Agreed, only 1 presidential candidate willing to abolish the DEA and war on drugs because he sees the corruption (not the good) it generates.

Vote Ron Paul 2012

There's something wrong with this picture.. he "found" a powdery substance which was confirmed to be methamphetamine in a DEA holding cell...and then INGESTED it? Come ON now! Hahahahhahhah..this guy should be on the Darwin list!

How bad do our Feds have to get before it is enough? They do nothing but duplicate local officials anyway. DEA seems like mess and has for a long time. Once a year they bring out a big bust for T.V. coverage. The rest?........one for you, one for you and one for you......

This is by all accounts an atrocity, and one that the DEA will pay lip service to but has no intention of doing anything to prevent this from happening again.

Sure, he will file suit and get millions of taxpayer dollars but until those responsible are held criminally responsible, there is no incentive for the DEA to prevent such abuses of people.

Hopefully he's successful in suing the DEA into oblivion so they can cease to exist.

Wishful thinking what_the_81. No matter how much money he settles for, it's the taxpayers that are on the hook, not the DEA. However, I agree with your sentiment.

The government has FINALLY shown their TRUE colors!!!! The entire country needs to see this not just a few Internet viewers. This is what it really is about and the behind the scenes secret has now been shown a little light. The anti marijuana part of the government tries to depict themselves as caring, good, honorable and looking out for your best interests, yeah right, you all have just seen just how good, honorable and "caring" they TRULY are. Marijuana is NOT illegal because they care for your well being, it is illegal because they are making money off of it being illegal. And if do not believe that you are a FOOL. They need to be EXPOSED for who and what they really are, organized criminals wearing a badge and carrying weapons under the GUISE of being the good guys.

This incident needs to be the pivotal point, and tool to swing the total unconditional legalization (including recreational) of marijuana in our favor!!!

Doobie McStoned : GREAT POST!!!!!

LEGALIZE MAIJUANA TODAY!!!!!!

Mark,

Thanks man, Toke up Bro.

The DEA people responsible are completely protected from prosecution by various overlapping "shield" laws. If the guy sues (and I hope he does) there will be no criminal penalty against the DEA employees. The absolute worst that can happen to them is that some are fired or reduced in pay grade.

Damn I wish this would have happened to me I could use the money..

This is so typical of the D.E.A just another crooked government outfit. This is one of our countries biggest unnecessary expenses that really needs to be dropped. They have wasted billions and billions on the "war on Drugs" and let me tell you people if you haven't noticed, They have been losing this war ever since the government declared it.

I recall watching a show about D.E.A on spike. These guys are the scum of the earth they lie, entrap and threaten Innocent people to extract information. On one episode they pulled over an innocent man because he came out a store they believed sold weed, again had no real proof. So they pull him over open his bags, searched his food, they found nothing, then the one @!$%# dumped the poor guys lunch in the bag spilling it everywhere. then the he laughed about it. WOW BUT this is OK right? I say burn the DEA for all i care

don't forget they shoot and kill your dogs too.

Well Said. Typical REPUBLICAN justice at work here!!!

OBAMA - WHY the F are you not SPEAKING UP against this ATROCITY!!!

I love that his name is Chong

I really hope that the winnings (and I hope it's a lot) is taken out of their annual budget. It only hurts if it affects the pockets of the people working there.

People must wake up and realize that we need to stop relying on politicians to help us and make things better, Because it ain't gonna happen folks, there's only one way to be heard and that's through.

REBELLION only way people

If I'm arrested or killed after this comment we all know who did it. Look it up Pablo Abizu Campos.

We are nameless slaves to the goverment, as a prisoners/slave to America my name is 078-86-XXXX

Notfiveo -- what are you talking about? Prescription glasses can be made from plastic or glass, depending on the needs of the one who wears them.

There are plenty of Attorneys in San Diego who specialize in Federal Tort Claims against the Federal Government. These are BIG Cases when they are brought to suit. Chong will not have any difficulty in pursuing Intent to cause physical, mental and emotional harm not to mention his loss of potential in his course of study. Federal Torts are not immunity from wrongful acts. Not Obama's Issue to speak to...Eric Holder's Office needs to respond since it was his agents who acted inhumanely. Think enhanced interrogation did not set precident to spill over into the private sector? Think again.

Does anybody think it's odd as hell that he "found" some meth in his cell and ingested it?! I find it hard to believe that the DEA would leave that in there.

Urine is actually a kind of dietary supplement that some hermit in the world drinks to live to more than 100 years old.

If you don't believe me, google this.

Yes let's get rid of the DEA that sounds like a great idea. My God please help this country. This guy will get rich over this so I'm guessing he'll be fine. And one last thing....You know why this would never happen to me? Because I would'nt be in a place with people that where doing drugs. Pretty simple, morons!

