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Zorro

(15,749 posts)
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 09:18 AM Feb 2020

Florida police made a traffic stop and found a bag full of drugs labeled 'Bag Full Of Drugs'



A Florida traffic stop turned into a surprise narcotics bust after police found what looked to be a bag full of drugs in the car.

The clue?

It was labeled "Bag Full Of Drugs."

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper made the stop after observing a car going 25 miles per hour over the limit Saturday, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office said.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/04/us/florida-bag-full-of-drugs-trnd/index.html

Now that's a polite and novel way to help the police.
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Florida police made a traffic stop and found a bag full of drugs labeled 'Bag Full Of Drugs' (Original Post) Zorro Feb 2020 OP
"Don't worry, nobody will expect us to carry our drugs in a bag labeled 'Bag Full of Drugs'!" htuttle Feb 2020 #1
We need to remove law enforcement from the drug equation Blues Heron Feb 2020 #2
Absolutely. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2020 #3
Florida Man labels his Bag Full of Drugs dalton99a Feb 2020 #4

Blues Heron

(5,941 posts)
2. We need to remove law enforcement from the drug equation
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 09:39 AM
Feb 2020

we're not going to nanny our way out of this - it just creates intense resentment against the cops which is not a good thing, as well as all the other problems that come with criminalizing things that aren't crimes. Getting high is not a crime for example, neither is seeking pain relief. Being addicted, again, is not a crime. A plant is not a crime whether its ganga, coca or poppy or barley.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,435 posts)
3. Absolutely.
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 09:53 AM
Feb 2020

The "war on drugs" is just a money machine for the prison industry, attorneys, courts, and an excuse for corrupt cops and prosecutors to seize cash and assets.

This group https://lawenforcementactionpartnership.org/ started as Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, and is cops prosecutors etc who opposed the "War on Drugs".

The 55 mph speed limit really started the public's resentment against cops, since it turned so many into armed tax collectors, and created that "us against them" predator/prey mentality. The stupid "war on drugs" has generally just made things worse.

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