by Chris Freiberg / cfreiberg@newsminer.com
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FAIRBANKS — A Fort Wainwright woman has been accused of giving a prescription drug to her daughter so the teen could sell it at her high school.
Erica Durham, 40, has been charged with three felony counts of drugs misconduct, including first-degree drugs misconduct.
The Alaska Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Enforcement began investigating Durham last week when she allegedly sold an undercover officer 10 Adderall pills and more than 50 Sudafed pills. Adderall is commonly prescribed to treat attention deficit disorder, though in recent years universities have reported students abusing the drug to help them study. The pill, which is addictive, is known to increase alertness and concentration.
Durham, who is not an Army soldier although she lives on post, allegedly told the officer to use the Sudafed to make methamphetamine. One of the main ingredients in Sudafed, pseudoephedrine, is commonly used in the illicit manufacturing of meth and state law places limits on how much of the drug an individual can possess.
She offered to provide the officer with more Sudafed pills after the first of the year and told him her 16-year-old daughter had been selling Adderall at school, where she would sell the pills for $10 or $20 each, depending on their strength, according to a criminal complaint filed in court.
Investigators interviewed the teen at Lathrop High School the next day. She told the officer that her mother gave her the pills in October to sell though she initially did not want to sell them. She eventually sold one pill at school and said the rest were stolen from her, court documents allege.
When investigators served a search warrant on Durham’s home Friday, they found more Adderall and Sudafed pills as well as a small amount of marijuana.
A magistrate set Durham’s bail at $25,000. Durham has no prior criminal record in Alaska.
It's a good thing you were an athlete, because you obviously didn't learn much in spelling class.
$1000 a week? I'm guessing you were in the ditch diggers local 153.
2) I've lived here 36 years
3) I like the idea from the last poster about 'peace at the end of a .45.' Try that too.
This has gotten tiresome. There's no cure for stupidity. [sigh]
Oh yea, gymdandy, have a dandy Cristmas and a better New Year. Maybe santa will bring you a something for that anger issue you have and maybe even a spelling book....
Cheers, I'm out of here....