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Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
12/24/04
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/368/thisweek1.shtml
There is no rock 'n' roll,
but plenty of sex and drugs in this week's peek at corruption in the drug
war. Our first entry is not a law enforcement officer, but because he was
part of the drug war enforcement apparatus, we will welcome him to the
club anyway. In San Antonio, Adrian Barrientos, an employee of a private
drug testing firm, is free on bond this week after being accused of falsifying
a positive drug test for a woman in exchange for sexual favors, the Houston
Chronicle reported. Barrientos is charged with obstruction of justice and
faces up to 10 years in prison.
According to a criminal complaint
filed by the FBI, Barrientos asked the woman if her test would come back
positive, and when she replied affirmatively, he told her he would falsify
the results in exchange for sex. Barrientos' former employer, Victoria-based
Treatment Associates, contracts with the US Probation Office in two Texas
federal judicial districts to provide drug testing and treatment to offenders.
Another outbreak of drug
war horniness came to light this week in Arizona, where former Department
of Public Safety trooper Michael Thompson pleaded guilty Wednesday to trading
drugs for sex. He received probation.
The five-year veteran officer
was first suspected of exchanging drugs for sex in July, and his supervisors
nailed him with a sting operation. According to the Maricopa County (Phoenix)
Attorney's Office, on September 23, Thompson met with a young woman he
knew, threw a packet of cocaine on the floor and told her she had to "earn
it." That earned him a charge of solicitation of transfer of narcotic drugs.
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Issue #368
-- 12/24/04
Editorial:
Jury
Manipulation
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Conflict
Over
Pain
Management
Heats
Up
as
Mainstream
Medical
Groups
Wake
Up
|
In
Run-Up
to
New
European
Union
Drug
Strategy,
European
Parliament
Adopts
Report
Critical
of
Continued
Drug
War
|
Young
Reformers
Give
Drug
Czar
Hard
Time
at
Monitoring
the
Future
Press
Conference
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DRCNet
Book
Review:
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The
Influence:
The
Disinformation
Guide
to
Drugs,
Edited
by
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(The
Disinformation
Company
Ltd.,
2004,
312
pages,
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Talk
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Citizens
Support
Medical
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Poll
Finds
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This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
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From
Federal
Prison,
Martha
Stewart
Calls
for
Sentencing
Reform
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Newsbrief:
Anachronistic
Law
Could
Hamper
Hemp
in
South
Africa
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Newsbrief:
Dutch
Open
First
Retirement
Home
for
Junkies
|
Newsbrief:
Hungarian
High
Court
Overturns
Drug
Reforms
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Newsbrief:
Intelligence
Bill
Yields
New
Federal
Drug
Fighter
Position
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Newsbrief:
First
Cannabis-Based
Prescription
Drug
Wins
Preliminary
Approval
in
Canada
|
Newsbrief:
Canadian
Study
to
Examine
Safety
of
Medical
Marijuana
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Illinois
Nurses
Join
Growing
List
of
Nursing
Groups
Supporting
Medical
Marijuana
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Scan:
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on
Pain,
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on
Webb,
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for
Breakfast,
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Under
Fire,
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