Comments on: Three More Pharmacies Burglarized

By: Janice

Janice — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 05:17:56 +0000

To Kim of Kim’s Family Pharmacy
You explained yourself which I give props to you. However, you owe these people NO EXPLANATION! It is because of these jerks, that chronically I’ll people, YES, like myself, are treated like common criminals. I suppose eventually, they’ll blow themselves up or fry their brains? Maybe THEN we can sleep at night? May you recover from this fiasco soon.

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 01:47:06 +0000

A good dog would do the trick. Its been about 40 years ago when Cantonment Pharmacy was located on 29 north of the red light they had a wonderful Doberman named Trudy. I know this because I lived in the apartment that is in the back of the building. Trudy was there all the time but stayed every night and changed the minds of a few that thought they wanted break in. Dogs are amazing creatures. I believe if these THUGS heard a dog in the pharmacy they would think twice before entering. The dog doesn’t even have to come from behind the counter. Just my two cents.

By: chris in Molino

chris in Molino — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 22:09:39 +0000

@bewildered—that idea is really, really naive and stupid. As long as theres a market for it, there will be a retailer. And as long as narcotic pain meds make people feel better about their lives, however masked it is, they will continue to use.
Furthermore, I know several people who consume narcotic pain meds who are not prescribed them, and every commenter here would be amazed at their occupation and identity. None have been convicted of a crime. None you would suspect. All members of local churches, all have lives many would envy. So to say, “we got these narcotics on our streets” is naive. Many narcotic pain med users are not criminals. That’s why they choose legal drugs instead of heroin, cocaine, etc. Not to say they don’t have a problem but dont lump them together with what you picture a junkie to be. They are not the same. They have jobs, in many instances, better jobs than most who post here. You probably know people who take prescription drugs and don’t know it because you think you’re smarter than you really are.

By: Melodies4us

Melodies4us — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:52:25 +0000

We can put a man on the moon, but we can’t keep thieves out of our pharmacies?

By: lone chief

lone chief — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 19:44:45 +0000

Cameras in proper position for photo ID (not top of heads) and lots of cool booby traps! Yup, the old junk yard dogs and such may help too. Time to service the wood-chipper.

By: bewildered

bewildered — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:36:08 +0000

To adopt drug laws like Central America, South America and most Asian countries have would do the trick. Make it mandatory for drug addicts to go into rehab and get rid of drug dealers by handing out stiff punishment – including execution. Our justice system views the rights of scumbags more important than the lives they destroy by pushing narcotics.

By: Just-wondering

Just-wondering — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 16:47:40 +0000

How were they able to get under the door at Kim’s pharmacy? Shouldn’t it be sealed and secured? I understand they didn’t get any real big narcotics, but they still got some form of narcotics. If these people are the same from Scotts pharmacy it seems like they are not going for the big narcotics, but what are they doing with them? I hope and pray they are not selling these to teens or anyone. We definitely don’t need drug overdose cases to start popping up everyday, we already have murder rates rising. What’s next in NorthEscambiaville?

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 15:31:07 +0000

Thanks Kim Cadenhead for taking extra precautions and spending more money to insur that these thieves don’t take the drugs from your pharmacy so easily. Now if more will follow suit and the word gets around to this element of our society maybe these headlines will be less frequent.

By: fred

fred — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:41:49 +0000

I have always wondered why security cameras are mounted up high, so they only get a picture of the tops of the burglars’ heads. Wouldn’t it make sense to put at least one at the or below eye level to get their faces? They may destroy the camera, but their picture is captured by then because they looked directly at it. Maybe I’m just ignorant, but it does make me wonder.

By: Kim Cadenhead

Kim Cadenhead — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:21:13 +0000

Clarification: Kim’s Family Pharmacy has state of the art alarm and camera systems as well as two gun safes bolted to the floor. That is more security than any chain pharmacy that I have worked in and that I am aware of. These criminals were in and out in less than two minutes. Due to all of the security measures that we have in place, they got no actual “narcotics” which would include opiate pain medications. They were, however, able to access the medications intended for children with ADD. Security measures have now been implemented to prevent this in the future. Chain pharmacies are robbed every day, unfortunately.