teach them to be criminals and further exacerbate their drug habit. They can still do drugs while in jail.
Also, I found it extremely ridiculous that he was charged with felony possession of bread, even if it was being passed off as crack.
Since Matt didn't want to rant I think I will indulge a little.
The war on drugs is a waste of money and resources. I do not condone drug use nor do I condemn it. If anything, it needs to be treated as what it is, an addiction. The prohibition of drugs (marijuana, cocaine, LSD, et al) created the black market for those drugs. All of them were legal at one point in time and heroin was even available over the counter. The same thing happened with alcohol. Once it was made illegal crime skyrocketed and the black market took over.
The jails are filling up with nonviolent drug offenders that need help not jail time, because all a jail does is teach them to be criminals and further exacerbate their drug habit. They can still do drugs while in jail.
Posted by mdb777 on 06/25/09 at 04:44 PM
"...within 1,000 feet of a convenience store..." What does a C-store's proximity have to do with anything?
Posted by qualityleashdog on 06/25/09 at 07:02 PM
I had one friend that sold violin rosin as opium or "red rock". You smoke "red rock" with weed. Great scam. I had another friend that bought some of this "red rock". That friend also went to a gas station and got busted when he tried to steal some beer. Police found the violin rosin, suspiciously packaged in tinfoil, and took him in on drug charges. They ran test on the violin rosin and although they couldn't find out what it was, they did determine it wasn't an opiate or any other narcotic. So the violin rosin buyer must have known he got scammed since he just sat in jail for something that the police said was not a drug. Not sure what transpired between my friends after that but nothing to major since they are both still alive. One is a youth minister. I can keep going if you want. Is it that obvious that coffee is my drug of choice? I still smoke violin rosin from time to time though.
Posted by Pablo on 06/26/09 at 01:03 PM
Maybe he just told his customers, "Hey, smoke this. You'll get toasted."
Posted by rumbleseat on 06/30/09 at 04:03 PM
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