doing his part to keep the us postal service in business. what a guy

Forgive my ignorance, but unless there's more to the story I think any first year law student would be able to get this guy off. Couldn't he just claim the package wasn't his and he real criminal is whomever sent it?

Two comments:
The headline is misleading. He received mail, he wasn't "Using USPS To Ship Drugs" unless the story left out information that supports that allegation.

"Officers seized a quantity of marijuana - 27 grams" should read "Officers seized a miniscule quantity of marijuana - 27 grams", whereas if he'd had 27 grams of diamonds or plutonium, 'a quantity' would be a good choice of words.

In any event, I feel much safer knowing this guy's appetite is gonna take a hit (no pun intended). And I guess winning the Tour de France 7 times is a little further from his grasp.

I read the herald news arrest report n he was only charged with misdemeanor possesion of marijuana and possesion of steroids,police searched his house and found no package,they supposedly followed the person they thought delivered it,but when they searched both people,they also came up empty handed,but they left that out,and theyvwere so stupid,they missed 30,000 in the ceiling

This story is completely false,he never received a package,supposedly,it was delivered to another individual In another town,police suspected it was going to his house,but when they searched,all they found was his personel stash of weed,and leftover juice from last summer,

Since when did the DEA start classifying marijuana and steroids as narcotics? Narcotics are derived from opium, a compound extracted from poppy plants and are termed 'opiates'. Neither marijuana nor steroids contain any opiates. These two products don't contain any barbiturates or benzodiazapines either. So why would three different law enforcement agencies who know the facts play so loosely with the facts, yet again? The way these law enforcement agencies are defining narcotic alcohol would fit into their definition as well and that's scary. What's next, Lipton Sleepy Time tea? I'm not promoting drug use but let's be realistic. The US has spent trillions of dollars fighting 'the War on Drugs' and we're losing that war worse than we lost the Vietnam War. War on Drugs, War on Crime, War on Terrorism, War on Hunger, War on Iraq, War on Afghanistan, War on Poverty, War on Libya, War on Syria and now the final battle.... War on the US Constitution. There must be a great deal of money to be made on wars because during my entire life the US has been in some kind of domestic or international war most of the time. Here the peoples' legions of Aquidneck and Sakonnet are preparing for the great 'War on Unjust Tolls'.

OK, this article is completely false...first they say one story then switch it up to something much worse... get a real job seriously....he looks like a gorilla juicehead though! (pfttttt)

@jmack, you're right and what makes marijuana illegal in the US is how the government (DEA) classifies it. Marijuana is classified as a Class I drug. All Class I drugs are illegal drugs such as Heroine, PCP, marijuana etc. Oxycontin (Oxycodone) is a Class II drug like Percocet and Fentanyl. Does anyone actually believe that marijuana, a Class I drug is more addictive than say Oxycontin a Class II drug, which is 50% more powerful than morphine or Fentanyl which is 8 times stronger than morphine? The Class I designation for drugs is a catch all classification for any type of drug the DEA doesn't like such a marijuana. Morphine, Oxycodone and Fentanyl, are all Class II drugs that are extremely addictive and can kill you. Marijuana doesn't kill, there's no proof that Pot is any more addictive than alcohol let alone being classified as stronger than any Class II or Class III narcotic.