The problem with narcotics, says Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, is that we don’t police them enough. Yup: Right now, Whitmire is holding court in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice about how Texas should have a “zero tolerance” policy toward cocaine, and how troopers should be “more aggressive” in policing highways for drugs. Now is the time, says Whitmire, to get the resources we need for a true “War on Drugs in Texas.” “We oughta have a hearing,” he says. (Indeed.) Tell us, he implores the Dept. of Public Safety witnesses appearing before the committee, “what you really need to stop drug trafficking.”
Shit, Whitmire, how much time you got?
This article appears in July 4 • 2008.