Seizure Is Large Even For A City With An Image As A Narcotics Hub Authorities charged a truck driver with narcotics trafficking Thursday after seizing more than 7 tons of marijuana, highlighting what experts described as Harris County's leading role as a distribution center for illicit drugs. An anonymous tip led drug agents to the drab warehouse in northwest Harris County late Wednesday, where they said they found one of the largest marijuana stashes they've seen in recent memory. [continues 1055 words]
How much will the Dustin Pool murder trial cost taxpayers? My guess would be several hundred thousand dollars. Add to that the price of incarceration for these offenders and we're up to a few million when it's all said and done. The grand total, plus the waste of human life and suffering, should weigh heavy on our hearts. It did not need to happen. We all can share the blame. It seems to me we would have been light years ahead if our community had intervened before things got so out of hand. [continues 86 words]
Texas Leaders Hope Cartels Will Be Targets DALLAS Mexican President Felipe Calderon talks tough on law and order, and he acted tough in arresting the leaders of a violent protest in the southern state of Oaxaca. Texas leaders hope that the tough-on-crime policies extend to lawlessness along Mexico's northern border, where warring drug cartels battling for trafficking routes into the United States -- through Texas -- have killed hundreds. In his inaugural speech this month, Calderon promised to strictly enforce the rule of law in Mexico, with no tolerance for violence, whether the result of feuding drug cartels or political opposition. [continues 500 words]
CLARKSVILLE -- A desire to take a more proactive approach to illegal drug activity has prompted the Red River County Sheriff's Department to form a K-9 Unit. The unit consists of three dogs handled by Deputies Mike Kelley and Brian Hamric. "With the problem that everyone is having with drugs -- particularly methamphetamine -- we felt a K-9 unit was among the necessary tools that we didn't have," Sheriff Terry Reed said. "It would be a more effective approach in getting drugs and narcotics off the street." [continues 487 words]
More teenagers are using prescription medications and even over-the-counter drugs, like cough syrup, to get high, according to a new study. The Rio Grande Valley is no exception. A survey released last week from the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that the number of young teens abusing the prescription drug OxyContin has nearly doubled in the last four years, and slightly more teens are using the painkiller Vicodin. In addition, about 7 percent of 12th-graders reported abusing cough or cold medicines. That's about one in every 14, according to the survey. [continues 540 words]
Re: "Judge asks for man to be freed -- But his letters to board don't explain life term for probation violation," Thursday Metro story. Unfortunately, Tyrone Brown is not the only person unjustly imprisoned in Texas due to the absurdity of the drug war. Loren Pogue is serving 22 years for failing to stop a real estate sale. Mr. Pogue owned a real estate firm in San Vito, Costa Rica. He was an active member of the community, belonging to the Lions Club, Masons, Shriners, American Legion and VFW. He was past director of a children's home and had 15 adopted children. He had no history of involvement in the drug trade. [continues 117 words]
Drug Cartels' Increasing Role in U.S. Corruption Requires a Clearheaded U.S. Response Crime waves, like hurricanes, periodically slam American cities. Houston suffered a sharp rise in murders during the first half of this year; Washington, D.C., was assaulted by brazen influence-selling. Now Brownsville and other cities along the Mexican border are being pummeled by corruption. Border guards, city agencies, even judges have been caught taking bribes. The crime wave shows that American officials are no more immune from the cancer of corruption than any others. [continues 577 words]
The Texas Officer Says His New Venture Is Driven by 'Injustice' In the U.S. War on Drugs TYLER, Texas -- A one-time Texas drug agent described by his former boss as perhaps the best narcotics officer in the country plans to market a how-to video on concealing drugs and fooling police. Barry Cooper, who has worked for small police departments in East Texas, plans to launch a website next week where he will sell his video, Never Get Busted Again, the Tyler Morning Telegraph reported in its online edition Thursday. [continues 315 words]
TYLER - A one-time Texas drug agent described by his former boss as perhaps the best narcotics officer in the nation plans to market a how-to video on concealing drugs and fooling police. Barry Cooper, who has worked for small police departments in East Texas, plans to launch a Web site next week where he will sell his video, "Never Get Busted Again," the Tyler Morning Telegraph reported in its online edition Thursday. Cooper, who said he favors the legalization of marijuana, made the video in part because he believes the nation's fight against drugs is a waste of resources. Busting marijuana users fills up prisons with nonviolent offenders, he said. [end]
