Different Kind of Drug Dealing in The Villages, Florida

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I sure feel safer now knowing that law enforcement is handling the big cases like that! Seriously, I thought they were going to make those drugs non-prescription. I believe I read or heard that they are going to make birth control pills non-prescription. Has anyone heard of a woman being arrested for non-prescription birth control pills? I believe we may have a major sexual discrimination class action law suit soon to be soliciting clients on daytime TV.
 
I'm sure he and his lawyer are angling for a hung jury if it goes to trial.
 
CardsFan said:
I get the funny jokes, but are the Feds seriously going after a 77 yo for $1,800 of Viagra (or what ever)? How about fentanyl?

Never heard of anyone dying of a Viagra overdose, but they probably all called the ER if it lasted more than 4 hours (OK, I couldn't resist)
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Actually, a quick Google search reveals plenty of case reports.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9719720/

"One FDA article in particular included case reports and reports to the FDA on the use of sildenafil eight months after its introduction to the market in 1998, with 522 deaths reported."

There are also case reports of blindness, nonfatal strokes and heart attacks.

They didn't investigate this guy instead of going after fentanyl. It isn't an either/or situation.
 
Rocket Man said:
I sure feel safer now knowing that law enforcement is handling the big cases like that! Seriously, I thought they were going to make those drugs non-prescription. I believe I read or heard that they are going to make birth control pills non-prescription. Has anyone heard of a woman being arrested for non-prescription birth control pills? I believe we may have a major sexual discrimination class action law suit soon to be soliciting clients on daytime TV.
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Seems to be the opposite thing:

Birth control pills stop babies from being born.
Viagra encourages creating babies.
 
Shouldn't the title of this thread have started with "Florida Man..."?

EastWest Gal said:
There are also case reports of blindness, nonfatal strokes and heart attacks.
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I'd heard of the blindness side effect, but I thought that was only slightly related to... Oh, never mind.
 
The Villages could end this crime wave by adding the meds to the water supply, like fluoride.
 
Wow! The guy is charged with a misdemeanor and it rates an AP story? Pretty lame reporting too. I haven't heard it reported on Villages-News.com. If it had been you would have at least read his name, seen his mug shot, read what state he moved from, read which village he lived in and how much he paid for his house. Now that is the way to report a story! Of course the local daily paper, The Villages Daily Sun never reports any negative news about The Villages as it is owned by the Developer and only happy local news gets reported.
 
Tom52 said:
Wow! The guy is charged with a misdemeanor and it rates an AP story? Pretty lame reporting too. I haven't heard it reported on Villages-News.com. If it had been you would have at least read his name, seen his mug shot, read what state he moved from, read which village he lived in and how much he paid for his house. Now that is the way to report a story! Of course the local daily paper, The Villages Daily Sun never reports any negative news about The Villages as it is owned by the Developer and only happy local news gets reported.
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It was there. I just had to dig a little further to find the guy's name. Really lame journalism from the AP, but the story was widely reported in the mainstream media with the guys name and other basic (important) details.


https://www.villages-news.com/2023/...g-to-redistribute-erectile-dysfunction-drugs/
 
The guy sounds like a real threat or treat to the geriatric ladies of the Villages. I'm sure all the pickleball grandmas are disappointed in the confiscation of the little blue pleasure pills. One would wonder how US homeland security got involved.
 
frayne said:
The guy sounds like a real threat or treat to the geriatric ladies of the Villages. I'm sure all the pickleball grandmas are disappointed in the confiscation of the little blue pleasure pills. One would wonder how US homeland security got involved.
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Easy pickings compared to catching the big drug dealers. :)
 
Qs Laptop said:
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The man was arrested last month in The Villages, where he lives alongside nearly 80,000 fulltime residents and which was featured in the 2020 documentary “Some Kind of Heaven.”



https://apnews.com/article/villages...-dysfunction-95e4352612cb9891e4ea1d805d2d3ccd
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We watched the documentary tonight, thanks. Thought provoking. It says The Villages were built to reflect the idealized childhoods of Baby Boomers. Obviously, they did something right, as the show says it has more like 120,000 residents now.

