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posted on August 10, 2012 by
US MT: Editorial: Feds Need To Know Their Limits
The Daily Inter Lake, 09 Aug 2012 – While it is just a story from a town in Texas, it is a story that deserves wide attention because it involves outrageous overreach by a federal law enforcement agency. The story concerns Craig Patty, the owner of a small trucking company who found out that the Drug Enforcement Agency was secretly paying one of his drivers to use one of his trucks to transport large quantities of marijuana as part of a string operation – all without Patty’s knowledge.
posted on August 6, 2012 by
US MT: Editorial: Families Benefit From Drug Treatment Court
The Billings Gazette, 06 Aug 2012 – The first time District Judge Ingrid Gustafson saw Katy Irmen, the expectant mother was homeless, jobless, addicted to drugs and convicted of felony drug possession. Last week, Irmen appeared again in Gustafson’s courtroom, as she has almost every Thursday for more than a year. But now the slender, 25-year-old mom is clean and sober. She is caring for her 1-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son. They have safe housing in Interfaith Hospitality Network’s transitional apartments. Irmen arranged reliable day care for her children while she works full time. Neat, poised and self-assured, Irmen’s appearance gives no hint of the struggles she waged over the past 14 months.