The Dec. 19 Chronicle article "Houston's rise in violent crime outpaces U.S." said that "violent crime in Houston increased at nearly twice the national level." Certain deductions about this near doubling of violent crime in Houston are obvious. Houston and Harris County lead the world in the incarceration of our citizenry; mostly for drug charges, minor amounts, empty bags, empty pipes or for failing a urine test for drugs. Our jails are so overcrowded that prisoners sleep underneath bunks and next to toilets, and we are contemplating building additional jails to house more drug users. Our jails and prisons are so swamped with drug prisoners that we find it necessary to provide early release to violent criminals to make room for these minor drug offenders. [continues 201 words]
TYLER, Texas - A former Texas drug agent described by his former boss as perhaps the best narcotics officer in the country plans to market a how-to video on concealing drugs and fooling police. Barry Cooper, who has worked for small police departments in east Texas, plans to launch a Web site next week where he will sell his video, "Never Get Busted Again," the Tyler Morning Telegraph reported Thursday. Cooper favors the legalization of marijuana. [end]
Officials Express Disappointment With 'Never Get Busted Again' An ex-Permian Basin Drug Task Force officer -- described as being a fine lawman -- plans to sell a video that shows people how to get away with having narcotics. Barry Cooper, who also worked for the Gladewater and Big Sandy police departments, will begin to sell his video "Never Get Busted Again" beginning Tuesday. Cooper said in a promotional video that "Never Get Busted Again," shows viewers how to "conceal their stash," "avoid narcotics profiling" and "fool canines every time." [continues 462 words]
BURKE, Va. - Locking up nonviolent offenders is not just the most expensive form of punishment. Time in a Texas penitentiary or county jail also condemns nonviolent men and women to a violent, disease-riddled world where many become likely to commit more serious crimes. In other words, prisons can do more harm than good and destroy rather than rehabilitate lives. Too few leaders in Washington seem to care. One exception, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., recently spent a night in a Louisiana prison to publicize that prison's need to start rebuilding lives. [continues 678 words]
Kirk Muse (Letter: "Scarce weed," Dec. 5,) illustrating another facet of cannabis persecution, prohibition and extermination is an eye-opener. Another reason to relegalize cannabis (marijuana) that doesn't get mentioned is because it is Biblically correct since Christ, as God our Father, indicates he created all the seed-bearing plants, saying they are all good, on literally the very first page. The only Biblical restriction placed on cannabis is that it is to be accepted with thankfulness. Stan White (Dillon, Colo.) [end]
TYLER, Texas - A one-time Texas drug agent described by a former boss as perhaps the best narcotics officer in the country plans to begin selling a video that shows people how to conceal their drugs and fool police. Barry Cooper, who once worked for police departments in Gladewater and Big Sandy and the Permian Basin Drug Task Force, plans to launch a Web site next week where he will sell his video, Never Get Busted Again , the Tyler Morning Telegraph reported in its online edition Thursday. [continues 162 words]
"Never get busted again." Law enforcement officers around East Texas were startled to find one of their former brothers of the badge is scheduled to begin selling a video describing how to avoid getting caught when stopped by police looking for illegal substances. The Tyler Morning Telegraph has learned that Barry Cooper, a former Gladewater and Big Sandy police officer, is scheduled to begin selling his DVD "Never Get Busted Again," Tuesday with the launch of a Web site and a full page advertisement in a national publication targeted toward those interested in illicit drugs. [continues 1283 words]
The planned release of a video titled "Never Get Busted Again" by a former East Texas narcotics officer has generated reaction from around the globe. "Is this a bloody hoax?" a British reporter from The London Times asked a Tyler Morning Telegraph reporter Friday morning. Tylerpaper.com and the Morning Telegraph were first to break the story of Barry Cooper and the "Never Get Busted Again" video he plans to begin selling Tuesday, Dec. 26, when his Web site goes live. [continues 365 words]
What is the best way to hide your stash of marijuana when the police come knocking? How do you avoid positive tests for drugs? And what can you do to hoodwink narcotics-trained sniffer dogs? All these questions and many more will be answered by a DVD called Never Get Busted Again, about to go on sale on the internet. US law enforcement officers are furious about the DVD. What has made them even more furious is the fact that, until recently, the man who made it was one of the most experienced narcotics officers in the Texas police force. [continues 303 words]