Well Said. Typical REPUBLICAN justice at work here!!!

Typical ignorant partisan vomit. Obama has INCREASED enforcement on pot and is trying to run the medical pot shops out of business. The DEA is OBAMAS DEA because OBAMA is the Commander in Chief.

Read a freakin newspaper for Gods sake!

This would have been awkward if he had a pal named Cheech in the cell with him

While what happened is wrong and inexcusable, I'm not buying that he "found" some crank in the cell BS. Tweekers don't just lose their stash

Mr. Anderson35:-

Does anybody think it's odd as hell that he "found" some meth in his cell and ingested it?! I find it hard to believe that the DEA would leave that in there.

Do you find it hard to believe that the DEA would put a college kid in a cell for five days without feeding him?

Derek: Although Ron Paul may be against the DEA, he will do the same horrors to women, because he co-sponsors bills with Michele Bachman that treat women as criminals. Don't jump on Paul's bandwagon just because you like a couple of things he does. It won't be any better when women are placed in cells just because they have a miscarriage.

Just Another Day at the Office -

Many fine posts as #1.17 and #1.8 and come other "thoughtful" posts that as some incessant drum beat the information the real life reality facts of this "privatized" and cash cow for the leaches too afraid to fight a real war or even patrol and close all our borders rather pick the pocket of the taxpayer while torturing with now public enhanced interrogations with no real purpose than to satisfy the sadistic enjoyments these clowns receive (most likely sexual) and are very well compensated hahaha.

The war was lost before this form of legalized high level graft was ever declared. It is so funny to watch these goons with the highest military tech gadgetry scamper over hills and mountains on full assault even with aerial support lol. Head south boys!!!

Now why can't we put these wannabees and good for nothing but serving as some proletarian guard humanoids to work? Really guard something, earn your pay, as heading north, south and engage the real threat? The tens of Billions upon Billions spent on the administration of justice (huh?) and the wind fall income the players make would be lost if we legalize just think of the loss of income? Even my friend the general construction contractor would most likely leave prison construction, it pays really well he says, and go back to commercial and home construction, I know so sad.

Another day in the office..............

* the number of two million plus are in some jail in America at any point in time and the number is climbing this should be a world wide embarrassment but instead we are targeting 3 million in jail cells and who knows maybe we can hit 4 million and even more, hahaha pass the togas lets party?

Notfiveo: You aren't thinking straight: a NURSE is NOT a pathologist. The nurse removed a glass-like substance that had been "glasses." It would be analyzed in pathology. Plastic in glasses is hard plastic, glass-like, and a lot of times is made of poly-carbon.

But what if it isn't his glasses? It was recently in the throat (they can determine that), and then how did it get there? Why would there be glass in the cell? Did they try to drug him and left a glass tube in there? And why was the cell smaller than a regulation jail cell in the first place? Something here doesn't make sense at all, that is all I will agree with.

This kind of horror is the fault of prohibition laws and anyone who supports them. It seems our once free and rich nation has become another worthless police state because of the use of law enforcement power to impose Christian Values upon the populous.

What was once the "Land of the Free" has become the worlds "Prison Nation". Thanks a lot.

First, of all you don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Some bizarre event took place here that makes no sense whatsoever. Who left him there and why? Who was to follow up on him and why didn't they? Did anybody really hear him at all?

Those posting on this site are all or nothing posters. Life isn't like that. If the DEA for the most part accomplishes what the intention of that department is then it should continue to be funded. If it is failing the criteria on a regular basis then something is very wrong and a review is in order.

BTW, if he sues, which I certainly do not blame him for doing at all if what is presented here is true, that means he is suing YOU AND ME. I know many on this board believe that money grows on trees, but it doesn't.

@ Doobie McStoned; I am not following your logic. A guy gets locked up, and forgotten about, so we should legalize weed? Had the guy been killed would you want to legalize cocaine too? Your rambling diatribe convinces me you were high at the time of your post.

I am on the fence about de-criminalizing marijuana, but arguments like yours make me wonder. I do better with rational reasoning and plans of regulation.

what_the_81 ,

"This would have been awkward if he had a pal named Cheech in the cell with him"

That would've been funny as hell, and I truly would've been LMFAO, not at their situation, but because they would be like another Cheech and Chong. Tommy Chong: "like hey man who are those other guys, man, they're imposters, man, we're the real Cheech and Chong,man.

I'm glad so many people feel the way I do, abolish the DEA and the war on drugs. It's responsible for killing more people than the drugs themselves are. We should look to Portugal as an example of how things should be done here.

