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veggie

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Two Men Sentenced for Dealing DXM Online
#5510532 - 04/12/06 11:20 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Two Men Sentenced for Dealing DXM Online April 12, 2006 - wishtv.com
Two Indianapolis men will spend the next six years in federal prison for dealing drugs over the internet. According to officials, the drug they sold killed five teenage boys.
The drug in question is called Dextromethorphan, or DXM, and at least five teenagers in three states died when they overdosed on the drug. Those lethal doses were linked back to two Indianapolis men - 30-year-old Robert Denman and 30-year-old Jess Johnson.
The two sold the drug in its pure powder form on the internet. DXM is a chemical found in cough suppressant. But some teens abuse the drug to get high. That?s what at least five teenagers in Florida, Washington, and Virginia did.
"Its not involuntary manslaughter like you might expect. It's actually a very technical violation called misbranding of drugs. The statute provides that if you know a substance is going to be used for a drug then you have to have the required labeling instructions on it," said Donna Eide, Assistant U.S. Attorney.
"DXM will kill you and these kids don't know that. I didn't know anything about it until my grandson died and I hadn't even heard of it," said Idar Stout, a grandmother of one of the victims.
Stout's grandson, 17-year-old Glen Thomas Jr., got the lethal dose of DXM from someone who bought the drug from Johnson and Denman's website. That man was sentenced for involuntary manslaughter in Virginia where Thomas died.
There are still ongoing investigations into the five DXM death cases. Johnson and Denman could face charges in each of those cases. For now, they are looking at at least six years in prison, and fines of more than $1,000 for misbranding the drug.
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barfightlard
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Re: Two Men Sentenced for Dealing DXM Online [Re: veggie]
#5512427 - 04/13/06 01:54 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Why don't they jail the liqour dealers when people OD on alcohol? Oh thats right, if they make money off it and say it's ok then it must be ok.
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Re: Two Men Sentenced for Dealing DXM Online [Re: barfightlard]
#5512448 - 04/13/06 01:59 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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How long can this bullshit drug war last?
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barfightlard
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Re: Two Men Sentenced for Dealing DXM Online [Re: Microcosmatrix]
#5512474 - 04/13/06 02:07 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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As long as we let it.
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Re: Two Men Sentenced for Dealing DXM Online [Re: barfightlard]
#5513223 - 04/13/06 06:17 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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^^
very well put. i just saw a special on my local news station here talking about the desicion with what to do with DXM.
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