The Government has a List of What??
April 18, 2007
Posted by jkhat at April 18, 2007 05:11 PM
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From an ABC News story on the shooter:
Some news accounts have suggested that Cho had a history of antidepressant use, but senior federal officials tell ABC News that they can find no record of such medication in the government's files. This does not completely rule out prescription drug use, including samples from a physician, drugs obtained through illegal Internet sources, or a gap in the federal database, but the sources say theirs is a reasonably complete search.
So the government has a list of people who take certain drugs?
Seriously?
Posted by jkhat at April 18, 2007 05:11 PM
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| # April 18th, 2007 8:44 PM themandownthehall |
| I would not doubt it. They have their grubby hands in everything we do. In this case, I wonder if the "government files" isn't the case that the government is preparing for this incident. Even if the shooter is dead, they still investigate to see if anyone helped. I am hoping that is what they are referring to as the government file. |
| # April 19th, 2007 10:28 AM KVBigSis |
| The Controlled Substances Act requires that many different drugs be reported to federal authorities, and states have their own regulations too. For certain drugs, doctors have to report the date, the physician's name, the prescription, the dosage, and the patient's name and address. |
| # April 20th, 2007 8:50 AM james |
| That database exists, I would imagine, to sniff out abuse and drug "seekers." The FBI using it in this manner is surely not what Congress intended, and I find it beyond disturbing.
The message: "If you think you have mental problems, for god sakes don't tell anyone, you'll end up on a government list." |
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