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Feb 26, 2014 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/26/1280534/-Maryland-police-chief-falls-for-fake-marijuana-story?
Maryland police chief falls for fake marijuana story
by Jen Hayden
There is a healthy debate in Maryland right now about the prospect of following Colorado and Washington's lead in legalizing marijuana. Some Maryland law enforcement officials are against the proposal, including the Annapolis police chief who showed up at the hearing to vocalize his opposition:
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Annapolis Police Chief Michael A. Pristoop came prepared when he testified before a Maryland state Senate panel on Tuesday about the perils of legalizing marijuana.
In researching his testimony against two bills before the Judicial Proceedings Committee, Pristoop said, he had found an article to illustrate the risks of legalization: 37 people in Colorado had overdosed on the very day that state legalized pot, he said.
“When he said it, everyone in the room dropped their laptops,” Sen. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Montgomery) said in an e-mail.
Trouble is, the facts were about as close to the truth as oregano is to pot. After googling on his laptop, Raskin advised the chief that the Colorado overdose story, despite its deadpan delivery, had been made up for laughs by The Daily Currant, an online comedy magazine.
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LOL. Maryland police chief falls for Daiily Currant, testifies: 37 pot overdoses in CO on first day. (Original Post)
Coyotl
Feb 2014
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badtoworse
(5,957 posts)1. LOL. Serves him right for not doing any research.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)3. Serves him right for not knowing the truth!
This illustrates the effectiveness of propaganda and how easily people in power act upon falsehoods they believe.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)4. oh I'm sure he did some research....
It's just that his confirmation bias blinded him to the truth that his source was satire. 
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)7. Exactly, he went looking for the "evidence" to support his false viewpoint.
JJChambers
(1,115 posts)2. The government has no business criminalizing marihuana
Marihuana hurts no one when used responsibly. Legalize it.
progressoid
(49,992 posts)5. Ugh.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)6. I'm sure this ignorant SOB still has his job
He should step down or be forced out.
badtoworse
(5,957 posts)8. In any case, I'm sure he regularly gets his balls busted
