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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums73-year-old woman was worried about the meth she was smoking, so she took it to her doctor
POLK COUNTY, Fla. An elderly woman is accused of taking her methamphetamine to the doctor for testing after she became concerned about the drugs effect on her.
Barbara Lee Ray, 73, of Polk County, Florida, asked her doctor to test the meth because she was worried it was doing harm, the Miami Herald reported.
Ray had been using the drug for about a month, but it remains uncertain where she got it or why she was smoking it, according to the paper.
Deputies said she went to Complete Care Family Medicine Associates on Nov. 5 to test the product, which came back positive for meth.
Ray was booked into the Polk County jail on two counts of possession of methamphetamine and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.
She was released two days after visiting the doctor.
https://kdvr.com/2018/11/16/73-year-old-woman-was-worried-about-the-meth-she-was-smoking-so-she-took-it-to-her-doctor/
Barbara Lee Ray, 73, of Polk County, Florida, asked her doctor to test the meth because she was worried it was doing harm, the Miami Herald reported.
Ray had been using the drug for about a month, but it remains uncertain where she got it or why she was smoking it, according to the paper.
Deputies said she went to Complete Care Family Medicine Associates on Nov. 5 to test the product, which came back positive for meth.
Ray was booked into the Polk County jail on two counts of possession of methamphetamine and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.
She was released two days after visiting the doctor.
https://kdvr.com/2018/11/16/73-year-old-woman-was-worried-about-the-meth-she-was-smoking-so-she-took-it-to-her-doctor/
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73-year-old woman was worried about the meth she was smoking, so she took it to her doctor (Original Post)
ProudLib72
Nov 2018
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Drug laws are an abomination, but her actions were nonetheless remarkably stupid.
DavidDvorkin
Nov 2018
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StarryNite
(9,442 posts)1. Geez
DavidDvorkin
(19,473 posts)2. Drug laws are an abomination, but her actions were nonetheless remarkably stupid.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)3. It sounds like she is not in possession of all her faculties
So I hope there is a social worker dropping by to check on her in case she starts smoking meth again!
DavidDvorkin
(19,473 posts)5. You could be right.
Kaleva
(36,291 posts)4. I would not have arrested her. Hope the DA drops all charges and sends her cookies.
She's probably in need of mental health services and in home care.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)7. amen
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)8. I would like them to find out who supplied her
This is elder abuse, and she needs protection.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)6. all I got to say is...