Nasal Congestion Sufferer Arrested for Buying Too Much Cold Medicine
The drug war’s mindless persecution of sick people goes beyond medical marijuana:
Arrested for buying cold medicine. It’s happened before, too. Can you even imagine how many cold sufferers have declined to purchase cold medicine for fear of having their door kicked in by the cops?
If you don’t know about things like this, you don’t fully understand what the drug war does. The real drug war consists of the accumulation of every mindblowingly absurd outcome our policies have produced. It’s not just a game of cops and robbers. It’s a philosophy that corrupts our consciousness, permeates our policymaking, and eventually results in completely normal and innocent people being arrested all the time for some of the stupidest reasons one could possibly imagine.
Also: On a very related note, this weekend CVS wouldn't sell Radley Balko the medicine he needed.
MASON CITY — Gary Schinagel has suffered from chronic nasal congestion from the time he was a youngster.
When he was a child growing up in Sheffield his family doctor told him, “Gary, this is something you’ll be dealing with all your life.â€
Little did he know.
Last Wednesday, Schinagel, 47, a senior investment associate at Principal Financial Group in Mason City, was arrested for the illegal purchase of pseudoephedrine. [Globe Gazette]
Arrested for buying cold medicine. It’s happened before, too. Can you even imagine how many cold sufferers have declined to purchase cold medicine for fear of having their door kicked in by the cops?
If you don’t know about things like this, you don’t fully understand what the drug war does. The real drug war consists of the accumulation of every mindblowingly absurd outcome our policies have produced. It’s not just a game of cops and robbers. It’s a philosophy that corrupts our consciousness, permeates our policymaking, and eventually results in completely normal and innocent people being arrested all the time for some of the stupidest reasons one could possibly imagine.
Also: On a very related note, this weekend CVS wouldn't sell Radley Balko the medicine he needed.
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