HOWTO find a meth dealer

By at 7:42 am Wednesday, Aug 2

In Slate, Jack Shafer opines about the new "methamphetamine offender registries" that some states, including Tennessee and, later this year, Minnesota, are rolling out online. From Shafer's column:
What exactly will this punitive harassment accomplish? It certainly won't encourage meth offenders to assume a lawful place in society. Minnesota State Attorney General Mike Hatch, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for governor and no softie on the drug issue, considers the meth registry a referral service for users. "What better place to find a meth dealer than on an Internet Web site," Hatch said last week.
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