Suspecting his involvement in drug dealings, the DEA wanted to torture a confession from Chong. Their offer of driving him home was a ruse to transport him to a torture chamber. Senory deprivation, inducement of claustrophobia, and denial of water are the basic torture tools used by all evil government agents. Apparently, the American government has exposed its halo.

The fact that such torture chamber exist on the mainland USA is further evidence that the American government and socialist leaders have destroyed liberty guaranteed by the US Constitution and most importantly, basic American decency.

The horrific treatment of suspects in Abu Garif(sic), Gitmo, and now, San Diego exposed the suspension of US Constitutional rights under the guise of war on terrorism, war on drugs, and war on American people. When the American government assassinated several vocally disloyal American living abroad, it is not surprising that the Federal government next move involve the torture of Americans at home.

For the past several decades, Federal government actions were not only unconstitutional but also breach basic morality. Waging several wars for over ten years without Congressional Declartion of War; lying about WMD and Osama in Taliban's government ; invasion of and violation of the sovereignty of foreign nations; American soldiers rape and execute innocent civilians; overt and covert assassination of people, including American citizens deemed to be hostile to US interest; torture of untried suspects; Secret Agents patronizing prostitutes and attempted theft; TSA violating the 4th Amendment; and massive fraud within the Federal government itself highlight the evils of the Big Federal Government.

Fed-up with Crime

@ Doobie McStoned; "I am not following your logic. A guy gets locked up, and forgotten about, so we should legalize weed? Had the guy been killed would you want to legalize cocaine too? Your rambling diatribe convinces me you were high at the time of your post.

I am on the fence about de-criminalizing marijuana, but arguments like yours make me wonder. I do better with rational reasoning and plans of regulation"

______________________________________________________

Go toke a bowl then maybe you'll get it.

Since you can't grasp the obvious, let an old pot head explain the elementary. OK here goes in very small words so you can understand: If it were legal this would not have happened because the gestapo (dea) would not have raided the place. Thus, Mr. Chong would not have been arrested and we would not be having this discussion. Now did you understand the vocabulary words I used? If not I will be glad to define them for you.

Interesting that a nurse found glass in his throat from his glasses when they are made of plastic and have been for the past 30 years.

not fiveo, your handle says it perfectly, you would never have the brains to be an investigator

you have no need of facts (like the fact that many pairs of glasses are still made out of glass) you just spew nonsense and live in your own twisted reality

This incident needs to be the pivotal point, and tool to swing the total unconditional legalization (including recreational) of marijuana in our favor!!!

Let's see: a man was almost murdered through neglect, and you thought this incident would be a great springboard to help launch your campaign to get stoned all the time. No thoughts of accountability, no mention of compensation...just "legalize pot, man." Amazing.

Had you maybe toked up after you posted that instead of before, you might see how self-centered you look.

Totally outrageous. I hope he sues the hell out of them. And, no, Ron Paul is definitely not the answer. He's an idiot who, like all current right wing conservative nut cases, talks like a chicken with its head cut off. Having said that, many govt agencies need streamlining and scrutinizing and some possibly abandoning, but that's a different topic.

Your kidding me right? Alcohol is legal and drunks kill people all the time, so lets keep pot illegal? Wow, this is a pretty stupid argument. the only thing a pot smoker endangers is his refridgerator!!

Hofsac,

"ALMOST" But he wasn't and even if he was he would have been a martyr. I would wish no less for or on myself were I in his shoes. Matter of fact I would hope that people rallied in my favor to use my situation for the CAUSE!!! So weak a$$ holier than thou crybaby just go back to sucking your thumb in your mommy's basement.

It looks like all of the anti pot crybaby losers are collapsing all of the pro pot posts. I guess they are a bunch of truth hating cowards. Just sooo afraid of the truth that they gotta hide from it by collapsing our posts.

And people wondered why Timothy McVeigh went off the deep end and took out a federal building. Such abuses by government will convince some to exact retribution where there is no other recourse.

The Nazi Stormtroopers, I mean DEA, employs medieval and anti-democratic methods to bust poor people for nothing more than smoking a harmless joint. They suck funds from the government that could be put to something useful and now they even torture prisoners after being arrested.

Dismantle and ban the DEA

@MrAnderson35,

The meth in the cell could easily have been left there by a previous "guest" who had it hidden on his person and disposed of it.

