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Ex-Chemist In Massachusetts Was High On Drugs At Work For 8 Years
Nearly every day for eight years, a former chemist in Massachusetts was high on drugs — drugs stolen from the lab where she worked.
An investigation by the state attorney general found that from 2005 to 2013, Sonja Farak, 37, heavily abused various drugs including cocaine, LSD and methamphetamines and even manufactured her own crack cocaine using lab supplies. Though Farak was arrested in 2013 and sentenced to jail in 2014, the findings from the state's investigation into the scope of her misconduct were just released Tuesday.
During her career as a chemist, Farak worked for two years at the Hinton Lab in Jamaica Plain, Mass., and then for nine years at the state drug lab in Amherst, Mass. According to the attorney general's report, "her responsibilities involved testing, for authenticity, various controlled substances submitted by law enforcement agencies" and testifying "in court as to her test results, which served as evidence in criminal cases."
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday May 09 2016, @09:20PM
Nearly every day for eight years, a former chemist in Massachusetts was high on drugs
Honestly if I were selling on the side, if it were at all believable quantities such that one dude could consume it all, and I got busted selling, the official story would certainly be that "I used it all my self personally officer never sold or shared a bit".
Usually the punishment for selling is a lot worse than using.
Something to think about is a bit of WTF, that over a long term average her lab is only bringing in enough business to keep one person high... I always envisioned that kind of work as a job where you'd get shipping pallets stacked with coke every week. My gut level guess is the situation might have actually been pallet level but they only had evidence to bust her at personal use levels at home (skimming from her own resale business).