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Drug War Survival Skills

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Tue Aug 09, 2005 at 05:41:59 PM EST
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Busted! Drug War Survival Skills
by M. Chris Fabricant

Brand new, this irreverent and humorous guide (with illustrations by R. Crumb) covers everything from the buy to the bust to begging for mercy. It's a winner. Author (and New York defense lawyer) Chris Fabricant says he hopes to expose a younger audience to the erosion of civil liberties and the racial and social inequities that flow from the prosecution of the Drug War in America. But, politics is only an aside, the real purpose of the book is to help people "stay out of jail and out on bail."

This is one of the best and most readable legal advice guides I've seen. It answers just about every conceivable question that can come up, from cops at your door, the traffic stop, the search, the arrest, through all the court proceedings. And it really is funny. The book does not support or advocate drug use. It's about informing people how to minimize the harm and the pain that goes along with it in the criminal justice setting.

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    Drug War Survival Skills | 3 comments (3 topical)
    Re: Drug War Survival Skills (none / 0) (#1)
    by LorettaNall on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:08 PM EST
    The night before Marc Emery was arrested in Halifax he called and told me that book had been sent to him for review for the next issue of Cannabis Culture Magazine and that my story was on pages 72 & 73. I have not had the opportunity to read this book and indeed was not aware that my personal story was being used. Someone please let me know how it reads. Loretta

    Re: Drug War Survival Skills (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:08 PM EST
    It reads really good. It says you are a "mild mannered housewife" who wrote a letter to your local paper and the state drug task force used it to get a search warrant. And that you were convicted after a 15 month legal battle and are now President of the U.S. Marijuana Party.

    Re: Drug War Survival Skills (none / 0) (#3)
    by LorettaNall on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:08 PM EST
    Heh! I am not so sure about the mild mannered part but the rest is accurate.

    Drug War Survival Skills | 3 comments (3 topical)