HobokenOP,

You wrote, "[Paul] simply wants to leave it up to the states to decide on allowing it or not since the federal government doesn't have the constitutional authority to legislate on such matters." Your authority for the highlighted assertion is Ron Paul himself, who is a constitutional imbecile. Paul and other states right fanatics misunderstand the 10th Amendment and how the Supreme Court has actually ignored the 10th Amendment in deciding the limits of congressional authority. Since 1942, there have been two (2) decisions overturning federal legislation on 10th Amendment grounds, two cases with special facts involving imposition of burdens on the states themselves. The scope of congressional authority since 1942 has been determined not by any limits imposed by the 10th Amendment but instead by the scope of the Commerce Clause. For example, the Supreme Court's review of Obamacare now is based on whether the individual mandate exceeds the scope of the Commerce Clause, not whether the 10th Amendment limits congressional power to enact healthcare reform legislation.

Dr. Paul also corrupts the First Amendment's religion clauses. According to him, "The Founding Fathers envisioned a robustly Christian yet religiously tolerant America, with churches serving as vital institutions that would eclipse the state in importance." This is demonstrably wrong, according to no less an authority than the United States Supreme Court, which has consistently recognized that the purpose of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment was to build or erect a wall separating Church and State, according to Thomas Jefferson, whose group crafted the clause:

"[A]t the first session of the first Congress the amendment now under consideration was proposed with others by Mr. Madison. It met the views of the advocates of religious freedom, and was adopted. Mr. Jefferson afterwards, in reply to an address to him by a committee of the Danbury Baptist Association (8 id. 113), took occasion to say: 'Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God; that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship; that the legislative powers of the government reach actions only, and not opinions,-I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore man to all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.' Coming as this does from an acknowledged leader of the advocates of the measure, it may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the amendment thus secured." Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145, 164 (1878) (emphasis added).

"This Court first reviewed a challenge to state law under the Establishment Clause in Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing, 330 U.S. 1, 67 S.Ct. 504, 91 L. Ed. 711 (1947).1 Relying on the history of the Clause, and the Court's prior analysis, Justice Black outlined the considerations that have become the touchstone of Establishment Clause jurisprudence: Neither a State nor the Federal Government can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another. Neither a State nor the Federal Government, openly or secretly, can participate in the affairs of any religious organization and vice versa.2 "In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect 'a wall of separation between church and State.' "Everson, 330 U.S., at 16, 67 S. Ct., at 511 (quoting Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145, 164, 25 L. Ed. 244 (1878)). Even the Everson dissenters agreed: "The Amendment's purpose ... was to create a complete and permanent separation of the spheres of religious activity and civil authority by comprehensively forbidding every form of public aid or support for religion." 330 U.S., at 31–32, 67 S. Ct., at 519–520 (Rutledge, J., dissenting, joined by Frankfurter, Jackson, and Burton, JJ.); accord, Lee v. Weisman, 505 US 577, 599-600 (1992)(emphasis added).

So what does Paul say about these court decisions: "Through perverse court decisions and years of cultural indoctrination, the elitist, secular Left has managed to convince many in our nation that religion must be driven from public view. The justification is always that someone, somewhere, might possibly be offended or feel uncomfortable living in the midst of a largely Christian society, so all must yield to the fragile sensibilities of the few. The ultimate goal of the anti-religious elites is to transform America into a completely secular nation, a nation that is legally and culturally biased against Christianity." So this arrogant twit, who is not educated in law, purports to be a higher legal authority on what the Founding Fathers intended by the religious clauses in the First Amendment than the Supreme Court, the final authority on what the Constitution means, has consistently ruled since 1878.

To me, Dr. Paul resembles lots of conservatives, who rant about a variety of things being unconstitutional without knowing what part of the Constitution is purportedly being violated or without know much about the Constitution or how it's been interpreted by the Supreme Court. Actually, Paul is worse than most--he makes specious statements about both the intent of the Founding Fathers and about Constitutional provisions, thereby sowing the seeds of ignorance among his naive followers like you, HobokenOP.

I suggest that you follow your own advice in a slightly modified form: Please do some research on your own and quit regurgitating [Ron Paul's] propaganda.

Michael L. Marowitz
J.D., J.S.M. (Master's Degree in law with emphasis on constitutional law, Stanford Law School, 1981)

Maybe I should have drunk my own urine once when I was stuck in a hospital room and denied food and water for days (not as long as Chong)-except that I was so dehydrated I didn't produce any urine! (I'm not kidding about this.) I also begged and pleaded but no one listened. One difference is that I hadn't been arrested and I was in horrific pain before I was even put into the room. (I also was not completely alone.) It's doubtful I'll ever get any recourse for my suffering because the hospital falsified my records, although you can find inconsistencies in the chart that prove I was given no fluids during the time period in question. The interesting thing is that I believe the reason I was denied food and water is that, sort of like the case with Chong, the hospital staff believed I was a drug addict, which was not at all true. What a horrible thing for Chong to have had to experience! For those who minimize Chong's experience by saying that he didn't die-you don't have a clue! I didn't die either, but I certainly thought about it quite a few times-in my case all it would have taken would have been for me to yank out my useless IV ports that weren't hooked up to fluids! Instead I prayed and sang softly to myself.

