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Police charge students with drug possession
TAMARA BEST
Issue date: 2/14/08 Section: News
A University student was arrested and charged with two felony counts and one misdemeanor of possession of drugs.
David Orne was served a warrant on Feb. 4 for felony possessions of oxycodone and propoxyphene and misdemeanor marijuana possession.
Thomas Gaiennie and Jay Thomas were also charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. A misdemeanor charge is filed when an individual is accused of having less than one ounce of marijuana.
The incident leading to the arrests occurred Jan. 16 on Bloomfield Street.
In Georgia, potential penalties for felony drug possession for oxycodone include imprisonment for two to 15 years. The law calls for imprisonment for one to five years for the first offense.
"Oxycodone is a narcotic that will give someone a sustained high for a long time," said Henry Cobb, a pharmacy professor.
Oxycodone and propoxyphene, trade name davron, are often taken in tablet form to relieve moderate to severe pain, according to the National Institute for Health's Web site.
Each drug has many dangerous side effects.
Side effects for propoxyphene include vomiting, stomach pain and difficulty breathing. Oxycodone's side effects include hallucinations, loss of consciousness and slowed breathing.
David Orne was served a warrant on Feb. 4 for felony possessions of oxycodone and propoxyphene and misdemeanor marijuana possession.
Thomas Gaiennie and Jay Thomas were also charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. A misdemeanor charge is filed when an individual is accused of having less than one ounce of marijuana.
The incident leading to the arrests occurred Jan. 16 on Bloomfield Street.
In Georgia, potential penalties for felony drug possession for oxycodone include imprisonment for two to 15 years. The law calls for imprisonment for one to five years for the first offense.
"Oxycodone is a narcotic that will give someone a sustained high for a long time," said Henry Cobb, a pharmacy professor.
Oxycodone and propoxyphene, trade name davron, are often taken in tablet form to relieve moderate to severe pain, according to the National Institute for Health's Web site.
Each drug has many dangerous side effects.
Side effects for propoxyphene include vomiting, stomach pain and difficulty breathing. Oxycodone's side effects include hallucinations, loss of consciousness and slowed breathing.
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Yellow Journalism
posted 2/14/08 @ 9:00 AM EST
Why has the R&B not reported what clubs these gentlemen belong to? Surely they must at least be involved in one or two organizations on campus. I'm just wondering, since I'm quite certain if these gentlemen were Greek-affiliated the article headline would have been "Police Charge (Insert Greek letters) With Drug Possession. (Continued…)
Rediculous
posted 2/14/08 @ 9:34 AM EST
I do not understand why in hell this is even in the red and black. It is tabloid journalism at it's worst. There is no information or even looks like there wasn't an attempt to find out the circumstances that led to undercover police showing up at a regular college house. (Continued…)
bob
posted 2/14/08 @ 11:57 AM EST
the university, the athens police, and this newspaper need to wake the hell up. these guys charged with marijuana had small amounts for personal use. they were not selling drugs, merely using a benign substance that a multitude of people on campus are just as guilty of using. (Continued…)
Michael
posted 2/14/08 @ 1:17 PM EST
Well, looks like JJ deleted his post instead of attempting to reply to me. I guess I should have used the quote button, but hopefully he learned something. (Continued…)
Sanders Wallis
posted 2/14/08 @ 6:01 PM EST
Brothers will be brothers...
rom
posted 2/14/08 @ 6:21 PM EST
The drugs are felony schedule II for a reason they are very dangerous when used without doctors orders. So often students use these drugs with alcohol something that is even more dangerous. (Continued…)
Alumna 06
posted 2/14/08 @ 8:25 PM EST
I have taken oxycodone in an attempt to relieve pain after a small surgery I had a few years ago. It didn't work at all, I had no "high" either. No affects whatsoever. (Continued…)
Coastal2
posted 2/14/08 @ 10:08 PM EST
Here is a facebook group dedicated to Mr. Orne, all of these guys are LXA frat members, wonder how that slipped past R&B?
http://uga.facebook.com/group. (Continued…)
m
posted 2/16/08 @ 8:13 AM EST
Coastal2
Are you the Dawg Catcher?
mick
posted 2/17/08 @ 3:07 PM EST
Look, I'm not a huge proponent of the "War on Drugs". And yes, these guys were just getting high and probably only harming themselves, which should be fine. (Continued…)
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