[Slings and Arrows]

Coming soon to a country near you?

FWIW, I think that the perps were indeed going to deal drugs. I'm just not too thrilled with the idea of "pre-crimes."

P.S. Paracetamol is the British name for Tylenol / Acetaminophen.

[Squawk 8888]

Kinda like the third degree given to Americans who buy cold medicine. Sure the end product is horrific but let Darwin sort ‘em out.

[Moonman62]

FWIW, I think that the perps were indeed going to deal drugs.

So did the jury.

I'm just not too thrilled with the idea of "pre-crimes."

Being arrested and found guilty for carrying burglary tools has been around for a long time. Same concept.

[Slings and Arrows]

Eric Holder: "Why didn't *I* think of that?"

[2ndDivisionVet]

It's already illegal in many state, as is drug paraphernalia.

[jessduntno]

“The truck rental — $250. The fertilizer was about... it was either $250 or $500. The nitro methane was the big cost. It was like $1,500. Actually, lemme see, 900, 2,700,... we’re talking $3,500 there... Lets round it up. I just gave you the major expenses, so go to like five grand... what’s five grand?” — Timothy McVeigh, on the cost of the preparations

[Salamander]

If they had added some aspirin, they’d have had Excedrin Extra Strength.

[R. Scott]

Using caffeine (a stimulant) to cut heroin (a depressant) ?

[Right Wing Assault]

Lewinson was found with 150kg of grounded Paracetamol and caffeine

I assume he had a car or truck and wasn't just carrying the stuff.

That brings up another point. If they had a vehicle, they should certainly be arrested since a vehicle could be used to distribute drugs. Everyone with a vehicle should be arrested for this reason alone. /s

[njslim]

150 kg!!!

Man that must be some migraine......

[SamAdams76]

The next step will be going after the preppers, you know, those with an "excessive" amount of ammunition, fuels, and other goods in their larders. No normal person would possess that much so they must be up to no good. Lock them up, confiscate their supplies and make them felons. That seems to be the ultimate agenda.

BTW, has anybody noticed the vast amount of surveillance cameras in public areas? I was walking through Boston Common a few days ago and those cameras were mounted everywhere. These cameras are mounted in every convenience store and gas station, even along highway overpasses.

I'm sure that the technology exists to store all the video being recorded by these cameras in central data centers in log files that are searchable. It's only a matter of time before law enforcement will have the ability to search these archives with face recognition software tools and determine exactly where you have been at any given time. With OCR technology, they could even run your license plate number in a search and see where you have been driving (and how fast you were going).

George Orwell was only a few decades off but his visions are slowly coming true.

[SamAdams76]

The next step will be going after the preppers, you know, those with an "excessive" amount of ammunition, fuels, and other goods in their larders. No normal person would possess that much so they must be up to no good. Lock them up, confiscate their supplies and make them felons. That seems to be the ultimate agenda.

BTW, has anybody noticed the vast amount of surveillance cameras in public areas? I was walking through Boston Common a few days ago and those cameras were mounted everywhere. These cameras are mounted in every convenience store and gas station, even along highway overpasses.

I'm sure that the technology exists to store all the video being recorded by these cameras in central data centers in log files that are searchable. It's only a matter of time before law enforcement will have the ability to search these archives with face recognition software tools and determine exactly where you have been at any given time. With OCR technology, they could even run your license plate number in a search and see where you have been driving (and how fast you were going).

George Orwell was only a few decades off but his visions are slowly coming true.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

The pair were charged under the Serious Crime Act 2007 with 'importing a quantity of caffeine and paracetamol which was capable of encouraging or assisting ... the supply of a controlled drug of Class A'.

Isn't ANY quantity capable of encouraging or assisting the supply of a corresponding amount of a controlled drug of Class A?