I am not for legalizing drugs-sorry all you pot smokers-but I am for common sense and decent treatment. Also, it seems that our country has criminalized pot way too much with the three strikes laws. If someone needs treatment, that's one thing-but it seems to me that there are far too many people in jail. If more people were really able to get decent help for drug addiction, perhaps fewer people would need to be incarcerated. (And don't give me the song and dance about pot being harmless-I've been around too many pot smokers and read too many comments to buy that. Just because some people seem to be unharmed does not mean pot is harmless overall. I've also read some of the studies that supposedly show how harmless pot is supposed to be; and the actual studies I've read were totally invalid based on what I learned about research at one of the top schools in the country.)

Heads must roll for this one. Totally unacceptable.

Complacency is proportional to big and over redundant government.

Marijuana would be a nightmare for the government to regulate and really difficult to tax if your growing it at home. Don't really care if it's legal or not. I don't plan on being a dealer and if I choose to use it I will in the comfort of my home. The only reason I would prefer it to be legal is so we can utilize the the plant itself.

The plant has great uses that would save our trees and planet. Really!

and if it became legal would you really want to smoke a pack of the government weed, NOT I. it will be pumped with the same chemicals and pesticides that cigarettes do. No matter what they choose the master plan is to control our population by death

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The DEA is needed because they still need to "try" and stop hard drugs from being sold.

nuff said! All those in favor of neutralization through castration say "Aye",.... this species must not be allowed to breed and multiply.

I say "good. Stoner should not have been in the weed house smoking up anyway." This just goes to show you what happens when you smoke pot. This guy was probably stoned out of his mind and just thinks he was in there for several days. It was probably a few hours and he just needs an excuse to get out of failing all of his classes. If he hadn't been such a pot head, he would have studied for his finals and passed his classes.

Sorry, jk.... couldn't help but put in a Republican point of view on this.....

While I think there may be some merit to the thought of legalizing marijuana, the NRA and gun manufacturers associations are totally against it. The resulting reduction in the need for firearms would cut too deeply into their profits. Also, the profit motive for privately run prisons would be greatly reduced.

The law itself won't be changed because LEO's like to have the threat of a felony drug conviction available to use as a club against anyone who has more than a liquid ounce of pot on them.

Dave'snothereman

Praise the lord........Get rid of the DEA, FEMA, ICE, NSA and a couple of those other governmental agencies I have forgotten. Sucking the life out of us!

FEMA? ...Really Dave? Unless you live in an extremely safe area...and none of us do, without FEMA and local Emergency Management, you might be meeting him sooner than you planed. Just don't take the rest of us with you.

On the thought of legalizing and taxing marijuana: you have to wonder how many $billions are spent fighting against this fairly innocuous drug and how much could actually be made by legalizing and taxing it. While there will be people who try to circumvent the law (aren't there moonshine stills around ?) most people would rather buy legal pot than try to skirt the law.

In most jurisdictions, pot in quanitites meant for personal use is treated like a 17 year old with a can of beer. Its a misdemeanor with a minor fine. It is only when you have distributable quanitities that the police even really care.

Like untaxed cigarettes (yes, they do exist) the crime aint worth the time.

Let the gang bangers keep the hard drugs. Most people don't want them and the only connection between marijuana and hard drugs is the artificial one created by the DEA.

Poor guy, no food or water for 5 days, just had to drink his urine. Did he have a cup or what? Hope he recovers soon and has a good atty., maybe Jackie Childs!

couldn't help but put in a Republican point of view on this.....

Just as many republicans smoke pot as liberals, dont be a bigot.

ScoMata1964

Just as many republicans smoke pot as liberals, dont be a bigot

Judging how both of these parties run this country to the ground, I couldn't agree more

Judging how both of these parties run this country to the ground, I couldn't agree more

Pot cant be the reason, its too tame, more like a combination of alcohol, prescription drugs, lsd and huffing gasoline, THAT might explain it.

