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A big thank you to the Department of Forensic Sciences for now having the means to accurately count drug cases. This is the most accurate data we can get, because almost all drug cases have to send their evidence tot he department for analysis.

Now we know 30,891 drug cases were filed in Alabama in fiscal 2006, said Gary Wallace, chief of drug chemistry at the crime lab.

That’s one case for every 150 Alabama residents. It represents more defendants than the entire population of Bessemer, and at that rate in three years the number of people arrested could fill Bryant-Denny Stadium.

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Boiled down, that means an illegal drug of some sort is seized on average every 15 minutes in Alabama, around the clock.

Drug problem worse, based on new data - al.com

Frances Gilpin has an odd article in this morning’s Montgomery Advertiser. It basically sums up a lot of the controversies around Alabama AG Troy King and gives some standard responses from his defenders, with a bit of analysis by political experts thrown in for good measure.

In case you missed it, I am a King critic and believe we would be much better off with almost anyone else in that office.
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