Posted on 01/12/2006 11:17:40 AM PST by JZelle
D.C. Council member Marion Barry yesterday downplayed concerns about his health while citing legal advice in refusing to discuss whether he has tested positive for cocaine. "My spirits are high," the former mayor said upon his release from Howard University Hospital, where he received treatment for diabetes and hypertension. "God has blessed me with a good spirit and a good brain." Mr. Barry, Ward 8 Democrat, declined to comment on a report yesterday in The Washington Post that said he had tested positive for cocaine during a drug test after his guilty plea on federal tax charges in October. Mr. Barry, 69, failed to pay taxes on the bulk of at least $534,000 that he earned between 1999 and 2004, according to federal prosecutors. He will be sentenced Feb. 8. Defendants in federal court are routinely tested for drugs as a condition for release. A positive drug test could hurt Mr. Barry's chances to avoid imprisonment. He faces a maximum 18-month sentence on the tax charges.
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You can't make this stuff up.
What is amazing isn't that he failed a drug test, but that this scumbag can still get elected in DC.
When you get in trouble, just pull out God from under the bed. I bet he wasn't reciting Psalms when he was snortin that cocaine.
Da bitch set me up!
My initial thought was Barry Bonds.
He probably had to go "doctor shopping" to get these drugs. We better have an investigation and get all his medical records out there for the public to look at eh-NYT?
Actually, he was right! The bitch did set him up. When he got caught smoking crack with a prostitute in a motel room, it was an FBI sting.
Damn!
Barry be high all o da time!
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