JOHN King's Dec. 15 letter ["County, state jails full up/Impact on 'hood' "] about jail overcrowding was wrong in many respects. In contrast to his statement that the public wants to see "criminals locked up," the fact is that polls consistently show that most people do not want to see our prisons and jail cells filled with people incarcerated for simple possession of small amounts of drugs. Ten out of ten local communities voted in the last election to tell their police to make marijuana enforcement their "lowest priority." [continues 199 words]
Lollipop Drug for Cancer Patients Can Be a Fatal High; Abuse on Rise A rare and expensive painkiller sometimes taken in the form of a lollipop contributed to the death of a 20-year-old Southern Methodist University student at his fraternity house earlier this month. The Dallas County medical examiner has determined that Jacob Stiles, a sophomore economics and psychology major from Naperville, Ill., accidentally overdosed on a toxic mixture of cocaine, alcohol and the synthetic opiate fentanyl. Fellow students found him unconscious the afternoon of Dec. 2 in his room at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. [continues 1458 words]
Smoking Non-Crime The Chronicle's Dec. 11 article "Not all agree new jails needed / Lawmaker says county should let some offenders out on bail to free up existing cells" hit the nail on the head by its highlighting of the problems in our overcrowded jails. Low-level offenders do not need to be taking up space needed for violent criminals. It's good to see that Texas Sen. John Whitmire may be getting smart on crime in looking into "shorter sentences for some crimes." Simple marijuana possession should not be an offense that causes an arrest. If a crime is committed, then lock the criminal up, but don't put someone through the criminal justice grinder when they use marijuana responsibly. Steve Nolin President, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Houston [end]
New Deal Gives Raises, Starts Zero-Tolerance Policy for Drug Use Firefighters could have a contract agreement in place that includes a 3 percent raise per year for two years and a 2.25 percent increase in the final year if it is approved today by the City Council. Negotiators for the city of Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Firefighters Association broke an extended contract impasse during the weekend, city and fire officials said Monday. The new three-year contract, retroactive to when the last one expired July 2005, could be approved during today's City Council meeting. It also must be approved by the association's membership, said City Manager Skip Noe. [continues 529 words]
2 Men Say Judge Plans to Fight Sentence He Issued in Minor Probation Case Two people who have met with a Dallas judge say he has promised to seek termination of a life sentence he handed down for a teenager who, while on probation for a $2 armed robbery in which no one was hurt, tested positive for marijuana once. Dallas NAACP president Bob Lydia said Judge Keith Dean made the pledge in a meeting Monday with him and lawyer Frederick "Rick" Russell. Mr. Russell has not responded to interview requests from The Dallas Morning News but agreed that the promise was made, according to a memo the newspaper obtained with an open-records request. [continues 842 words]
Drugs and cyber-crimes were two of the hot topics addressed by local law enforcement officials at Monday evening's monthly Diversity Forum. Huntsville Police Chief Jean Sanders and Walker County Sheriff Clint McRae provided basic information on the structures of their respective departments but also fielded questions from the audience. McRae was questioned at length about the presence and impact of drugs inside the county. The sheriff's office made more than 4,000 arrests this year, an estimated 50 percent of which McRae said are drug-related offenses. [continues 410 words]
Petty Criminal's Sentence Should Be Commuted For Tyrone Brown, it never should have come to this. Mr. Brown never should have been sentenced to life in prison after being busted for a $2 armed robbery and a marijuana violation. He should not have suffered because his family could not afford a lawyer. It should not have taken a Dallas Morning News investigation to expose the unequal justice that was meted out when Mr. Brown was locked up for life while a well-connected man who shot an unarmed prostitute in the back walked free. [continues 326 words]
Perry Asked to Commute Life Term for Minor Probation Violation Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill has asked Gov. Rick Perry to free a man who tested positive for marijuana once while on probation for robbery and was sentenced to life in prison. Mr. Hill also told the governor that the judge in Tyrone Brown's case - -- which gained national attention after a report in The Dallas Morning News -- had expressed interest in helping free the inmate but failed to act. [continues 935 words]