I wonder where we Generation X retirees will have something like that and what it would be? There is a lot fewer of us, for one thing, so if it is to a reinvented The Villages, the population will probably be smaller. I’m the first year of Gen X and was born in 1965. I lack imagination for what an idealized childhood for us would even look like but I bet some company is planning it.
 
Markola said:
We watched the documentary tonight, thanks. Thought provoking. It says The Villages were built to reflect the idealized childhoods of Baby Boomers. Obviously, they did something right, as the show says it has more like 120,000 residents now.
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What is the name of this documentary?
 
Markola said:
We watched the documentary tonight, thanks. Thought provoking. It says The Villages were built to reflect the idealized childhoods of Baby Boomers. Obviously, they did something right, as the show says it has more like 120,000 residents now.

I wonder where we Generation X retirees will have something like that and what it would be? There is a lot fewer of us, for one thing, so if it is to a reinvented The Villages, the population will probably be smaller. I’m the first year of Gen X and was born in 1965. I lack imagination for what an idealized childhood for us would even look like but I bet some company is planning it.
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Lot's of Gen Xers are already buying in TV. I play golf with some of them. FYI the population of TV is probably well over 130,000 by now and growing by at least 5,000 per year. New home sales in 2022 in TV was 3923. Another worthless bit of information, it is estimated that there are 70,000 golf carts in TV.
 
^^^^. All interesting insights. In the documentary, one character says that TV has everything one could need, so there is really no need to leave. I’m sure every leaves for the airport or something occasionally, but that’s not my question. How realistic would it be to exist there solely by golf cart?
 
Tom52 said:
Another worthless bit of information, it is estimated that there are 70,000 golf carts in TV.
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Only 70,000? When I visited several years ago, if seemed like everyone had their own cart.

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^^^^. How realistic would it be to exist there solely by golf cart?
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I don't live there, but from my visit it would seem to be very easy. From what I could tell, no one used a car, except to leave. If I am not mistaken, you could access Walmart, Sam's, and grocery stores by golf cart.
 
Markola said:
^^^^. All interesting insights. In the documentary, one character says that TV has everything one could need, so there is really no need to leave. I’m sure every leaves for the airport or something occasionally, but that’s not my question. How realistic would it be to exist there solely by golf cart?
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I didn't see the documentary but I can relate my personal experiences. I drive my golf cart an average of 2000 miles a year. I could drive my golf cart to the closest grocery stores, about 5 minutes away, to my Dr. office about 15 minute drive, 20 different golf courses, anywhere from 5 minutes to 15 minutes drive. I could even drive to the hospital which is about a 30 minute drive by golf cart but doubt I ever would. Restaurants, probably 100 with a 5 to 30 minute golf cart ride. Can you get to everywhere by golf cart, very doubtful and it depends upon where you are located in The Villages. But, if you were limited to only a golf cart to could function pretty well for most routine things.

It is said that people that have lost their drivers license can still get around in their golf cart. Maybe so, I don't know anybody in that situation, but in that case they probably shouldn't be driving a golf cart either. I don't need Uber or taxi service, but I don't think it is widely available in The Villages. Not everyone owns a golf cart. I can only think of a very few who do not. On the other hand there are at least an equal number that has 2 golf carts per household. There is always the argument of gas vs electric golf cart, same as the argument of EV vs ICE autos. I saw it posted lately that current travel distance from the southern most point in The Villages to the Northern most point is just over 27 miles, or 54 miles round trip.

While on the subject of golf carts in The Villages, they are not the same as you drive on a typical golf course which are normally limited to 12 to 14 mph. They are special geared for higher speed. Golf carts are supposed to be limited to 20 mph in The Villages, but my experience is if you don't maintain that speed you will get passed. Most people have their cart adjusted to go faster. Unfortunately, there are several golf cart related deaths each year. Golf carts do not fare well in collisions with autos. Also, deaths have occurred when people are ejected from the golf cart in a collision, so seat belts should always be worn.
 
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