To: freepatriot32
*The Victory Act also seems to be an attempt to merge the war on terrorism and the war on drugs into a single campaign.*
This is already happening. Several counties in the area are using the War on Terror language to go after and prosecute drug dealers. For example, they are making the connection that meth is a WMD and should be prosecuted as such.
16 posted on
08/22/2003 10:53:39 AM PDT by
Stew Padasso
(pro-rock.com - bsnn.net - libertyteeth.com - BFD - Puff Puff Ping)
To: Stew Padasso
DAs try antiterror laws for drug cases
WINSTON-SALEM - Following the lead of Watauga County, other district attorneys in North Carolina are considering using antiterrorism laws to prosecute accused methamphetamine producers.
Watauga County District Attorney Jerry Wilson last week charged a man accused of running a methamphetamine lab with violating state laws involving the manufacture of nuclear or chemical weapons.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/949782/posts
17 posted on
08/22/2003 10:57:23 AM PDT by
Stew Padasso
(pro-rock.com - bsnn.net - libertyteeth.com - BFD - Puff Puff Ping)
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