Founder of Drug Abuse Prevention Program Arrested in Drug Sting

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Posted on Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 09:30:07 AM EST
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Kendall Craig Farris, author of Drugs, Kids and Crime: Surviving Our Drug Obsessed Culture and founder of the Over the Wall Foundation in Marina del Rey, a nonprofit organization that works with families and schools to prevent kids from abusing drugs, was arrested Thursday after an undercover cop purchased methamphetamine and ecstasy from him for $480. The drugs turned out to be fake. Whether Farris viewed the sale of bogus meth as another technique for preventing drug abuse is unclear, but since it is just as illegal to sell counterfeit controlled substances as it is to peddle the genuine merchandise, Farris will be explaining how to survive our drug obsessed culture to his fellow inmates until he's able to post bail.

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Maybe he is a ripoff artist? (none / 0) (#1)
by oculus on Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 09:34:06 AM EST

Dangerous life choice though.

Leaving aside pot... (none / 0) (#2)
by diogenes on Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 11:04:10 AM EST

Is it really so bad to tell kids about the dangers of methamphetamine, ecstasy and the like?

Not bad at all... (none / 0) (#4)
by kdog on Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 11:11:36 AM EST

locking people up over it is what is bad.


Honest drug education is not bad. (none / 0) (#7)
by TChris on Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 10:08:30 PM EST

Hypocrisy is bad.


: hypocrisy? (none / 0) (#9)
by diogenes on Sun Jun 14, 2009 at 06:52:40 PM EST

I guess that we can ignore all the politicians who oppose school vouchers for the regular folks while sending their own kids to private schools???

I'm more worried... (none / 0) (#3)
by kdog on Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 11:09:57 AM EST

about surviving our police and informant obsessed culture myself...now there's an idea for a book.

Weird story...drug abuse advocate would make a great cover for dealing, but fake drugs? Something don't add up, maybe its a frame up.

: Speaking of "fake drugs" (none / 0) (#5)
by Fabian on Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 01:45:46 PM EST

I've been doing some heavy research into supplements. I can only look at so many metabolic pathways before my eyes cross.
When I get tired of crunching on the hard science, I just go look at a supplement vendor's website and read the claims for the chemical I was just researching. Suddenly a humble common enzyme becomes a potent performance enhancer or immune booster - according to the vendor.
So if an internet vendor is allowed to claim that protease is more than a common enzyme, why shouldn't a guy on a street claim that his product is something it isn't?

Research for his next book? (none / 0) (#6)
by KoolJeffrey on Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 02:42:56 PM EST

I'm not sure how this guy's actions promote legalization advocacy. Did want to get busted in order to illustrate the preposterous way in which we address drug addiction in this country? Was he trying to rip someone off by selling them fake drugs and writing about getting his ass kicked? Was he a victim of a ripoff himself? Whatever the reason, it seems like he is playing a dangerous game here.

As far as fake drugs go, I can totally relate to that part of it. Meth is loaded gun. I would never want to be in the same room as an UNloaded gun, so I guess if the guy was trying to make a point, he may have felt safer being around the bogus stuff.

My fears of meth stem back to a trip to detox 6 years ago for prescribed anti-anxiety pills. I met quite a few meth addicts while in treatment, and those people were physically and emotionally ruined. The hell they went through during the detox process was heartbreaking to watch. But at least they were fortunate enough to get treatment before they ended up in jail.

It is wrong to further punish people who suffer from a disease by locking them up in prison. The problem is that addiction is such a cunning and baffling disease. Just ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy, who is heading in for his third trip to rehab for alcoholism, about the grip his disease has over him.

If Farris was trying to demonstrate the absurdity of our tormented legal framework on the treatment of drug addiction in the US, then more power to him. Unfortunately he might have a tough time finishing his book in prison.

Or he was just trying to make a buck? (none / 0) (#8)
by tokin librul on Sun Jun 14, 2009 at 11:48:10 AM EST

n/t