Popular news story out today shows that 80% of drug busts near the Mexico border involve US citizens.. can’t say I am 100% shocked to read this.
Here’s the full story:
80 Percent of Drug Busts on the Border Involved US Citizens
ABC News, on Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:20:10 -0700
The drug arrests largely involve pot. Pound-for-pound, marijuana accounted for 95 percent of the drugs seized by Border Patrol in 2011. While the agency has focused resources on policing marijuana, polls have shown that support for marijuana …
Which then brings me to this story on Rand Paul, a conservative Senator from Kentucky who doesn’t think marijuana users should be sent to prison! He doesn’t fully agree with legalizing marijuana 100% but, like the majority of Americans, thinks that we spend way too much money and wasted time arresting marijuana smokers. Hmm…ya think?!
Here’s that story:
Rand Paul says weed smokers shouldn’t be sent to prison — RT USA
http://rt.com/
United States Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) is asking his colleagues in Congress to stop sending people away to prison for minor marijuana offenses.
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