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Rated E for Ecstasy - Man finds E tabs in used GTA game manual

Posted Apr 8, 2009 at 10:12AM EST by Glenn M.

Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Ecstasy

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Richard Thornhill went to a local Gamestation to pick up two secondhand copies of Grand Theft Auto for his 12 year old son and his 16 year old daughter. Unfortunately, instead of taking the game home for his son to enjoy, he was forced to take it to a nearby police station after he found four tablets of ecstasy stashed in the game's manual.

"When I opened the box up, the cling film wrap fell out. I could not believe it," he said. "I have two children and my son plays Xbox all the time. He could easily have opened the box and found them." He later received an apology from the store, but he still feels that stricter checking is in order. "It was a pre-used game, but that should not make a difference," he said. "My wife is beside herself over this because she keeps thinking about what could have happened and so do I."

In response to the matter, Gamestation promptly said, "We have rigorous procedures for accepting pre-owned titles and checking them before they are put back on sale. We have launched an immediate investigation and we will work closely with police to find out what happened in this instance."

Poor GTA is gonna get eyed again for this one, drug-related this time.

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That's wrong that the company didn't bother to check the manual... but... does anyone else think that maybe the parents think too little of their children's intelligence? Honestly... did they expect the scenario to play out like:

Kid, opens game, finds E, smiles and claims "Yay free GTA candy!" and pops em, later found humping the couch and whining for water. ????

# thats the first thing i thought — Aces In The Palm 2009-04-08 16:22

kids go around shooting up schools because they are easily influenced by video games

we are fighting to keep our games as they were intended

and you get arseholes like this buying GTA4 for his 12 year old son.

should of locked the dad up.

about the pills.

depending on what type they were, but i probably would of dropped them

# ugh... — anhero 2009-04-08 17:25

why are british and american parents so overprotective?

# OMG — death 2009-04-08 19:24

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME I LEFT THEM IN MY MANUAL !!!!

# ... — Musev 2009-04-08 20:28

He took them top the police station? lmao what a big queer. What was the point, fooking brain dead robot.

# @anhero — z0m13ie 2009-04-08 20:35

Because they care about their kids.

I assume you'd do the same if you had kids, if I'm wrong - You're a horrible person and doesn't deserve kids.

# WOW — djman855555 2009-04-08 20:41

LOL this made my night. if the box was on the shelf then gamestation shouldn't be fully held responsible. if it was behind the counter then oh yeah ppl should be fired.

# .. — Musev 2009-04-08 20:45

On top of that, whats he doing buying an 18 rated game for a 12 year old?

old enough to kill but not to love.. what kind of world is this lol

# ... — Silver-Tiger 2009-04-08 20:58

Again this is a proof that parents still didn't get the whole idea of game ratings. Ectasy is bad, but buying a Mature-rated game for a 12y old kid is ok? ( Not saying this is the same, drugs are of course much worse, but you know what I mean.)

# drugs, you say it like there all in one basket — Aces In The Palm 2009-04-08 22:06

so panadol is bad

tylenol

imodium

i do take illicit drugs

never tried heroin (never want to) and LSD freaked me out (its not for everyone).

but drugs are bad

do you drink?

do you smoke?

both drugs

i smoke marijuana

i pop e's every now and then

even take speed (not ice) if i feel like an all nighter

i get sick of people telling everyone that they're on a higher horse because they get legally f***ed up

alcohol numbs the brain...and is legal....why?

there is no reason at all that marijuana shouldnt be legal other than the difficulty in putting a tax on it. believe it or not, the only reason i can see that it is illegal is because its hard to tax

alcohol ...taxed

cigarettes ....taxed

see a trend

even e's would be safe if it were legal

because pharms would be making them, not backyard chemists.

where would organised drug crime go

only thing they could push is heroin and coke. which makes it easier for law enforcers to get to the real problem drugs and leave the recreational drugs alone.

i cant see why the gov still spends so many enforcing an obsolete law

# plz — djman855555 2009-04-09 05:37

yea ace do everyone a favor and dont type anymore

# plz — Andershizzle 2009-04-09 07:09

why dont you do everyone a favor and grow the ***** up.

Ace had some decent points.

You're probably like 12.

# Hmmmm drama.... — cgarrad 2009-04-09 10:25

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4537874/Ecstasy-no-more-dangerous-than-horse-riding.html

From the horses mouth...

