On 3/10/2011 8:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> ItsJoanNotJoann wrote:
>> On Oct 2, 11:14 am, > wrote:
>>>
>>> not if its a scrpt or specialty food, Lee"George"
>>> > wrote in message
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Unfortunately some folks grab stuff for resale. That is where many
>>>> of the local flea market and ebay items come from. So you never
>>>> know.
>>>
>>>> Plus anyone who needs it is eligible for WIC which is designed to
>>>> at least be able to feed kids.
>>
>>>
>>>
>> I guess you didn't read George's comment before top posting. Nothing
>> was said about prescriptions (I guess that's what ''scrpt'' means) and
>> you can't steal those unless you crawl over the prescription counter
>> or hold up the pharmacist with a gun. What 'specialty' food would it
>> be that they need to shoplift??
>>
>> There's too many programs and agencies around for people to resort to
>> stealing formula.
>
> And we don't know that it was going to a baby either. Powdererd forumla is
> used to cut drugs with. I had a really hard time getting it for my daughter
> when I lived in CA. It was stolen as soon as it hit the shelf. Eventually
> they had to resort to keeping it in the back. You had to ask for it.
>

Drugs dealers make a lot of money, that is why they do it. They drive
expensive cars and when they are caught often millions of dollars is
seized. I hardly think that they would resort to increasing their risk
of detection by stealing something to cut the drugs with.