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Texas Roads Yield Record-Breaking Drug Busts

Two notable things about this article. First, it says law enforcement "claimed huge victories" because of their prodigious seizures, but they don't say anything about whether drug use or possession is down due to their "victories". Also, Lt. Ben Valdez says it doesn't necessarily mean there's more tarfficking going on, just "that were doing something right." Since according to the article, all of their drug-related arrests were made during otherwise routine traffic stops, my guess is that what they're "doing right" is searching lots more people without probable cause. And just because the record-breaking seizures don't "mean that there's necessarily more of it going on", they certainly could be seen to suggest as much.

Lastly, it's worth noting that 51,000 punds of marijuana is just the tiniest drop in the bucket of the amount of marijuana that sure travels the highways of Texas in any given month. I have little doubt the same could be said for heroin and cocaine.

Yay for the drug war! Clasp hands everyone; let's all be proud together!

Texas Roads Yield Record-Breaking Drug Busts

Texas law enforcement Monday claimed huge victories in the war on drugs during 2002, boasting record amounts of illegal drug seizures.

According to the Department of Public Safety, state troopers on routine patrol last year seized a record 86 pounds of heroin, more than a ton of cocaine and nearly 51,000 pounds of marijuana.

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