# why dont you do me a favour — Aces In The Palm 2009-04-09 17:37

drink 12 beers and go for a drive

then next day smoke 12 bongs and go for a drive

which impeded your ability to drive more

alcohol right?

i rest my case

# Nice flaming topic! — SolidXnake 2009-04-10 03:07

As for drugs - that's it they are drugs - legal or illegal -

legal drugs side effects are sometimes worse than what you taking them for. We are deviating from the real topic.

1. Parent is an ignorant, brain dead idiot

# Nice flaming topic! — SolidXnake 2009-04-10 03:08

# I think — gamepro1 2009-04-10 09:28

I think 12 year olds SHOULD be able to play M rated games only if they are responable enough to understand that its just a game. Theses days, parents are buying there kids M rated games without there understanding of what they may do to kids.

# Dumbass... — Justingraziano 2009-04-10 10:07

No idiot, the game is M for 17+, not 18+. AO is 18+, get your facts straight.

# ... — Justingraziano 2009-04-10 10:08

I once found a credit card in one of my used games I bought from EB Games. It was expired though.

# @Justingraziano — JoycieC 2009-04-10 11:00

Get your own facts straight, the game is 18+ in the UK.

I think we know who the real "dumbass" is now don't we?

# He cares... just not enough... — JoycieC 2009-04-10 11:03

Obviously he cares about his kids (Not enough though because he bought the game), in terms of drug use, and if you would rather keep them, than go hand them in somewhere properly and file a complaint then you really aren't fit to be a parent now or later on in life.

# This reminds me of the time... — silwon 2009-04-10 14:54

I found a couple dead hookers in my GTA game once :)

# .. — Musev 2009-04-10 23:31

@JoycieC

Oh shut up you idiot, you honest believe taking them to the police makes you a good parent? all it does is show how brianwashed you are by the system that you cant deal with minor problems like this one.

whats wrong with just chucking them down the toilet.

and you dont honestly believe that its wrong for 12 year old to play gta?

over protection is as bad as not caring at all. If you cant see that then its you that shouldnt have kids

that includes following all the middle class crap

like "games are bad for kids"

# ... — Justingraziano 2009-04-11 10:55

I wasnt talking about third world communist countries, I was talking about America.

# ... — Justingraziano 2009-04-11 10:57

Probably, this world thinks children are dumber then *****, hence the existance of rating boards and other money wasting organizations.

# @justingraziano — Aces In The Palm 2009-04-11 18:17

congradulations on making yourself look like an arrogant phuckhead.

america would be a better place without pricks like you in it.

go smash your head with a big rock.

# idiots.. — PsychoSonic 2009-04-12 05:47

When will people realize that its not the video game that's the problem for kids, they have been rated, based on maturity and age and you as a parent should see the difference between your child being mature enough to handle it, your child not being mature enough to handle it and if your child is just a plain little psycho who you know is going to go postal at the library after playing a game like Grand Theft Auto..its easy for parents to blame video games because they choose not to accept the responsibility..ITS NOT THE VIDEO GAMES FAULT...its your fault for being a bad parent, not being involved enough in your kids life..i say this as a father of two a 12 year old and an 8 year old..my 12 year old plays all the games I do, and I let him because hes mature enough to handle it, we'll literally see who can kill the most people in the least amount of time, and why do i do this with him? Because my son isn't going to go shoot people or steal cars because he did it Killzone 2 or GTA-IV hes not an idiot, he's mature enough to the point that he knows the difference between game and reality.

As for Jack Thompson..seriously..just die already, your an idiot who is hated by pretty much everyone who isn't a parent of a kid who went psycho somewhere or knows their kid would do it..

# ... — Justingraziano 2009-04-12 06:02

Drop dead you dumb idiot, if you had a half a brain you'd be dangerous. YOU should be locked up, that would be great. If all the idiots like you were locked up, games would never be edited and everyone would be able to play them.

# if I had half a brain...thats rich — Aces In The Palm 2009-04-12 23:27

if you had half a brain you'de relise america isn't the only country on the freakin planet

and most censorship is is done because what other countries see happen in USA

because all the lame twits in other countries try to mock americans

soaking up the rap culture thinking they're hard

when they never lived like these guys had to

you accused UK of being third world

thats why i got pissed and called you arrogant

look around

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