Gym Teacher at U.S. Military Base in South Korea Convicted of Drug Smuggling
What gets me is this guy just got three years probation and no jail time. Korea needs to give these people at least some jail time as a deterrent:
A 51-year-old gym teacher at a U.S. military base in South Korea was sentenced to three years of probation for attempting to smuggle morphine and oxycodone into the country, according to South Korean court filings earlier this month.
The unnamed American working at an unnamed U.S. military base in Pyeongtaek city, Gyeonggi Province, attempted to smuggle 120 oxycodone tablets and 315 morphine-based tablets by mail on Dec. 17, according to records at the Incheon District Court.
Pyeongtaek is home to two U.S. installations, Osan Air Base and Camp Humphreys, the latter of which is the largest U.S. military base overseas. Camp Humphreys is home to six K-12 schools while Osan Air Base has two.
The teacher requested the illicit substances from an unnamed source, who sent the tablets in a box containing chocolates, according to a sentencing document.
Stars & Stripes
You can read more at the link.
It’s possible he was given probation in exchange for information on his network and contacts both up and downstream. Happens quite often in these cases, the caught guy gives up the network, gets an easy sentence.
The S.O.B. Needs to go to prison.
These are LEGAL prescription drugs.
… illicit substances, unnamed source, smuggling drugs
Puh-lease!
Legal, legitimate, prescription drugs are now more deadly than actual illegal drugs.
We’re all better off snorting coke than popping LEGAL opioids.
One might presume to suggest that legitimately-obtained legal drugs are more carefully prepared than illegal drugs. Some of which are “cut” with soap powder, powdered drywall, strychnine, and various other things not guaranteed safe.
Of course, you’d expect a gym teacher to be more health-conscious.
If anyone wants to learn more about the background and danger of prescription opioids I recommend watching The Pharmacist on Netflix:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pharmacist_(TV_series)
“Danger of prescription opiods”.
That’s rich. Don’t believe the propaganda.
They are actually some of the safest drugs out there.
I never feel in danger when around opiate junkies… especially when it is funded by welfare programs so they have no incentive to steal.
Crackhead will rob you and methheads are violently unpredictable.
There is real danger in those drugs.
Leaving Afghanistan is a real shame as this will certainly affect the supply of a safe alternative to work, productivity, and self-fulfillment through personal accomplishment.
CH, Stars & Stripes way ahead of you there: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/24/cheated-and-guilty-struggle-troops-who-missed-out-combat.html?ESRC=eb_210825.nl
Missed out on combat in an organization filled with combat vets?
That’s the kind of stress that brings on a traumatic disorder.
I hope the VA isn’t stingy when it comes time to care for this disabled vet.
CH, the struggle is real.
I was too young for Vietnam, too old (and too long out of the service) for the Bush Wars. Never you mind that I was usually as sick as a dog and the USAF at that time cautioned me that airsickness was a only motivational problem that I needed to correct on my own. In fact, that’s probably what made me love the bureaucracy as much as I do today! I missed “Holidays Over Hanoi”, “Secret Squirrel over [country name withheld]”, and So! Much! More! I didn’t even get Gulf War Syndrome.
Don’t I deserve a Victim’s Medal for Unmeritorious Whinging, too?