[Macabru]

Imagine the kid going to school with that

-Hey john wanna trade lunches?
-Sure Mike, what do you have?
-Ehh, the usual, some bread with a blood covered needle in it
-Yummy

[K9Grip]

Disgusting. I agree, he had 2 days to discard it and that's the only place he could think of??? Trash can??

[Megamel29]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles ↗

I was going to ask the same question.

pbaj solved it. DNA! Good thing gramps had a police record!

So, granddad is the boy's granddad and the mother's father!

Why else would they call him that?

If I were feeding a new loaf of bread to a child, I'd notice a hole in the package! I'm a date checker and more careful with a child in my care.

He is this boy's granddad? I was thinking they called him granddad for sensationalism. Like, look an elderly person on heroin stashing dirty needles!!

[Angelahh]

There was a story near me where a heroin addict went to walmart and obtained syringes from the pharmacist (he had some condition where he could get them)... but he proceeded to the walmart bathroom and immediately booted his heroin and passed out on the floor where a father and son found him laying there needle and all

with todays society its more of a downfall than convenience to have a pharmacy in the grocery store

[Megamel29]

Originally Posted by Angelahh ↗

There was a story near me where a heroin addict went to walmart and obtained syringes from the pharmacist (he had some condition where he could get them)... but he proceeded to the walmart bathroom and immediately booted his heroin and passed out on the floor where a father and son found him laying there needle and all

with todays society its more of a downfall than convenience to have a pharmacy in the grocery store

But if he had something like diabetes and used them only for insulin, there would be no problem. The problem is illegal drugs. If this person got the needles from a pharmacy, he could have just passed out in the pharmacy bathroom.

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by Megamel29 ↗

But if he had something like diabetes and used them only for insulin, there would be no problem. The problem is illegal drugs. If this person got the needles from a pharmacy, he could have just passed out in the pharmacy bathroom.

That is the problem with every law, even the gun debate.

A legally obtained item isn't usually sold or given to someone the owner knows is going to use it illegally because it could be traced back to him/her.

Perhaps, if a diabetic is also an IV drug user, I guess my theory would sometimes be inaccurate though

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by K9Grip ↗

Disgusting. I agree, he had 2 days to discard it and that's the only place he could think of??? Trash can??

Too easy and predictable, lol!

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by Megamel29 ↗

He is this boy's granddad? I was thinking they called him granddad for sensationalism. Like, look an elderly person on heroin stashing dirty needles!!

I ASSumed, but, you may be right!

I reread the article. I don't know how much time passed between the time mum handed the police the needle and the DNA match.

[Darkest Angel]

And this from a grandfather?! He couldn't put it a soda bottle with a lid or something? Family values . Good job grandpa.