One of the biggest and main reasons that most of us are against marijuana being illegal is the fundamental VIOLATION of our constitutional RIGHTS. A vast majority actually virtually ALL of us are waaaay more responsible than boozers, when it comes to getting behind the wheel and toking up around children and other deeds and actions that require resposnsibility. I mean I am a grown adult in the privacy of my own home bothering nobody, minding my own business. There NO victim, the only crime being commited is being commited by the government. Who the hell do they think they are trying to tell me what I can and can't put into MY own body!!! Do they OWN me??? Do they OWN you??? Are we their PROPERTY??? The last I checked WE THE PROPLE abolished SLAVERY!!!!!! I fully understand the need for laws, I am NOT a lawless man but when they start to DICTATE to us what we can and can't put into our own bodies, well the line has to be drawn somewhere on the LIMITS of their power and control. We are a free nation a SELF governing nation. Our constitution guarantees that we are to be safe from an independent self serving government that only looks out for its own intrests and cares NOTHING for its citizens. WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE GOVERNMENT at least that is what is supposed to be. That means that you sir are the government and I am the government and anyone else reading this that is an AMERICAN CITIZEN is the US government, so what happened? We got lazy that's what happened. We got complacent that's what happened. And the people that we elected to represent us (WE THE PEOPLE) and watch and maintain our house (the government building), our employees (the elected ones) , decided that they wanted to own our house (the government building) and control we the owners (WE THE PEOPLE). The employees decided that you were too immature and too dumb and not intelligent enough to take care of your self in your PRIVATE life. They decided to treat you like a child, and said you can't do this or that and yes you may be in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and even 70s and older but you are NOT able to make decisions for yourself we are smarter than you so we will decide for you what you can and can't put into your own bodies. Hell they are even trying topass messures to make it so that you need a prescription to take vitimins and other NATURAL herbs from health food stores. If we don't get control of the situation WE will lose ALL of our RIGHTS and FREEDOMS. And it won't matter if you are liberal or conservative. I said on another post that the Democrats and Republicans DO have at least one thing in common and that is they are doing their best to take away and destroy ALL of our RIGHTS and FREEDOMS most very slowly and methodically like a boa constrictor, all the while we are bickering and name calling like little 2nd or 3rd grade SPOILED BRATS, about conservative this or liberal that. Our contry's freedom wasn't won by division but by UNITY and mature grownups that knew how to put petty childish differences or any differences aside.

@doob... actually we are not the government, we have a representative government whom we elect (although sometimes im not sure). we never had a democracy, we put people in power who do nothing more than take away our rights and tell us what we can and cannot do. i would love to know what the plan is with the fema camps.... hmmmmm

Heads need to roll over this

Along with millions, this guy deserves it. His attorney will get a chunk but Chong needs to walk with a couple mil net. How stupid were those guys, that was dumber than the secret service agents getting a little extra. One more day and they would have found a dead body in there, and they would be bankrupting the government paying off his family.

Better get use to arrest like this. It will happen more often .

He definitely deserves a large settlement, it stinks that it will be at taxpayer expense, but it is deserved. The next step should be a few arrests and legal proceedings. I believe five days in a cell is wrongful imprisonment, assault both mental and physical, and a few other laws that I can't remember. The fact is the DEA agents that left him there broke the law so they need to be arrested, go to trial, and convicted. Bet that would be a wake up call the other agents won't soon forget.

Quote from The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

"And you wonder why we don't like you!"

Now you know why we call them pigs.

The DEA has outlived its usefulness. Those who want to use street drugs will continue to get it. As long as our society refuses to care for the emotionally and mentally ill, as long as insurance companies refuse to recognize the importance of mental health, people will abuse substances to escape their dispair. Sounds like the DEA was counting on the incarcerated's demise so that they could cover it up. No human being deserves to be incarcerated under depraved conditions. There is intent to do harm here. Won't be difficult to prove this one. In San Diego the Border Patrol Troops outnumber any civil law enforcement by the thousands. Local PD's don't actively enforce local ordinances neither does the SD County Sheriff's Office. Sad statement about our Humanity...the Health Department is a few blocks away from where this young man was imprisoned as well as other county offices. 420 does no harm to any community in anyone's private residence. Five days imprisonment without hydration or nutrition proves intent. False imprisonment with intent to do harm...good luck defending this one. Damages should come directly out of the DEA's budget as well as the agents' fat federal pensions. Coast Guard workd harder than the DEA when Maritime drug enforcement applies. Thanks for wasting our federal tax dollars DEA. US becoming the Junta.

Just say no.

Anybody who snorts or shoots meth should have no problem drinking urine.

Noelle - The even sadder thing is that I'm NOT surprised this happened in the USA. It's getting worse and worse here. These government agencies are out of control. Completely.

Lots of dirty hippies out there today. Millions for 5 days in a cell. I would do 5 days for a couple of grand, but then again, i am not a dirty drug addict.

It is sad when stories like this no longer surprise me. It seems a month does not pass when I don't see a similar story like this. For all of you people who have supported drug laws over the years; thanks for ruining my country.

