Scenes From the Drug War, Ctd
source: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/05/scenes-from-the-drug-war-ctd-2....
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A reader writes:
I saw the post about your reader who was horrified about the dog-killing raid and looking for “other documented examples…compiled into a single place.” And I despaired. This is a blog reader, presumably internet-savvy, and he is shocked, shocked, to discover the things that Radley Balko has been writing about with clarity and passion for years. Maybe you can put a perma-link to Balko’s "Overkill" on your sidebar? Seriously, none of this is new, and it isn’t just dogs being butchered, but people. Here are just a few that I know about off the top of my head:
Kathryn Johnston.
Jonathan Ayers.
Sal Culosi.
Tarika Wilson.
Gonzalo Guizan.
My partner of 20 years suffers from depression, fibromyalgia, and cervical dystonia. All of those conditions are highly treatable with cannabis. But we don’t dare. Instead, she takes a half-dozen different medications and visits a neurologist every couple of months for muscle-paralyzing shots. We have six dogs of our own, and usually have at least two fosters in the house; a raid on our house would end with all of them dead and both of us dead or in prison for defending them. We can’t take the risk.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/05/scenes-from-the-dru...
I saw the post about your reader who was horrified about the dog-killing raid and looking for “other documented examples…compiled into a single place.” And I despaired. This is a blog reader, presumably internet-savvy, and he is shocked, shocked, to discover the things that Radley Balko has been writing about with clarity and passion for years. Maybe you can put a perma-link to Balko’s "Overkill" on your sidebar? Seriously, none of this is new, and it isn’t just dogs being butchered, but people. Here are just a few that I know about off the top of my head:
Kathryn Johnston.
Jonathan Ayers.
Sal Culosi.
Tarika Wilson.
Gonzalo Guizan.
My partner of 20 years suffers from depression, fibromyalgia, and cervical dystonia. All of those conditions are highly treatable with cannabis. But we don’t dare. Instead, she takes a half-dozen different medications and visits a neurologist every couple of months for muscle-paralyzing shots. We have six dogs of our own, and usually have at least two fosters in the house; a raid on our house would end with all of them dead and both of us dead or in prison for defending them. We can’t take the risk.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/05/scenes-from-the-dru...
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