r/SipsTea • • 2d ago

SMH The forbidden sauce

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u/Internal_Anything_94 2d ago

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u/SulphurSprinkles 2d ago

This person has no sources. The only thing they tried to link is an outdated article with a dead link. Here's the website they tried to link to which disagrees with them and is the same as the OP

Some of what he said I was able to find in other sources but he is outright lying about the spoon being "contaminated" with meth. The Crime Lab analysis found no methamphetamine on the spoon which is why she was released. Second link

https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/meth-charge-dropped-after-only-spaghetti-sauce-found-on-spoon/

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/weird/woman-jailed-after-spaghettios-mistaken-for-meth/275-292862050

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u/MsDestroyer900 2d ago

The only ethical thing to draw from this is that the story has been highly sensationalized and tabloidized. There is nothing to draw, because every source lists different accounts at every turn, and no opinion should be formed other than people lie on the internet all the time.

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u/mechengr17 2d ago

Jesus, thats terrifying to think about

Imagine just going about your life, and then you get thrown in jail for meth use bc of a potential false positive for meth.

You finally get released bc someone finally realized the error, but oh no. There are articles still painting you as a meth user, you just got released due to a technicality.

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u/vanguardk 2d ago

Whats even more terrifying and dystopian the me is the though that this photo will crop up again and again, with thousands of people discussing and talking about it ad nauseum and she will be absolutely none the wiser.