Bullet171: If they found a dead body, do you think his family would have ever known? Don't you think it would have been a "John Doe" buried or cremated somewhere in a big city pauper's grave with no marker, and the family thinking that some "serial killer" had done him in? The real serial killers are out there to cover up these kinds of crimes that probably occur more often than we know. In my city, a family was looking for their mother for a month, and the local hospital had "forgotten" to look for I.D.; she had collapsed and died on the street one day. It happened that her son-in-law was a lawyer, and knew how to look for her.

And I am also a grandmother who isn't looking for any trouble and doesn't take drugs, in spite of my rheumatoid arthritis and my husband's cancer that would really benefit by at least ingested marijuana. We go nowhere near the illegal drugs, because we must be able to state what we have in our systems because of drug interactions, and we have blood tests monthly or every few months that see everything, in order to help us. While I'm at it; I get really p'd off that the FDA does none of its own research into herbs and medicinal substances, but only accepts patented drugs from Big Pharma. It would be much better to know exactly what would be best for the liver and kidneys over the long-run, or what really controls symptoms, or even some of the better (and much cheaper) cures for cancer, wouldn't it? Put the DEA money into real research, for God's sake.

Travis McDaniel

Lots of dirty hippies out there today. Millions for 5 days in a cell. I would do 5 days for a couple of grand, but then again, i am not a dirty drug addict.

If you try really hard Travis, and study a great deal, and quit watching FOX news you might make it into the 21st Century...eventually. There haven't been hippies for decades. If you'd go without water, restrained...for 5 days for a couple of grand; how much would you charge us to watch you waterboarded?

The GSA has always been a free spending, misappropriating agency. Having been a Federal employee I have witnessed abuses for twenty five years. I ran my department with a high degree of accountability and quarterly cost accounting for every contract with the GSA. Nothing new. The public is just now being shown the abuses that have been ongoing for a very long time. The Tax Laws need to be rewritten so that everyone is accountable for the condition our Country has deteriorated into. Deregulation has eroded our Goverment into a gross loss of accountability. Government is supposed to do the work of the People when the Private Sector cannot finance, staff train or maintain. It worked before the Neoconservatives became so far off of their philosophy. No taxation is not the answer. Agencies like the DEA need to have a system of accountability in order for them to work effectively and efficiently. Until human beings are made perfect, rules and regulations must be in place in order to hold their public relationships accountable. Look at the Banking/Shadow Banking that was allowed because of the Glass/Steigel elimination. Homeowners had their Mortgages sold to European Banks by the US Banks who wanted to profit from their preditory lending practices. If the DEA is accountable to Eric Holder, who are the local Directors that should have had these agents reporting practices evaluated? Fat floats to the top and the waste is at the top...why do our Congressional Representatives need so many staffers? Eric Cantor has at least eleven people staffing his office in D.C. They want to gut the Federal Government they can start with their own offices. Therein lies the fraud.

Lunchbox; Agreee completely. Add the ATF for their guns to mexican cartel program that got a border patrol officer killed. This "paycheck for life" deal that gubmint employees have is what makes them so ineffective and dnagerous to themselves and others. Back in the day when a gubmint employee made 70% of the avg private sector employee it was felt their paycheck for life deal was the trade off. They didn't risk layoffs or being fired through a business downturn. So the pay was steady and they treated private sector people like they don't care but they weren't killing people. Now the Fed employees have an avg pay of twice the private sector with a benefit package equal to the best ever negotiated. And there are more of them than ever. And the result is they are now getting people killed ( the ATF thing) almost killed (this DEA and the secret service compromising the President of all people) and still getting uninterupted paychecks for life. The GSA thing is gutsy beyond all belief - they make a video mocking on their ability to waste money and get away with it and post it on the web !!! Talk about in yo face - come get us if you dare ! And the pussy congress does what ? This kid will sue em and get a bundle - only it'll be just another burden for the taxpayer to pay. The DEA agents who almost killed him will get a transfer and keep their checks for life. So what's their motivation to get better ?

@Whitefeather: Well said!!

Did you watch the Frontline series, "Money, Power & Wall Street" which aired over the last 2 weeks? If you did, you must have been sickened like I was to learn of the greed, lies, lawlessness and deception that has completely polluted every segment of society that is connected with, does business with and profits from Wall Street, Inc.

The banks, investment firms & brokerage houses were (and ARE still) allowed to gamble with our pension funds and investments like it was some giant casino. Then, when the whole ponzi scheme collapsed, the US GOVT handed over 7.77 trillion (taxpayer) bucks to the biggest banks with NO strings attached to bail them out (talk about enabling!). Those CEOs must have laughed like hell...all the way to their own banks.

That series should have been mandatory viewing for every US taxpayer. If it were, national guard troops would have to be deployed throughout D.C. to quell the uprising.