Overhaul of Travis County Probation Department Is Challenged By Insufficient State Funding, Officials Say. Julie Vasquez-Martinez has been a probation officer in Travis County for 10 years and has witnessed the struggles of felony drug and alcohol offenders trying to turn their lives around. And Martinez has learned that a critical time for many people convicted of common drug crimes comes immediately after they are sentenced to probation. "It's imperative to get them into treatment early," she said. "It's imperative so they don't continue to make the wrong decisions. They need these tools and techniques to stay clean and sober." [continues 671 words]
Defense Attorney Says Officials Told Him 'Something Tainted' Arrest. A judge has thrown out a man's felony drug conviction after internal affairs detectives and prosecutors began reviewing how an Austin police officer handled the man's August arrest. Authorities are trying to determine whether officer James Learmonth had probable cause to search Ernest Smith after a traffic stop in East Austin and whether he was truthful in police reports and court documents in describing the incident, Tom Stribling, who is representing Learmonth, said Saturday. [continues 374 words]
Ref: "$4.1 million of marijuana found in lime load" (Dec. 2). I'm sure that many marijuana growers and sellers are thankful to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for this latest marijuana bust and others like it. Without operations like this, marijuana would be worth what other easy-to-grow weeds are worth - very little. Thanks to the Drug Enforcement Administration and other so-called "drug warriors," the easy-to-grow weed is worth more than pure gold, and completely tax-free. Any marijuana growers, sellers or traffickers arrested will soon be replaced. They always are. Kirk Muse (Mesa, Ariz.) [end]
Agents with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Patrol found more than $4.1 million of marijuana concealed in a cargo of limes Wednesday at the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint. The 5,170 pounds of narcotics were found inside a tractor-trailer after a specially trained dog alerted agents to the front of the trailer, according to border patrol officials. Two people, the driver and passnger , were arrested and the case was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration in Corpus Christi, said border patrol officials. [end]
Southeast Texas' justice system stepped up its battle against what has become the most popular drug abused by users - methamphetamines - - beginning Thursday, Nov. 30, National M e t h a m p h e t a m i n e Awareness Day. "We want to bring the facts to the public," said U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Orwig of Beaumont. "Meth is a powerful poison. It kills the user while destroying the family and environment." Jasper Police Chief Todd Hunter, who worked on the growing meth problem in the Dallas area while with the Addison Police Department, said the problem would not go away by ignoring it. [continues 1097 words]
With only about two weeks of work left in the U.S. Congress session, the hope for a promised congressional hearing into the case of two convicted El Paso Border Patrol agents is fading fast. "We'll be done in Congress the week of the 11th. We're running out of time," said Alan Knapp, the deputy chief of staff and legislative director for U.S. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas. Poe expected to deliver by today a letter to U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, asking for the hearing to be promptly scheduled, Knapp said. [continues 491 words]
TYLER - Even though state Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, was pleased to be honored by federal officials Thursday for his fight against illegal drugs, he said there is still more work to be done. As part of National Methamphetamine Awareness Day, Berman was presented with a resolution in Tyler by U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Orwig, recognizing his contribution to fighting the production of meth in East Texas. Berman co-authored and introduced Texas House Bill 164 in 2004, which led to the 2005 law that medications containing pseudoephedrine must be kept behind the counter at pharmacies. [continues 411 words]
Patients at a south Reynosa drug rehab center sometimes walk up onto the roof to look out over the city before their evening meeting. On clear evenings, they can see the bright lights of the city center, the maquilas where many of them used to work and the Rio Grande winding its way to the east. Jose Alfredo Martinez, a thin, 36-year-old father of two struggling with a crack addiction, is one of those patients. He can almost see his home neighborhood on the southern banks of the river. There, only 100 yards from the United States, narcotics designated for shipment to New York and Houston are selling like never before, causing an epidemic of drug addiction. [continues 1350 words]
