Slog - Comments on This Week on Drugs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83 Winning: Massachusetts initiative to decriminalize marijuana leading by 19-point margin. Whining: Drug Czar--the one who claims he looooooves treatment--he's campaigning against treatment in California. Supersizing: This guy has a new anti-obesity drug. Searching: Service rents out drug-sniffing dogs to find pot in your kid's bedroom. Saving: Meth head saves fellow inmates life. Harshing: Man sentenced to three and a half years in prison for smuggling cigarettes into the UK. Grounded: Drunk pilot arrested at Heathrow.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:45:15 -0800 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:46:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf Jesus, that's gonna give me nightmares.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183054 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183054 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:46:52 -0800 Comment by thickturd well, it wasn't like he was smuggling a couple of packs, i mean he was caught with over 4 million cigarettes.

]]> thickturd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183065 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183065 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:06:49 -0800 Comment by Leslie N. Holy Christ, that picture almost made me piss myself. I'm gonna have nightmares.

]]> Leslie N. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183069 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:14:25 -0800 Comment by jrrrl Officials say Mark Louviere, 51, was walking past a soccer game in the yard at the Newton Correctional Facility in August when one of the participants collapsed. Louviere reportedly helped medical staff perform CPR.

Louviere pleaded guilty in August 2007 to several meth-related charges. His tentative release date is in 2052.

Corrections officials say acts of heroism, such as saving a life, can reduce an inmate's prison time. They say Louviere received 30 days off his remaining sentence.

Wow. Just wow.

]]> jrrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183070 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183070 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:14:55 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Hey kids, think your mom or dad might be crazy enough to hire a drug-sniffing dog to check out your room while you're away at school? Here's a fun trick: miniscule amounts of the black, tarry resin you clean out of your pipe or bong, mixed with ordinary shoe-polish, applied to an inconspicuous corner of your parents' favorite pair of shoes. It can even go on the bottom of the sole, it doesn't matter. Just enough so that a dog could smell it but a normal human can't. Experiment to get the mix right (do this part away from your room, preferably out in the garage or elsewhere.)

Then, when the dogs come in, they won't leave your mom's shoes alone! It's even better if she's wearing them at the time. Hours of fun for the whole family.

Caution: Use only if you're pretty sure your parents are the kind of paranoid freaks who would actually do this. Do not attempt if they are planning on walking through an airport or any other controlled space sometime in the foreseeable future.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183078 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183078 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:37:54 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I think I love you, Banjo.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183081 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183081 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:41:03 -0800 Comment by Balt-O-Matt That gentleman has quite the rack!

]]> Balt-O-Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183087 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183087 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:49:27 -0800 Comment by Mac As a Masshole, I can't wait to vote to decriminalize marijuana.

]]> Mac http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183090 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183090 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:58:22 -0800 Comment by RainMan And as a former Masshole I'm proud of my former home state. From same sex marriage to drug laws Massachusetts shows the rest of the country what actual common sense can look like.

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183109 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183109 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:00:57 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Don't forget Joe McCain, John McCain's brother, calling 9-1-1 today cause he was upset that he, rich as he was, was stuck in a traffic jam.

DEFINITELY DRUGS.

Either that or severe anger management problems ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183113 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183113 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:16:58 -0800 Comment by gnossos Banjo you have been on quite the roll lately...from Banjo's law to this. A good week.

]]> gnossos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183143 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183143 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:37:17 -0800 Comment by chasman Regarding the third story: nnnnoooo, now he has one _less_ anti-obesity drug. But according to Ads By Google, he does have four more kinds of anti-obesity snake oil.

]]> chasman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183151 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183151 Drugs Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:32:43 -0800 Comment by Nixor @4... seriously, wow.

How do meth charges add up to 45 years in prison? And he only gets 30 days knocked off for saving the guy's life??

]]> Nixor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183175 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183175 Drugs Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:04:39 -0800 Comment by Ann @ 13

Exactly my thought. 45 years seems excessive to begin with- but only knocking off a month for saving a guy's life? Harsh!

]]> Ann http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183202 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183202 Drugs Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:13:56 -0800 Comment by Will in Fremont Nice pic of Fnarf, by the way.

]]> Will in Fremont http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183362 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183362 Drugs Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:06:01 -0800 Comment by freshnycman I totally want to titty-fuck that guy...

]]> freshnycman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183667 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_on_drugs_83#c1183667 Drugs Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:46:52 -0800