The search proved to be way more than the officers bargained for. The weed sure, there was over 40 joints found but holy cow, over 3,200 Xanex pills, 2,240 doses of LSD, and a half-ounce of cocaine.
Oregon is getting a lot of attention as it voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs. This is big for a few reasons one being that this is the first time that any state has really tried this, let alone had it pass.
The scary story about multiple overdoses on a "little blue pill" being sold as OxyContin in the Treasure Valley just got a little more frightening. At least one teen found the pill through Snapchat.
You don't usually associate Meridian with drugs. I like to remind myself that Meridian was once voted the "Best City in America" to live in. Luckily, we got these bad guys off the streets!