Regarding Randall L. Kallinen's Nov. 26 Outlook article, "Our lock 'em up justice is a loser. Harris County doesn't need to build any more jail cells. We need to construct common-sense sentencing policies": Common-sense sentencing -- or common-sense prosecuting, for that matter -- are not words familiar to the Harris County legal system. This system is broken and in need of drastic repairs. But, who is strong enough, brave enough or rich enough to stand up and demand these repairs? [continues 89 words]
State Rep. Leo Berman was honored Thursday as part of National Methamphetamine Awareness Day, an observation designed to stress drug prevention, education and treatment. Berman led the charge to pass HB 164 in August, which requires retailers to remove medications used in the manufacture of methamphetamine from the shelves and place them behind the pharmacy counter. Officials from the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office, Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives paused to acknowledge the representative's efforts. [continues 321 words]
The news that popular banda musician Valentin Elizalde was gunned down Saturday in Mexico near the Reynosa fairgrounds stunned many residents on both sides of the border. The 27-year-old's black Suburban was sprayed with more than 70 bullets; also killed were his driver and manager - all just minutes after he performed at the annual fair. Such is the surreal world of the Mexican drug trade, a world in which newspapers are silenced by gunfire and a drug cartel takes out advertising blaming its rivals for the mayhem. [continues 355 words]
Harris County is not the only jurisdiction that is grappling with overcrowded jails. Throughout the country, states facing budget shortfalls are pursuing alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders. Every additional dollar invested in substance abuse treatment saves taxpayers $7.48 in societal costs, but there is far more at stake than tax dollars. The children of inmates are at risk for educational failure, joblessness, addiction and delinquency. Not only do children lose, but society as a whole does, too. Incarcerating nonviolent drug offenders alongside hardened criminals is the equivalent of providing them with a taxpayer-funded education in antisocial behavior. [continues 82 words]
This is about me, my mugger and Milton Friedman. I was alone on a New York subway platform, when a man started toward me. His glassy eyes foretold what was to happen. He pointed at the flute case I was carrying and said, "Give it to me." Pulling the case back, I said "no," at which point he snapped open a knife and pointed it at my ribs. I then held out the flute, squeaking, "Take it." He grabbed the instrument and ran off. [continues 549 words]
Whitmire And Madden Press For Higher Parole Rates And More Money For Drug Programs AUSTIN -- In what may indicate a pendulum shift in a state that's become almost synonymous with incarceration, two key Texas lawmakers, a Republican and a Democrat, are showing little appetite for more concrete walls and steel bars. You read right. With Texas prisons again overflowing, they are stressing rehabilitation, treatment, even parole. Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, and Rep. Jerry Madden, R-Plano, who head the criminal justice committees of their respective chambers, say building more prisons will only beget more prisoners. [continues 522 words]
Dear Editor, Re: "Reefer Madness" [News, Nov. 17] by Jordan Smith: Of course drug czar John Walters has never rolled a joint! Federal drug warriors typically know very little about the subject of their alleged expertise. The emphasis on "drug-free" pasts ensures that those least knowledgeable about the effects of illegal drugs are in charge of enforcing laws against them. The primary hiring criterion for drug warriors is ignorance. There is a good reason millions of Americans prefer marijuana to martinis. Anyone who has experimented with both drugs knows that alcohol is far more dangerous. Alcohol drinkers who overindulge risk painful hangovers, loss of basic bodily functions, and even death. Marijuana smokers who overindulge risk wanting to take a nap. Like any drug, marijuana can be harmful if abused, but criminal records are inappropriate as health interventions and ineffective as deterrents. Sincerely, Robert Sharpe, MPA Policy analyst Common Sense for Drug Policy www.csdp.org Washington, D.C. [end]
What's the difference between crack cocaine and the powdered form of the same drug? Ask people who have been convicted of selling one or the other. Conviction for possession of only 5 grams of crack carries a mandatory minimum five years in prison. A drug dealer would have to be caught with 500 grams of powder cocaine to draw that same sentence. Crack is used more often in poor, minority communities; powder cocaine is found generally in affluent, white neighborhoods. [continues 209 words]
