US Welfare Check

[tartvinegar]

I came across a couple of articles that said in the UK and Australia, border police have been informing police to do welfare checks on people who have purchased sodium nitrite when it comes through the border.

Has anyone in the US experienced this?

"It took almost a month for the parcel containing the poison to arrive and before it did police officers called to David's house and carried out a welfare check. A process that wasn't in place while Tom was alive.

David explained: 'A few weeks after I ordered the poison, two police officers knocked on my front door. Apparently they tried me a couple of days before but I was out.

They wanted to talk to me about my order of the poison. They said the reason they knew about it was because border force had identified this poison coming into the country and contacted my local police force to ask to do a welfare check.

David had a 'mixed' reaction to the welfare check. He said: 'I was really pleased that there is now welfare (checks) but it is completely ineffective.

'The poison was still delivered to my address. Unfortunately, welfare checks have taken place in the past and they have missed that somebody is vulnerable and somebody is going to take their own life.'"

 

[MercenariesofMidgar]

Within the Anglosphere, US is the one that seemingly receives the least welfare checks i think. Regardless, the UK always enforces it the most.

 

[Zoro1029]

If it was happening in the US I feel we would be hearing about it by now since there are more users then UK and canada. I am skeptical even about the UK cases. They might be happening but not sure at the coordinated level some are suggesting.

 

[AnneHiro]

This does not sound like something that would happen in the US. If the substance being delivered is legal to own in the state in which it is delivered, there would not likely be any interference. If the substance being delivered is illegal, they are more likely to put some kind of beacon in the package that will alert them when it is opened, and then kick in your front door, kill your pets, and drag you off to jail for processing.