This is priceless. Officer denies stealing fake cocaine

Let’s see if I can summarize.

As part of some bizarre operation, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police make up 102 bricks of flour, which they ship in boxes of mangoes from Peru to Canada.

Then they intercept the flour in Canada. At the end of his shift [...]

Pretty hilarious, the notion that cops can spot a drug user’s eyes in a moving car at night in the rain.

Then again, given the natural paranoia that often accompanies pot smoking, it could be a pretty effective ad.

[Thanks, Bruce]

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That’s the title of today’s column in the Washington Post by Peter Moskos and Stanford “Neill” Franklin.

Public drug dealing creates an environment where disputes about money or respect are settled with guns. [...]

Legalization would not create a drug free-for-all. In fact, regulation reins in the mess we already have. [...]

Drug manufacturing and distribution is too dangerous [...]