War on Drugs

Colorado's tax on marijuana is already so high that black market prices are lower, but residents vote to raise taxes on it anyway.

The Silk Road is back online. Black market drug sites can no longer be trusted.

After he rolled through a stop sign, police perform anal search of man eight times for drugs.

"When Eckert got out of his car, officers indicated that they believed he was in possession of drugs – in his anal cavity.
“They say when he stepped out of his car he was standing in a manner that looked as if he was clinching his buttocks,” Shannon Kennedy, Eckert’s attorney, told KOB-TV.
A judge granted a search warrant to perform an anal cavity search on Eckert shortly after he was taken into custody. KOB reports that a doctor refused to perform the anal cavity search at a Deming emergency room, saying it was “unethical.” Eckert was then transported to Gila Regional Medical Center, where his alleged trauma began."

First, the traffic stop was unwarranted. Second, the search warrant for supposedly standing with clenched buttocks was unwarranted. When at the mercy of government agents, who wouldn't stand with clenched buttocks? Good for the doctor who refused. Then it goes without saying the searches were unwarranted.

"Kennedy said her client has been “absolutely terrified” since the January incident.
“I mean it’s absolutely unimaginable that this could happen in America,” Kennedy told KOB."

Apparently Kennedy hasn't been paying attention. This is the new normal in the US. To add economic loss to injury, the victim was sent a bill for the procedures forced upon him too.

"It's unclear why the colonoscopy was necessary after enemas and x-rays did not reveal hidden drugs. Eckert was sent a $6,000 bill for the medical procedures he involuntarily underwent, his lawyer says."

Unclear for sure. He may have been targeted by Hispanic cops because he's white.