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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: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Tuesday May 10 2016, @01:01AM
Why do they need hundreds of kilos? They only need small samples for testing purposes, and probably don't test every brick in their billion dollar seizure busts.
It's the law enforcement officers, SWAT, FBI, DEA agents who get first dibs on skimming their cut of the drugs. Long live Prohibition.