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Otis
Footballguy
mad sweeney
Footballguy
Interesting. Seems like all those wailing about unfair persecution might end up on the wrong side of the facts on this one. If they found something, then the excessive measures will be proven justified.
thebestupsman
Footballguy
Effederin
mad sweeney
Footballguy
That's in cold medicines right? Is it illegal to drive on it? And is it a banned substance in the NFL?
DoubleG
Footballguy
Actually, that was the picture of him lifting his leg for the urine test.alsoat the picture they chose with Boston leaning.
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
I can't see them charging a guy for DUI with ephedrine in his system. Something worse.
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
What?
mad sweeney
Footballguy
Many people were saying that the FST was excessive and all the extra urine tests were uncalled for when he passed the breathalyzer 3 times and his urine tested clean on the first ten substances they tested for.
Yeah. Because the f'in cops have nothing better to do than waste time, money, and resources making sure David Boston isn't taking cold medicine. What a ####### joke.
davegod2
Footballguy
ephedrine is Sudafed, which is a nasal decongestant found in cough and cold preparations. It is not a drug which causes impairment and certainly would not prompt a roadside field sobriety test. But it is a stimulant and therefore a banned substance in the NFL....
mad sweeney
Footballguy
Since they haven't released the drug found it's a little early to start going off about that. The ephedrine was a guess by a poster. And yes, if there's a substance in his body that impairs him then they didn't waste their time. Don't forget, he was PASSED out in is car, a danger to those on the road.
CowboyFan
Footballguy
I thought it made you drowsy? not a stimulant, no??
3C's
Footballguy
Yeah, it's a joke when a guy is asleep at the wheel in the driving lane with his car in gear. Real funny!!
Here's a thought. Charge him with reckless driving, give him whatever penalty that demands, and be done with this whole farce.By the way, if you're so concerned about the DANGER that Boston poses to society, why aren't you pissed at the cops for releasing him on his own recognizance before ever determining what caused him to pass out in the first place?
Ozymandias
Footballguy
I smell big-time CYA by the cops. They give the info to the DA, he sits on it for a few weeks...Hoping it will gradually die down.
Billy Ball Thorton
Footballguy
I am almost certian it will be GHB. This is usually out of your system in a day and too much of it will cause you to go to sleep. Hence thats why its called the date rape drug.
It is also very popular among bodybuilders because it put you in a state 3 sleep wich allows muscles to recover much better.
It is also very popular among bodybuilders because it put you in a state 3 sleep wich allows muscles to recover much better.
That was my first guess, but they already tested for GHB. It was negative.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
David Boston-WR-Buccaneers Sep. 6 - 3:19 pm et
The Pinellas Park police department announced Thursday that DUI charges against Bucs WR David Boston will be pursued.
Police didn't release the results of Boston's urine sample (he passed his breathalyzer test), but it seems likely that the results came back positive for an illegal substance. Boston was found asleep at the wheel of his car in the middle of the street with the engine running on August 23.
Source: Tampa Tribune
The Pinellas Park police department announced Thursday that DUI charges against Bucs WR David Boston will be pursued.
Police didn't release the results of Boston's urine sample (he passed his breathalyzer test), but it seems likely that the results came back positive for an illegal substance. Boston was found asleep at the wheel of his car in the middle of the street with the engine running on August 23.
Source: Tampa Tribune
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ChuckLiddell
Footballguy
We used to pop ephedrine pills in college. We called them "eppys". I am dead serious. They were legal, over the shelf stimulants that truckers used to use to keep themselves awake. We would take like 5 of them at a time, and it was like legal cocaine. Very bad for you though. I think Kory Stringer had it in his system when he died. From my understanding, they open up your bronchiloes, to allow for you to take in more oxygen, which gives you a high (in a nutshell). If Boston was passed out in his car, I doubt it was from eppys. Made you want to be awake, not asleep.Made it real tough to get the little soldier to stand at full attention, but when you did you were ready to fight an almost endless battle. What a workout. But I digress...Did I get off topic?
mad sweeney
Footballguy
Here's a better thought, they charged him with DUI and apparently found their proof. So since farce doesn't apply here, I guess they can't really do that.IIRC, they arrested him and took him to jail. And then released in the morning. So I don't know where you're getting that he poses a danger. He did then but had time for it to get out of his system There are few substances that I know of that keep you impaired after a night in jail.And yes I would've been upset if they let him drive home even if they didn't charge him. I've said that before in Boston threads that no matter what there was no way he should've been allowed to get back in his car.
