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 withoutawire
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 San Francisco's Tenderloin Prescription Pill "Problem"
#15792127 - 02/11/12 09:47 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/prescription-drugs-beginning-dominate-street-trade/nHZgt/
SAN FRANCISCO —
The city by the Bay attracts people from around the world to its sites, but one draw you won't find advertised is the illegal drug trade found in San Francisco's Tenderloin district.
More and more these days, the drugs in question require a prescription. KTVU recently went on a ride-along with San Francisco Police Department undercover unit who was looking for prescription drugs.
"The individual walked by me and just said 'Roxys.' So, I said 'Yeah, I'll take one.' He gave me a 30 milligram Roxy for 20 bucks," said one undercover officer, whose identity KTVU is not revealing for his safety.
"Roxys" or Roxicodone is a powerful pain killer. Officers moved in quickly to arrest the alleged seller.
"The Tenderloin is heavily populated with families of all types from all different backgrounds," said Officer Murray Daggs. "There are schools and daycares all over the place. A lot of people may be poor, but they shouldn't have to watch drug deals and step over needles."
With the officers, we focused on a small part of the Tenderloin bordered by Jones, Hyde, Eddy and McAllister streets. Police emphasize part of their motivation is all the kids who live in the area.
There are 3,500 kids that live in the neighborhood, 73 of whom attend San Francisco City Academy. School director Marie-France Ladine said she often sees some unsavory people staring at the children like they are prey.
"A lot of our kids learn to cope by keeping their heads down when they're walking. By trying not to get involved in what's going on the street," said Ladine.
But avoiding what's going on is difficult, and becoming more so when it comes to the illegal prescription drug trade. Vicodin, Oxycodone, and Hydrocodone are available in the Tenderloin all the time, according to the police.
Last year, officers patroling the Tenderloin made 1100 felony arrests for narcotics. About 25 percent of those involved prescription medications.
"A lot of times, they'll buy it wholesale off of somebody else. They'll steal them from somebody else" said Sgt. Mark Obrochta. "A lot of times, a friend has a legitimate prescription, and they're not taking them, so they'll just sell them. They can sell it for just the same amount of money as heroin or crack or any other type of narcotics."
Police added that perscription-drug buyers are not just typical drug addicts. In fact, they said about one college student they busted who came to the neighborhood to stock up on prescription meds to take back and sell at school.
And there is no shortage of medications. Some of which, officers say, comes from doctors who should know better.
Officers arrested Cleve Chapman for trying to sell precription drugs.
"This doctor prescribed this guy 180 of them, which is a lot," said Officer Mike Montero. "On the 30th (of this month), the same doctor gives him the 30 milligrams. And three days before he gives him 5 milligrams. 90 of them."
The officers counted all of the drugs found on Chapman. Out of the 270 pills he was prescribed in the previous two weeks, 65 were already gone.
Chapman talked with KTVU reporter John Sasaki in his holding cell. We asked him why he was selling his prescription drugs.
"I don't know. Just stupid," said Chapman. "I've got a lot of medication, but they're mine. I don't take them down and sell them like that," said Chapman.
When asked if he normally sells his prescribed medication, Chapman vehemently insisted he did not. He later admited he has done this before over two years ago. He is on probation for the same crime.
Officers made three busts in about 45 minutes. Two of which were for prescription meds. They said if they didn't have to stop to process all the suspects, they would have made a lot more.
To learn more about the dangers of prescription drug abuse and addiction, visit the National Institutes of Health web page on the subject.
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 nooneman
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Re: San Francisco's Tenderloin Prescription Pill "Problem" [Re: withoutawire]
#15793979 - 02/11/12 05:16 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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It's not a "problem" if the only people upset about it are the police and prudes.
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morrowasted
Registered: 10/30/09
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Re: San Francisco's Tenderloin Prescription Pill "Problem" [Re: nooneman] 2
#15794029 - 02/11/12 05:26 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Quote:
. Vicodin, Oxycodone, and Hydrocodone
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Not-knowing is true knowledge.
Presuming to know is a disease.
First realize that you are sick;
then you can move toward health.
The Master is her own physician.
She has healed herself of all knowing.
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 bloodsheen
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Re: San Francisco's Tenderloin Prescription Pill "Problem" [Re: morrowasted]
#15794815 - 02/11/12 08:03 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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mmmmm....tenderloin
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A cautious young fellow named Lodge / Had seat belts installed in his Dodge. / When his date was strapped in / He committed a sin / Without even leaving the garage. That's clever, isn't it?-A boy and his dog
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durian_2008
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Re: San Francisco's Tenderloin Prescription Pill "Problem" [Re: bloodsheen]
#15796736 - 02/12/12 08:10 AM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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An acquaintance recently applied for an out-of-area car, and they wouldn't give him a loan, because it would be more difficult to collect.
The online dating scene has a clique, who expect you to travel, and it ends up in a public place.
Hiring polices will intentionally place management away from labor. They look like ghosts, no matter how politely you greet them.
These are people, who you don't want at your house. So, you're meeting them near rights of way -- used by housewives and school kids.
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