Harris County Doesn't Need To Build Any More Jail Cells. We Need To Construct Common-Sense Sentencing Policies. The Harris County jail has reached 102.31 percent of capacity, 9,660 inmates, as of Oct. 1. That is about 1,000 more inmates than mandated by the state (90 percent capacity is the rule). The county wants to spend $267 million for construction of new jails that will take many millions of dollars more to operate each year. While Harris County and the city of Houston struggle to hire qualified peace officers, these proposed jails threaten to divert hundreds of new peace officers to the job of warehousing inmates. Flawed criminal justice policy, not crime, is the cause of our jail overcrowding. [continues 492 words]
SENDING nonviolent drug offenders to state jail for six months to two years further ruins the lives of drug addicts arrested for simple possession. The Chronicle's Nov. 21 editorial was aptly titled "Smarter on crime." Two years ago, the state of New York reported saving $254 million by sending these individuals to drug courts instead of to jail. Harris County has established three drug courts, led by Judge Caprice Cosper. They are performing admirably but lack funds for treatment. That's why the Harris County Drug Court Foundation was started up to address this moral issue. [continues 71 words]
It's Time For Harris County To Heed The Message Of A Tough-On-Crime Judge About Handling Of Drug Cases. When a respected felony criminal judge known for his lock-'em-up philosophy concludes that slamming minor drug offenders with long sentences is counterproductive to sensible prison management and public safety, perhaps it's time for Harris County to listen. And when that judge's advice -- to provide drug abusers with treatment options while focusing policing efforts on major offenders -- squares with best practices in other counties, perhaps it's time for Harris County to change its crime-fighting ways. [continues 473 words]
John Gaworski thinks his daughter got a raw deal. On Nov. 2, the 16-year-old senior at Southwest High School in Fort Worth consented to have her car searched in the campus parking lot after a drug-sniffing dog indicated that it smelled something. School officials searched the car and say they found a marijuana seed in the driver's seat and a small piece of a plant on the floorboard. The student, whom the Star-Telegram is not identifying because she is a minor and has not been charged with a crime, denied that the pot was hers and even offered to take a drug test. [continues 651 words]
State District Judge Michael McSpadden once believed that long sentences would deter drug sales and drug use. But after more than two decades hearing felony cases in Harris County, the former prosecutor is calling on the governor and Legislature to reduce sentences for low-level drug possession. "These minor offenses are now overwhelming every felony docket, and the courts necessarily spend less time on the more important, violent crimes," he recently wrote to Gov. Rick Perry. Nearly twice as many defendants in Harris County were sent to state jails last year for possessing less than 1 gram of a drug than in Dallas, Tarrant and Bexar counties combined. [continues 1178 words]
I AM wholeheartedly in support of state Judge Michael McSpadden and the Chronicle's editorial board for their enlightened approach to our "bogged down" legal system in Harris County (see the Chronicle's Nov. 21 editorial "Smarter on crime / It's time for Harris County to heed the message of a tough-on-crime judge about handling of drug cases"). Having served on grand juries since 1997, I have been appalled by the waste of time, money and young lives by our self-righteous system. [continues 188 words]
Re: "It's another kind of buzz at your door - Urban professionals turn to home-delivery networks for pot," Sunday news story. In 2005, Jeffrey A. Miron released a report, "The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition," that estimated legalizing marijuana would save $7.7 billion per year on enforcement and yield annual tax revenue of $2.4 billion if it were taxed like most other goods - or $6.2 billion if it were taxed like alcohol and tobacco. More than 500 economists, including three Nobel laureates, endorse Dr. Miron's report. They did not attempt to estimate the income that might be collected by making delivery of marijuana to "doctors, lawyers, Wall Street traders" and such a legal business. Suzanne Wills, Drug Policy Forum of Texas, Dallas [end]
Despite hysterical claims that the legalization of medicinal marijuana for use by the seriously ill would somehow kick-start a juggernaut of seemingly state-sanctioned drug use and abuse - a tired-ass hand-wringing worry brought, primarily, by your drug war pals at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, starting with Nineties czar Barry McCaffrey - it appears that, a decade after California voters passed the nation's first medi-pot law, the sky has not fallen. [continues 399 words]
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