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Notes from the War on Drugs

grant

17:28 / 03.02.03

From This is True News :

THIS is TRUE for 26 January 2003
Copyright 2003 www.thisistrue.com
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IDIOTIC WAR: Prosecutors in Chicago, Ill., have
dropped felony drug
charges against Jose Galvan, 43, and Juan Luna,
21. The two were
arrested after police found 220 pounds of
suspicious plants in the back
of their pickup truck -- marijuana, police
field tests declared. "These
guys were treated like they were cartel drug
traffickers," said their
lawyer. They two were actually hauling hay from
a dismantled Christmas
manger scene at St. Wenceslaus Roman Catholic
Church, where they are
members. The men sat in jail for the four weeks
it took for lab tests
to confirm the plants were indeed hay, not pot.
Even though they have
now been exonerated, they remain in jail while
officials confirm the
men are legally in the U.S.
(Chicago Sun Times)

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IDIOTIC WAR II: A woman with incurable brain
cancer presented Walgreen's
Drug Store in Tacoma, Wash., with a refill
prescription for her pain
medication. The pharmacist called the
Washington Medical Center to
verify it, but was told the doctor was out --
so he called the police
to report what he thought was a "faked"
prescription. Shannon O'Brien,
35, was arrested even though she told the
officer she had brain cancer
and had a medical information card in her
wallet. "They could have
checked my records," she said. "I've had the
same medicine every
month." She was released hours later after her
doctor confirmed the
prescription, but she was required as a
condition of her release to go
to drug counseling. She is suing the store.
(AP)

Baz Auckland

23:28 / 03.02.03

There was a great comic in one of the politics magazines at work the other day along the lines of:

Man#1: "Don't you feel great that we've declared a War on Terrorism?"

Man#2: "It's just like in the 80s when we had a drug problem! We declared war on Drugs, and now there are no more drugs!"

Man#1:"That's too bad, because I could really use some pot right now!"

w1rebaby

23:51 / 03.02.03

here it is

from Get Your War On

Baz Auckland

02:56 / 04.02.03

Thanks! I had no idea where to start looking for it!

that

04:31 / 04.02.03

Those stories are really disturbing, in all sorts of ways.

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