Friday, October 14, 2005

The DEA strikes again! In a nationally coordinated effort, operation Justify Our Budget (or JOB, for short) came to a stunning conclusion today. 487 DEA agents, working with local law enforcement officials, went into stores in 73 cities around the country and bought bags of Doritos. Some agents purchased two, and one agent in Phoenix, Arizona actually came away with five. The bags had a street value of $1 to $3, based on size and whether they were cheesier. All the bags will be taken to a secure site where they will be destroyed. DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy said in a statement. "This shows what we can do with significant resources around the country working together. This will absolutely decimate the Doritos supply in the United States." When reached for comment, a Doritos spokesman said, "Crunch all you want. We'll make more." 11:06:36 PM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []

Long Whine The DEA is triumphantly announcing the conclusion of Operation Long Whine (have they run out of good operation names?). Reports say they seized a bunch of coke, meth, and cash, and arrested 28 people. DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy said in a statement. "To decimate the drug trade, we are following drug money back to its sources, targeting the laundering networks and eliminating the profits that fuel drug trafficking gangs."[...] Of the 28 arrested, 19 were illegal Mexican immigrants, DEA said. Another batch of drugs seized that will have no impact on availability, another bunch of small fish arrested, another trumpeted claim to be "decimating" the drug trade. Your tax dollars at work. 9:54:50 AM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []

This is nice... Link Advocates for medical marijuana use will have an ally in the governor's office next year, regardless of whether Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon S. Corzine or Republican Doug Forrester wins November's election. Both candidates said Tuesday night that if elected, they would allow for the medicinal use of marijuana if it is prescribed by a doctor. "Under the proper circumstances, I think we need to provide all medical resources, and that includes what is emerging now with regard to this particular application," Forrester said. "I'm very much open to that." Corzine said, "If a doctor prescribes it, we need to do what is in the best interests of the patient." Are politicians starting to get on the bandwagon? 7:12:52 AM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []