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A heroin addict brings needles and cotton balls to court

I hate to make fun of people's addictions, however, I couldn't help but laugh at a story I read about the matter.

On Monday, 23-year-old Michael Durban showed up to the Marion County Courthouse in Oregon, where he was to be arraigned on a heroin possession charge. When he went through security screening, deputies found hypodermic needles and a cotton ball which contained heroin in his pocket. He thereby went from being arraigned on a drug charge to being arrested and charged with unlawful possession of heroin.

When Durban was asked about the needles and cotton ball, he said, "I got mixed up. I thought I left it in my car."

No, this is not an article from The Onion, and yes, I had to double-check that too.

In light of this odd event, expect the following to occur at some point in the future:

- A man going to court for a DUI shows up with nothing but his car keys and a half-empty bottle of Jack Daniels

- Someone charged with indecent exposure shows up to court in their birthday suit

- A man charged with unlawful gun possession walks into the courthouse dressed like Rambo, with more firearms attached to him than he has brain cells left

- An individual charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor walks into the courthouse, passing a joint back and forth with a teenager

- A man charged with soliciting a prostitute, walks in with two half-naked ladies named Cinnamon and Chocolate

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/09/michael-durban_n_6295948.html

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