Totally.
Posted on 02/09/2007 5:47:22 PM PST by ccmay
He looks like a good cop. He's got the 'stache, the short-cropped hair, the pushed-out chest and the shiny badge. He sounds like a good cop too; drawled and official. He's got a TV reporter's microphone in his face and a brick of marijuana in his hand, and he's answering questions—not in the "I just accidentally Tasered an old lady" kind of way, but with a grin of accomplishment. The total bust was in the neighborhood of 275 pounds.
This is the old Barry Cooper. Top cop. Total prick. He claims more than 300 felony drug arrests during his eight years as an officer in Gladewater, Big Sandy and Odessa, and a former supervisor says he was damn good at his job, even if he doesn't agree with Cooper's latest get-rich idea.
The video cuts to a decade later, a few months ago. "That was me, Barry Cooper," he says, "top narcotics officer." His hair is longer. That 'stache is now a full-on goatee. The top cop has become a dude. "I'm going to show you places that I never found marijuana hidden." He talks with his hands, like a mellowed-out P.T. Barnum. "I'm going to teach you exactly how narcotic-detector dogs are trained, and I'm going to answer that age-old question: Do coffee grounds really work?"
It's quite the pitch: Former drug warrior sees the light, goes to the dark side and makes a video, Never Get Busted Again, with shady tips on how to fool the fuzz. Stoners rejoice. The new beginning of the end of prohibition is near.
"The drug war is a failed policy, and the legal side effects on the families are worse than the drugs," Cooper says. "I was so wrong in the things I did back then. I ruined lives."
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasobserver.com ...
-ccm
Totally.
The Drug War can be easily eliminated by simply securing the borders. Pot and industrial hemp should be legalized but not the other drugs.
Prick? Huh?
"The Drug War can be easily eliminated by simply securing the borders. "
Oh I dunno, the drug war really hasn't been that bad. How else will our police departments augment their funding?
Yeah I saw that. What kind of news editor lets his journalists call anyone a prick? Obviously the Dallas Observer.
No big deal. He's not really giving away any inside information. His tips are all common sense stuff.
Securing the borders--if you really think that's possible even in theory--may work against cocaine and heroin, but meth and grass are most often made/grown in the US.
In fact, the US grown marijuana is so much more potent and available that it has largely ended large scale importation of the evil weed from Mexico and S. America.
Some people say it is the second largest crop behind wheat in the US in terms of gross dollars.
Well, what's the story? Do coffee grounds really work?
I smoked dope when I was a kid (early twenties). I also drank. IMHO, making marijuana illegal is silly. I neither smoke or drink anymore, but had far worse times from liquor than anything else. I never had much of a problem with marijuana.
As someone who has seen the horrible effects of serious drug addiction, I can say without a doubt that drugs are readily available anywhere. I can also tell you that the WOD has been a failure. It creates a ridiculous margin for the drug dealers and in turn makes it worth killing for. Legalize, educate, and treat anyone who wants it.
Buy the tape and find out!
Anybody can get treatment any time they want it.
If course, that's not what you meant, right?
Nah, I don't need to know that bad.
Or get all those neat armored personnel carriers and flash-bang grenades and stuff?
One who recognizes a short, accurate description, and the ultimate truth gelled down to one word.
Just had a friends 31 year old son die of an overdose.The kid got hooked as a teen and although he tried to clean up through a number of drug programs never could do it. This guy's name may be Barry Cooper but Benedict Arnold would fit him just as well !!!
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Anybody can get treatment any time they want it. Really, and what how did you come to discover this fact? Actually, I know for a fact that this isn't the case. Stop ASSuming.
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