In England, the Daily Express reports that drug dealers are getting arrested on purposeso they can make more money by selling drugs in jail. A few years ago they banned cigarettes and smoking in Rikers Island (NYC’s jail). Now a single cigarette sells for about $20. For one tobacco cigarette. More often than not, these…
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When I ask you where you live, give me a proper address with a street and a number. Don’t just say, “around the corner.”
In the hood, ain’t no holiday like Father’s Day!
I had a thought about your book. This is not a criticism but something I was left wanting when I finished. Someone, somewhere, (and I nominate you) needs to articulate at length a pathway from the current environment towards what decriminalization/legalization would look like. If there’s one out there it’s not widely known. I think…
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Same old same old: Cops bust down door. Drug dealer wakes up and thinks he’s being attacked by criminals. Drug dealer shits his pants. Drug dealer fires off four rounds. Somebody innocent dies, this time a hard-working police officer. A sergeant pointed out this story to me. He writes: “Yea, it’s Canada, but it’s not…
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It looks like I’ll be back on WBAL’s Ron Smith Show Tuesday, June 17, 5pm. AM 1090 in Baltimore. If you’re not in Balto, you can stream the show online.
Damien Cave writes a very interesting story in the New York Times. In Florida, which is apparently the only state that keeps good track of these things, the rate of deaths caused by prescription drugs is three times the rate of deaths caused by all illicit drugs combined. Out of 168,900 deaths statewide, legal opioids…
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Please tell me the wholestory.
The more you tell me of the other person’s side of the story, the more I’ll believe your side of the story.
Don’t be surprised when I think you’re lying, most likely you are. If you must lie, at least make it convincing. If you’re not convincing, at least be entertaining. If you are neither entertaining or convincing or telling the truth, it is best to say nothing at all.