The Herald reports that two teens were pulled over for a traffic stop and arrested last week near 56th/220th with $5,500 worth of heroin in their car.
Two Snohomish County teenagers were arrested Thursday afternoon in Mountlake Terrace with more than $5,500 worth of heroin after police pulled a car over for a traffic stop. An officer noticed a car driven erratically and with a broken taillight just after noon in the 22000 block of 56th Avenue W., according to an affidavit filed Friday in Everett District Court.
Two boys, 17 and 18, were in the car and were uncooperative with police, Mountlake Terrace police Sgt. Doug Hansen said. They said they had no driver’s license or identification. Officers asked the pair to get out of the car and noticed what they believed were flakes of marijuana in the car and a wad of cash totalling $200, the court document said. A police dog trained to sniff out drugs was called and indicated there was something in the glove box. That’s where police found 46 grams of heroin in 44 little packages.
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… I'm going to go out on a limb here & infer that if heroin were a legal & regulated commodity, the chances that teenagers would be trading in it would be minimal to none.If heroin was legal, would I try it?No.But, that's my choice, and I don't believe that my personal choice over what should or shouldn't go into my own body should result in someone else being criminalized for a different decision.Jonathan Wender, former MLT officer & professor at the UW, with a PHD in criminology is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition lost his MLT job because he was willing to speak out on the waste, death & counterproductive results the War on Drug Users encourages. He settled a lawsuit & was awarded $812,500 for being unjustly fired for expressing his first amendment protected speech…. Read MoreDrugs are dangerous by themselves, so why do we INSIST that they be controlled by criminals & thugs?
… I’m going to go out on a limb here & infer that if heroin were a legal & regulated commodity, the chances that teenagers would be trading in it would be minimal to none.nIf heroin was legal, would I try it?nNo.nBut, that’s my choice, and I don’t believe that my personal choice over what should or shouldn’t go into my own body should result in someone else being criminalized for a different decision.nJonathan Wender, former MLT officer & professor at the UW, with a PHD in criminology is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition lost his MLT job because he was willing to speak out on the waste, death & counterproductive results the War on Drug Users encourages. He settled a lawsuit & was awarded $812,500 for being unjustly fired for expressing his first amendment protected speech.nDrugs are dangerous by themselves, so why do we INSIST that they be controlled by criminals & thugs?nnwww.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com
… I'm going to go out on a limb here & infer that if heroin were a legal & regulated commodity, the chances that teenagers would be trading in it would be minimal to none.If heroin was legal, would I try it?No.But, that's my choice, and I don't believe that my personal choice over what should or shouldn't go into my own body should result in someone else being criminalized for a different decision.Jonathan Wender, former MLT officer & professor at the UW, with a PHD in criminology is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition lost his MLT job because he was willing to speak out on the waste, death & counterproductive results the War on Drug Users encourages. He settled a lawsuit & was awarded $812,500 for being unjustly fired for expressing his first amendment protected speech.Drugs are dangerous by themselves, so why do we INSIST that they be controlled by criminals & thugs?http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com