TwinTurbo
Footballguy
Ephedrine is a stimulant that has effects similar to caffeine but through a different mechanism. It does not make you drowsy. It makes you more alert and energetic. I doubt this is what they found in his system, if he was asleep at the wheel.
mad sweeney
Footballguy
Yes, after all of this uproar they want to make it even worse by going ahead with the charges, compounding their so called error and giving Boston even more reason to make a stink out of it.
TwinTurbo
Footballguy
The story was that the cops released him only a couple of hours after the arrest. So no night in jail to sleep it off. This in turn causes posters to speculate that maybe there was nothing there to begin with.
Gee, I don't know. Unless this is a medical condition that is causing him to fall asleep. Hardly the type of thing one can sleep off. And yet they're going to continue to allow him to drive around the city, posing a danger to every other driver, not to mention defenseless children in crosswalks. I thought you'd have considered this, since you're so concerned about public safety.
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corpcow
Footballguy
Exactly.
mad sweeney
Footballguy
He was at a stop light, foot on the brake, in drive, no parking brake, asleep and not aware of where he was when he woke up. And according to posters in the area, his story means that he drove well past his stated destination from where he said he was and with no knowledge of how he got where he didn't know he was.Oh come on - you KNOW it's funny.Speaking of which, I thought it said the car wasn't in motion. Did he crash into something? Was the parking brake on?Yeah, it's a joke when a guy is asleep at the wheel in the driving lane with his car in gear. Real funny!!
az_prof
Footballguy
What makes you think they found something? Did they reveal the results? No. More than likely they found nothing but are proceeding anyway. I have seen enough unjust prosecutions in this country to have zero faith in our legal system. A cop decides you have done something wrong and in the eyes of the system, you have, until 12 jurors tell them otherwise. It doesn't matter how much exonerating evidence there is. There are cases where people have served years in jail for rape and murder that they did not commit, and even when DNA evidence exonerates the person the authorities do all they can to ignore it or have it thrown out of court. This proves nothing and I for one am not "wailing"; I am objecting. We do still have the right to speech in this country, don't we?
mad sweeney
Footballguy
Gee, I have no comment to your superior logic and debate skills. They must server you well at recess.
Oh my. The cop lover has turned pissy . . .
wickster33
Footballguy
We need an emoticon for Leaping to Conclusions. Cops may be covering their ###. Boston may have had an illegal substance, although testing clean twice. Why not wait for a written report before making this into a federal case.
mad sweeney
Footballguy
I doubt he got his car out of impound after 10pm (since his arrest was about 7:30) so chances are good he was picked up from the station. Having a better lawyer probably thatn you or I could get a man out of jail quickly enough. Heck, I was plastered when I got mine and was kicked to the curb after only 4 hours in the tank. He's not a flight risk, trying out for a lucrative job in the area, so no reason to keep him as long as the paperwork was done and he wasn't driving himself home.
Loan Sharks
Not a Wolf
I'm going with goofballs
mad sweeney
Footballguy
At least I didn't start that way. You add alot of meaning to what I say, when that meaning isn't there. Are the sops supposed to keep everybody they arrest for DUI in jail until their trial? Isn't any DUIer a potential risk once released to do it again? I was saying that at the time of his arrest, he was a danger to others on the road. If it's a medical condition then he shouldn't be driving at all. But again, what are the cops supposed to do, hold him in jail indefinitely? Let it go, you're a complete knee jerk overreactionary tool and you bring out the worst in people.
It is possible to have a medical condition and be unaware of it.
I already told you what I thought the cops should have done in this instance.
You don't take losing well. I can appreciate that.
Mark Wimer
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This thread has become an example of not being excellent to each other. I am closing it now.
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