Uncledigr X died a few months back from cancer. A week after he came home to die, the cops showed up. They wanted to "check on his medications". They came once a week til he died, and took all his meds after he died.

Goddamn cops that treat an innocent, dying man like a fucking criminal. Goddamn 'em.

And fuck cancer. And fuck the Gallatin PD.

sorry about your uncle, digr.

did the cops ask hey is he dead yet? I mean, wtf? "Can we come in and check?" how the hell does that work? And when the drugs were confiscated as you say, did they have a warrant?

I got the info just a bit ago, secondhand...Popdigr doesn't remember if paper was involved or not.

ETA: This was the fellow who was buried with his cell phone in his hand.

If "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" doesn't include the right to alter your own mind, then what the bloody hell does it cover?

That is efffing insane, gravdigr! What? Has Kentucky turned into a police state since the last time I visited? Maybe those cops just wanted a stash of their own. :eyebrow:

That particular episode went down just across the state line in Tennessee.

Oh, well - THEM! You had me worried for a minute! :D

What immediately comes to my own criminal-for-drugs mind?

somebody on that "force" wanted those meds for themselves. Or at least pinch as many as they could. This doesn't sound legal at all.

If I am lucky enough to die at home in my own bed with a bottle of whatever painkilling RX the police are so hot to get, I'm going to wait till they come to check my meds and then stuff them ALL in my mouth and swallow them. Then I'll shit the bed just to make life hard on them.

And don't think I can't do it. Motherfkkers.

They'll probably move Heaven and Earth to save your life, just so they can prosecute you.

And then they'll pass the costs on to your survivors, of course.