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chickenpie
Joined: 24 Dec 2008
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 Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:28 pm Post subject: Elementary school teacher arested for weed and ecstacy? |
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Where did the thread from yesterday go?
Was it just hearsay or was there a link to the story. |
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nora
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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According to police, from December of last year until his arrest, J sold in total some 90 grams (3.17 ounces) of marijuana to acquaintances he had made working as an English lecturer at a language academy in Yongin, Gyeonggi. He sold the marijuana at 100,000 to 150,000 won per gram, mostly at clubs in the Gangnam and Hongdae areas.
Two distributors and eight other foreigners who purchased marijuana were booked without detention, said the police. Of those who bought the drugs was a 28-year-old American female college professor.
A 26-year-old female Korean-American graduate student surnamed Baek and a 48-year-old man surnamed Kim, who runs a band practice room near the Hongik University area, served as middlemen and allegedly helped J distribute the illegal drugs in Seoul and Gyeonggi.
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He wasn't a public school teacher at an elementary school. |
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tideout
Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: Elementary school teacher arested for weed and ecstacy? |
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| chickenpie wrote: |
Where did the thread from yesterday go?
Was it just hearsay or was there a link to the story. |
Good question. I was looking for that thread this AM after people had posted in the thread - gone. 
Just a question to clarify I guess - is there a board policy about discussing drugs or drug related issues? |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I honestly think if you're going to be involved in drugs somehow, just do it at the privacy of your home. Don't sell it and don't tell people about it because someone's gonna rat you out. |
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Koharski
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Joined: 20 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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The thread disappeared because the discussion turned towards personal feelings on drug use. That type of discussion is not welcome on an educational-oriented message board. If this thread follows that lead, it will disappear as well.
Koharski |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I want to know how many non-Korean foreigners were arrested. |
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goreality
Joined: 09 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Every single time someone gets arrested for this, it turns into a battle of people saying legalize it and free them vs. people who saying good they deserve it for being dumb. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| goreality wrote: |
| Every single time someone gets arrested for this, it turns into a battle of people saying legalize it and free them vs. people who saying good they deserve it for being dumb. |
Not sure where else such topic would turn to. Although I'm personally more interested in how they got caught. I find it difficult to imagine anyother way other than someone snitching on them. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| goreality wrote: |
| Every single time someone gets arrested for this, it turns into a battle of people saying legalize it and free them vs. people who saying good they deserve it for being dumb. |
Except everyone said they were being dumb. |
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Mr. BlackCat
Joined: 30 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| 100,000-150,000 won per gram? |
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Dave Chance
Joined: 30 May 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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Guy took a risk and got caught.
Maybe he'll realize he could be doing better things with his time. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr. BlackCat wrote: |
| 100,000-150,000 won per gram? |
Prices reflect risk, I would think. At the same time, it says they could get up to give years in prison, which seems a bit disproportionate when basic possession can get you a couple years. Compare that with the States, where basic possession is usually a slap on the wrist, and dealing will often result in real time. Perhaps it's not strictly risk. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr. BlackCat wrote: |
| 100,000-150,000 won per gram? |
ya...coughed up a fur ball on that, too.
Meouch...who would pay that....for a gram? A gram stateside = $10-15
At that price...one can see some temptation for those who try to sell it.
Then again...probably the media is just jacking the figures up to make it look more sensational than it really is.
But ya...the risk is a wicked high...literally. |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Koharski wrote: |
| The thread disappeared because the discussion turned towards personal feelings on drug use. That type of discussion is not welcome on an educational-oriented message board. If this thread follows that lead, it will disappear as well. |
Instead of making threads disappear, can't mods just lock it and explain why it was locked? That way people know what behavior is appropriate and what is not. Otherwise, you end up with people simply scratching their heads as to what happened to threads and going on with business as usual. This in turn creates more work for mods, engenders negative feelings towards the site for being so mysterious and arbitrary, and does not encourage people to learn from their mistakes. |
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