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Meet the new City Pages crime reporter: Tom Waits
Filed under: Drugs
I had been reading criminal complaints at the Hennepin County Courthouse for about an hour when I stumbled upon a Minneapolis Police officer's report of a drug bust on 9th & Hennepin. The inevitable happened: as I scanned the report, I started hearing the Tom Waits song. Then the improbable happened: the officer's narrative and the lyrics to 9th & Hennepin started to seem a little bit like the same story. Back at my desk I tried stitching them together. Here's what came of it. I cut a few lines from the song here and there but the police report is exactly as I found it:
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Posted by Jeff Severns Guntzel at May 28, 2008 2:39 PM | Comments (2)
Salvia: The More You Know...
Filed under: Drugs
Ever since our story on the legal psychedelic Salvia divinorum went to print three weeks ago, my inbox has been inundated with emails asking where I bought the stuff, what situations to do it in, etc.
“I was wondering where I can get the Purple Sticky or maybe just buy what is left of yours,” reads the most recent one. “Roger Waters is in Dallas next week and I am flying home for the show, might just be the thing for the show… With gas the price it is I cannot afford to drive to every head shop around and some are not even on the net."
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Posted by Matt Snyders at April 29, 2008 6:02 PM | Comments (7)
U of Wisconsin study: Smoking ban = More DUI Deaths
Filed under: Drugs
A report on a connection between smoking bans and an increase in DUI deaths should give pause to Minnesotans.
The paper, "Drunk driving after the passage of smoking bans in bars," was written by Scott Adams and Chad Cotti of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and published in the Journal of Public Economics. The authors estimate that smoking bands increase the number of DUI deaths by about 13 percent. Summary (emphasis added):
Using geographic variation in local and state smoke-free bar laws in the US, we observe an increase in fatal accidents involving alcohol following bans on smoking in bars that is not observed in places without bans. Although an increased accident risk might seem surprising at first, two strands of literature on consumer behavior suggest potential explanations — smokers driving longer distances to a bordering jurisdiction that allows smoking in bars and smokers driving longer distances within their jurisdiction to bars that still allow smoking, perhaps through non-compliance or outdoor seating. We find evidence consistent with both explanations. The increased miles driven by drivers wishing to smoke and drink offsets any reduction in driving from smokers choosing to stay home following a ban, resulting in increased alcohol-related accidents. This result proves durable, as we subject it to an extensive battery of robustness checks.
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Posted by Kevin Hoffman at April 23, 2008 12:00 PM | Comments (13)
Herbal Calamity
Filed under: Drugs
Earlier this week, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department vowed to continue their valiant struggle to rid the west metro area of an organic herb and called for citizens to help in the effort.
"Law enforcement relies on the involvement of all sectors of society to fight crime and enhance safety,” said Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek in a Tuesday press release. “We need your help to stop these grows from multiplying.”
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Posted by Matt Snyders at December 14, 2007 2:44 PM | Comments (5)
Speed kills (but not as often as you think)
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Posted by Mike Mosedale at June 16, 2006 12:40 PM | Comments (4)
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