PHARMACISTS are experts when it comes to medications and stimulants, and that knowledge leaves them open to more severe punishment when they are caught with illicit substances.
So when a group of amateur rugby players were hauled before an Irish court after being busted in possession of cocaine, the pharmacist amongst them was handed a jail sentence.
Despite "the emotional pleas" of his father, Sean O'Leary (27), earned a 30-day stint behind bars having pleaded guilty to possessing 70 ($113) worth of the illicit drug, at the Kinsale Sevens tournament in Cork last May, the Irish Examiner reported.
Judge James McNulty told the court that possession of the drug was "not a trivial offence", adding O'Leary's training as a pharmacist meant he should know better than most the risks associated with ingesting "something that came from God knows where, made by God knows who".
"O'Leary is an example of a gifted, privileged, spoilt generation," McNulty said.
While O'Leary landed a month in jail, carpenter, Thomas Bambrick, escaped with a 1,000 ($1,620) fine having been busted in possession of 80 ($130) worth of the cocaine.
McNulty slammed the men saying that through their decision to "buy cocaine for their amusement" they were "supporting what is literally a murderous business".
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