Pot, Drug Possession Dominate New Arrest Statistics
The FBI crime statistics for 2012 are out, and once again, they demonstrate the massive amount of law enforcement resources we devote to preventing people from getting high. And from pot in particular.
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If we ended the drug war and laid off the cops, could we balance the budget this year?
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Don’t forget the prosecutors, judges, court staff, prison staff, parole officers, welfare staff, etc.
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That's impossible. Every liberal douchebag I know swears that Obama's America isn't fascistic like Boooosshh's.
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The link is to the HuffPost. I feel dirty now.
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Jobs. Next story.
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Drugs are bad, m'kay?
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Kinda slim pickings from the SUPER USERS today. Two gems:
geewhizwow
Have a day.
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11 hours ago (12:09 AM)
Make liquor illegal too. Dui's and public intox laws
are legal robbery
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Tanya OaksBrooks
Sarcastic, left-wing, science-loving rocker chick
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10 hours ago ( 1:07 AM)
Legal robbery? So you should just be allowed to drive drunk and kill innocent people?HUFFPOST SUPER USER
Nick Vanocur
A poet with rhyme in search of reason
2367 Fans
19 hours ago ( 5:53 PM)
"Oh no, I spilled my martini on the pot statistics!"
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LaoShur
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18 hours ago ( 6:27 PM)
That's OK, in the time it took you to type that, corporate just cut down 1000 acres of pristine wilderness to make way for planting more juniper bushes and olive trees to keep those gin martinis flowing! So, SPILL AWAY congress! We've got pot smokers to persecute!!
