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veggie

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[TX] Man walks into ER, asks staff to test his meth, gets arrested
#28546574 - 11/17/23 02:29 PM (5 months, 28 days ago) |
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Man walks into ER, asks staff to test his meth, gets arrested November 17, 2023 - KSLA
TEXARKANA, Texas - The Texarkana Texas Police Department has arrested a man for possession of meth after he reportedly walked into an emergency room and asked staff to test the drugs.
The police department says on Thursday, Nov. 9, Timothy Smith, 65, walked into the emergency room at a Texarkana hospital and asked staff to test his meth to make sure it was safe. Staff members asked him to have a seat and wait, then called police.
Police say once they arrived and started talking to Smith, he pulled a baggie out of his pocket containing 1.2 g of methamphetamine. He was arrested on the spot.
Smith is charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance. He was booked into the Bi-State Jail; his bond was set at $7,500. As of Nov. 17, Smith had not bonded out.
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veggie

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Re: [TX] Man walks into ER, asks staff to test his meth, gets arrested [Re: veggie]
#28546575 - 11/17/23 02:30 PM (5 months, 28 days ago) |
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No doubt a dumb move on his part. He had the common sense to test his drugs, but poor judgement to think hospital staff would do it for him.
Hopefully soon, test kits are made readily available and/or walk-in drug testing facilities become the norm, along with treatment options, if the user wants, instead of jail.
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Re: [TX] Man walks into ER, asks staff to test his meth, gets arrested [Re: veggie]
#28546616 - 11/17/23 03:00 PM (5 months, 28 days ago) |
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Wonder if this was a good intention harm reduction pre dose or paranoia post dose. It is to bad there are not more widespread harm reduction facilities around to help people like this instead of incarcerate them.
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Re: [TX] Man walks into ER, asks staff to test his meth, gets arrested [Re: veggie]
#28546842 - 11/17/23 05:33 PM (5 months, 28 days ago) |
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Sadly, this story and others like it probably repeat on a regular basis:
- Timothy Smith is poor and black. And he lives near Texarkana.
- He's in jail, and there's nobody to post bail for him.
- The reporters didn't get their information from Timothy Smith, but from the Police Department. They obviously didn't talk with him or with his family.
- Maybe the reporter talked with a witness at the ER, maybe not. What we're reading is the police's version of the story.
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