Slog - Comments on Only Users Lose Drugs http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/only_users_lose_drugs Dumb-criminal stories are older than God. Still, I will never tire of reading the endless variations on this theme: Man reports missing cocaine, gets arrested for drug smuggling. He had a good reason. Carr's downfall came when he contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Aug. 7 to report that he had lost 31 kilograms of cocaine he hid in some brush near the border. Carr allegedly wanted the ICE agents to issue a statement that they had seized the drugs so the people he worked for would not think he stole the goods and retaliate against him. Still.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:50:12 -0800 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:48:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Christin Put in the same situation, would you not do the same thing? Especially if you had easily-accessible relatives. If I couldn't get away and had thugs making comments about my frail mother or pretty little 13-year-old daughter, I'd beg the feds to issue that statement too.

]]> Christin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/only_users_lose_drugs#c806497 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/only_users_lose_drugs#c806497 Drugs Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:37:10 -0800 Comment by Me Yeah, actually, when the question comes down to: jail time vs. you, your friends and family getting beaten and/or killed...

Of course, just cause he's in jail doesn't mean his friends and family aren't getting beaten and/or killed. But the likelihood is less.

]]> Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/only_users_lose_drugs#c806515 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/only_users_lose_drugs#c806515 Drugs Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:57:39 -0800 Comment by Greg Not dumb. A lotta years in prison sounds better than a Colombian necktie to me.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/only_users_lose_drugs#c806783 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/only_users_lose_drugs#c806783 Drugs Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:48:42 -0800