Yet another case in this year’s spate of Oxycontin robberies. Maybe it’s interesting to note that Limas Pharmacy, the scene of the crime, is just down from the recently shuttered Hummingbird Healing Center, a medical marijuana dispensary that the county obtained a judicial order to close.
How many marijuana dispensaries have been knocked over recently? None. How many pharmacies have been held up for Oxycontin? So many that some local outlets now refuse to carry the product. Once again, the hippies take the rap for drug mayhem inspired by meth and Oxy — drugs of choice for redneck youth.
On Aug. 10, at approximately 10:10 a.m., the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office received a call of an armed robbery, which just occurred at 2057 Harrison Avenue, Eureka, also known as Limas Pharmacy. The suspect had entered the pharmacy, brandished a handgun, and demanded Oxycotin. Deputies arrived at Limas within minutes of the call and canvassed the area looking for the suspect, who was last seen southbound on foot on Harrison Avenue, Eureka.
Deputies were unable to locate the suspect.
The suspect is described as a WMA, wearing a black baseball cap with a “White Jordan” logo on it, black colored sweatshirt, dark jeans. The suspect had covered up his face with a white material during the robbery.
The Sheriffs Office is requesting that anyone with information regarding this crime to contact the Sheriffs Office at 445-7251.
This article appears in Mega-village.
Um, Oxy users are the OPPOSITE of tweekers. Tweekers like to get jacked up and spun out. Oxy users like to go to Dreamland. If you didn’t know that then you have no place reporting on drugs.
Why do writers assume everyone knows the same acronyms they do? What is a WMA? Is is white, male, ?, “”
Sorry — I should have made it more clear that the indented part is a Sheriff’s Office press release.
WMA, I believe, would be law enforcement parlance for “white male adult.”
Oxy is not an amphetamine… not sure what lines your drawing, but oxy targets a different crowd, more akin to heroin addicts and their ilk.
Pick up a copy of ‘Diary of a Drug Fiend’, A.Crowley – might be -ahem- enlightening for you.
Does Oxytweek think that the reporter should be a felon in order to report on crimes?
And oxycontin users are not the opposite of tweekers. Most full-time drug abusers will use just about anything available. A preference of speed over narcotics amounts to a quibble.
“If you didn’t know that then you have no place reporting on drugs.”
Damn straight.
Sober up before you start wrting this stuff Hank
I think we’ve got some Oxy heads RIGHT HERE ON THIS THREAD.
Where did I say that Oxy=meth? Where, I ask you? All I said was that they seem to target the same socioeconomic demographic, which is indisputably true.
If you’re not down with… getting… loaded… then… you… can’t… write… (snore)…
I think it is time for a compassionate use bill for Oxycontin users. How dare we keep these poor suffering people from their medicine? Have you no heart? They are in pain. And our laws are forcing them to commit these crimes, in utter desperation.
Prop. 315 – who’s with me?/
Bickering aside, I think the heart of this thread is true. We as a community have been witness to the recent escalation of hostility by those with drug dependencies focusing on oxy. Whether it be a legitimate need or the desire to get high, neither reason justify robbery. I would hope that we could all at least agree on that.
Meth is terrible by all accounts, but oxycontin is easily mistaken for popcorn.
Hillbilly heroin.
Oxycontin is easily abused by users who don’t have real “pain”. The time release pellets are ground up and snorted, giving a rush of euphoria, so I have been told. “Pain” real or imagined is difficult to quantify, as heroin addicts become hyper-sensitive to pain, and patients with real pain become addicted to their opiate based meds. Alternative therapies to pain need much more thought and study. We can do better!