Oxy-Cones: Ice Cream Truck Sold Painkillers

Ice cream, it is the symbol of summer, and a long desired treat for people of all ages.  There is nothing like a cold ice cream cone to hit the spot on a hot summer day.  Ice cream, was first developed in 3000 BC by the Chinese.  It made its way to Europe in the 17th century, where it was made out of the iced and flavoured confection made from full milk or cream that is most common today.  Italy and France were the first to really hone the idea of ice cream.  Finally in 1776, the first ice cream parlor was opened in New York City, and ice cream was born, becoming a desired treat from there on out. 
Ice cream, personally, is one of my favorite things.  There are so many varieties and different ways to prepare it, it's no wonder why I love it so much.  Ice cream has become a social craze.  Ice cream is served in parlors, fast food restaurants, and even out of trucks.  I remember as a child, my favorite thing to do was get an ice cream cone from the ice cream truck.  Once you heard that catchy little tune, you knew that soon you would have a delicious ice cream cone in  your hand.  Typically you would never expect anything odd to come from the ice cream man, but however recently in Staten Island customers were getting more than ice cream.  A ring of drug dealers were using the ice cream truck to sell painkillers.  There were a total of thirty one people who were involved in this operating drug ring, who were selling Oxycodone pills.  The head ringleaders Louis Scala and Joseph Zaffuto, bought the illegal prescriptions from Nancy Wilkins who worked as an office manager for a Manhattan doctor. She sold them the prescriptions for about one hundred dollars a piece.  Continuing the plane, they hired friends, family, neighbors, and anyone else they could get to take the fake prescriptions to pharmacies and get them filled.  The drugs were then sold, along with the frozen treats from the Lickety Split ice cream truck that Sala operated.  The New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Bridget G. Brennan said the men sold more than 40,000 Oxycodone pills all the way back in July 2009 to June 2010, profiting the operation more than one million dollars. 
I found this article very strange, and a little bit discomforting.  If this sort of thing could happen out of an ice cream truck, something that seems innocent and nothing more than a typical summer time activity, then who knows what else is going on secretly within organizations or other places.  This just goes to show that anything can happen, and that we should always take precaution when we are buying or taking stuff from people.  Who knows what you may be getting next time you decide you want a refreshing ice cream cone on a hot summer day.  This article has taught me to take caution with what I consume or take from others.  This is an ironic and unnerving case, and it is amazing what people these days will do, no matter what it may be.