Who Ordered the Large Pizza and Gram of Coke?
Drug dealers are getting pretty crafty… evolving, if you will. It used to be you had to drive into inner-city areas and cop drugs from people standing on street corners or drive down dark alleys for a clandestine transaction. Or someone introduced you to their “guy,” who would then trust you and start selling you drugs. Now, the
drug game has seriously changed. Not only can you
buy drugs straight off the internet or get them from your
friendly doctor, but you can get them delivered right to your door from the Papa John’s pizza delivery guy.
Wait, what?
Last December, local police in Washington state were given intel that employees of a Papa John’s were selling cocaine. After getting this information, undercover detectives went to the restaurant and were actually able to buy drugs from two Papa John’s employees a multitude of times. They actually called this investigation “Operation Extra Olives” because when the undercover detectives would go to buy drugs, they would order a pizza with “extra olives,” as the code word for what they really wanted.
Sgt. Cindi West, a spokeswoman for the King County Sheriff's Office said “What the detectives would do is they'd order pizza and go out and wait in the parking lot. The employee would bring the pizza out and in the box would be the cocaine."
Last Friday, local police and sheriffs served a search warrant of the accused Papa John’s restaurant and found thousands of dollars in cash as well as cocaine,
Oxycodone and
meth. They also found drug residue on the counters by the register and in the bathroom. Obviously, the employees were fired, only to leave the Papa John’s Corporation and franchise highly embarrassed.
Although a lot of people might find this story highly amusing, it’s also an indication of where things are at as far drug use goes in this country. Things have gone bad to worse to where we now have the “pizza guy” selling drugs and delivering them right to your car or even your doorstep. Dealers are bold and come in many clever disguises. They come in the forms of friends, family members, doctors and yes, even fast food employees. We live in a time where it’s hard to trust anybody. It’s hard to trust that those we give the responsibility of caring for us are actually acting in our best interest. Now, do parents really have to be suspicious of the guy who delivers pizza to their kids? Do parents really have to worry every time their kids go see the doctor? Do parents really have to worry their child’s friends might offer them something?
The answer is yes, absolutely. Parents, unfortunately, have
a lot to be worried about. But the answer is in
education and prevention. Parents need to go above and beyond to open up
communication with their kids. Not only just about drugs, but set up open and honest communication to the point where their child feels comfortable talking to them about what’s happening in their lives. Being able to do so allows for the “drug talk” to take place and other life lessons to be taught. Ignoring the drug problem and thinking
“it’ll never be my kid” is a great way to not confront the problem and allow it to continue. Talk to your kids. Be open and honest with them. Teach them about drugs. Be interested in them. It can curb a lot of future problems and save the family a ton of heartache and stress.
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