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veggie

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Police can use laxative to retrieve swallowed drugs [MN]
#5647981 - 05/18/06 09:52 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Police can use laxative to retrieve swallowed drugs Associated Press May 18, 2006 - kare11.com
Police officers who forced a drug suspect to drink a laxative in hopes of recovering a swallowed bag of heroin were within their rights, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Reversing an appeals court decision, the high court said police had a clear expectation that the laxative would help reveal evidence of a crime.
The laxative also may have reduced any danger to Tomas Payano-Roman if the bag had ruptured in his body, the decision said.
Payano-Roman's attorney, Tim Provis, called the decision a defeat for civil rights and said he was considering a federal appeal.
"The average person walking the streets of Milwaukee -- they'd say, 'Gee, cops shouldn't be able to do that.' Now the Supreme Court says go right ahead," Provis said.
In 2002, a Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy who was on a drug stakeout approached Payano-Roman and saw him swallow what looked like a plastic bag, according to court documents.
After Payano-Roman was arrested, medical workers decided he should take a laxative, and an officer gave him six doses. The next day, officers retrieved the plastic bag, and Payano-Roman was convicted of heroin possession, the records say.
A state appeals court ruled the laxative amounted to an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment, but the high court disagreed.
In a dissent, Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson noted that six hours passed between the arrest and administration of the laxative and questioned why officers didn't get a search warrant.
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Schwip
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Re: Police can use laxative to retrieve swallowed drugs [MN] [Re: veggie]
#5648081 - 05/18/06 10:13 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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WHAT!
Thats fucking ludacris! What if the bag breaks open? Wouldnt it take some time for the drugs to pass all the way through to the intestine and such?
If you are going to force a bag of drugs out of someone's system why not induce vommiting with ipecac. The chance of fatal OD are pretty nill then.
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Re: Police can use laxative to retrieve swallowed drugs [MN] [Re: Schwip]
#5648091 - 05/18/06 10:15 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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On a lighter note.
What the hell did they do? Watch the poor guy evertime he shat?
Fuck, I suppose in that guys shoes, i would try and retrieve the shitty bag of H and get fucking high.
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Re: Police can use laxative to retrieve swallowed drugs [MN] [Re: Schwip]
#5648098 - 05/18/06 10:16 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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eh, fuckin pigs. better that than them going in manualy. fuckers.
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Re: Police can use laxative to retrieve swallowed drugs [MN] [Re: Schwip]
#5649122 - 05/19/06 04:36 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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> The chance of fatal OD are pretty nill then.
Actually, ipecac can be pretty dangerous. An overdose can lead to heart failure and death. There has been a strong push recently to remove it from stores and make it prescription only.
The police have no right performing medical treatments on people, other than immediate first aid. If they wanted the guy to have a laxative, they should have taken him to a hospital. The police are not qualified to treat any complications, and in essence, are performing a medical procedure without a license. The courts were wrong in this case.
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Re: Police can use laxative to retrieve swallowed drugs [MN] [Re: veggie]
#5650770 - 05/19/06 04:01 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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The police should use the laxatives themselves, so they can get their heads unstuck from inside their asses.
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