Hawkeye football....oh Hawkeye football....
We can't get our act together on the field and it's even worse off the field. 14 players have had 26 charges between them in less than year. It's crazy.
Last Saturday, two Hawkeye football players were arrested for possession of drugs. One player had 21 doses of oxycodone and 24 doses of carisoprodol. He was with unlawful possession but also with a drug-tax stamp violation.
You may have had the initial reaction I did: What the hell is a DRUG-tax stamp violation? They're taxing something that is deemed illegal? After checking with my live-in encyclopedia and getting a limited understanding, I started doing my own research.
That is exactly what they're doing. Drug dealers are required to buy a physical stamp that has to be placed on your drug of choice right after purchase. Because, yes, obeying the law is high priority for someone already participating in illegal activities. It makes utterly no sense to me. It's like the government is covering both bases. On one hand, it is illegal, BUT, on the off chance people are going to still deal drugs, we want a rake of the take. Really, who is stupid enough to walk into a governmental agency to basically announce to the world I'm dealing drugs, please, arrest me here. Now to be fair, supposedly names and addresses can't be shared with law enforcement. But to be honest, I wouldn't put anything past them.
What's even worse, the drug-tax stamp violation a class D felony. The two initial drug charges are only misdemeanors. It's just not adding up. What's REALLY the important offense here?
I'm hoping Kirk Ferentz can get his and the team's act together. It's not helping the football program or the university as a whole to have punks like this running around campus.
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I've heard of this "Drug Stamp Act". It's a way to penalize them financially as well. Usually, you get caught with drugs. Unless you have a sizable amount of money on you at the time of arrest, you get to keep the proceeds from sales prior. It's waiting whereever you put it when you get done doing your time. With this addition, they also have to pay a form of restitution as well. Of course, no one's going to apply for a drug stamp. It is another way however to chock another charge on to drug dealers, and the government to regain some of the millions we spend in enforcing drug policies. That I'm all for.
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