Finally, some people with a unstoned brain. I was about to stop reading, thinking I had some how went into a MJ + idiot party log.

Thanks White Feather and Ireadyou!

I believe this Horrible incident was caused by employees who work at this facility. Many people just go to work to get the paycheck, they don't care at all, they just want their 8 hours to be over so they can go home!

It's hard to make any changes when Republicans are against EVERYTHING you attempt to change.

Actually, President Obama is adamantly against the legalization of marijuana. He's cracked down harder on MMJ than Bush did. I honestly can't seem to understand why unless it's solely based on big pharma keeping his pockets lined. He seems like a bright enough person to look at the position objectively.

Let's NOT forget that it was a felonious Republican president who gave birth to the DEA. We all know where Nixon ended up. This is the way their "policies" usually end up, hurting someone, killing someone, leaving someone to die, and costing us billions for nothing... that's what the GOP has been doing since the days of McCarthy.

Sam Adams... with a stroke of a pen the president can do a lot as most of these agencies are unconstitutional to begin with. So BOTH repubs and Dems are perpetrators of the problem.

In his first two years as Pres, dems had FULL control of house and Senate and he got nothing done in those two years.

When everything Progressives, either Democrat or Republican, want to change leads to either European style socialism or Marxism then I am absolutely against it. However, be aware, there are some Republicans who are willing to go down this road too so be careful how you generalize, they just want to do it at a slower pace.

The Controlled Substances Act wouldn't exist without Joe Biden. I hate the DEA as much as anyone who respects personal freedom but the drones in that organization are enforcing laws that our nanny-state libs and theocratic righties put into place decades ago. Sure, they also have their bureaucrats who stymie any and all research into cannabis, who think hemp is Kush, and who generally have an extreme disregard for knowledge, science, truth, and justice, but for the most part, the DEA are a bunch of political tools enforcing the will of the petty tyrants we elect into power.

I can't believe I'm quasi-defending the DEA right now.

This story, however, is one of MANY MANY MANY reasons why the DEA has reached its expiration date, and like a bag full of coke in the hands of a terrified dealer, needs to be flushed down the toilet permanently. Let them figure out how to make a living without using official authority to artificially destroy people's lives.

If a drug can't ruin your life then, by golly, the law will.

I really wish that Americans would stop being so polarized and loyal to their respective parties. When you can only see one side, you are missing half of the big picture.

Lloyd-2014645 You can't name a single bill thats been voted on in either Congressional House that comes close to Socialism. Stop drinking right-wing kool-aid! It makes you sound like an absolute moron! You wouldn't know a socialist if he slapped you in the face and punched your mom in her left boob!

@gbob452, 4.5

I guess you missed the record number of obstructionist Republican filibusters, eh? Convenient.

Zzyn...and you must have forgotten the Democratic lockouts. Convenient.

Nothing in the article said he was actually smoking weed or doing anything illegal. It just says there was a party on 4/20 which is a day many people reserve for smoking weed. Doesn't mean that was really what his friend's party was and do you have any idea the number of people that would have to be at that party and the amount of pot each one would have to have on his person to warrant a full DEA strike force to raid it?

This is exactly why I am for less taxes than more, its not going where it needs to be! I could donate more to charitable organizations of MY choice with less taxes. Wheres the oversight!?

Oh yeah when this guy sues the DEA its coming out of the taxpayer pockets, yet we have no real say on these semi rogue organizations.

gbob452

In his first two years as Pres, dems had FULL control of house and Senate and he got nothing done in those two years.

I believe if you actually check the stats; in those two years there were more veteran friendly bills passed and signed into law then the previous 17 years under Republicans. Prove me wrong!

"Governments that don't find any moral problems asscociated with the torture of enemies, and face no public outcry over the practice eventually find their enemies domestically."

That's an excellent point, Mjolnir-88974, and this war on drugs is just like the war against the Taliban: a bunch of pyrrhic victories that change nothing but leave many casualties in their wake. Nothing has changed since Nixon declared war. (Interestingly, not much has changed since Johnson declared war on poverty, either.) Just as many people, largely poor and black, use drugs... but now they're cycled in and out of prison and the ripple effect ruins the lives of countless family members.

This young man is a perfect example: all he did is smoke a little weed and they would just as soon sentence him to a slow death without even the benefit of a trial. That, in a nutshell, is my take on government. A hurricane force that destroys people, capriciously, and with absolute impunity. I don't care what your party loyalty is, I think we can all agree this is just wrong wrong wrong.

Yes, where's the so-called "human rights watch"; and "amnesty International"???? All they do is sing to the tune of their western masters, and only accuse powerless countries for 'human rights abuses'

Conservatives consider Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International 'do-gooder' organizations which have no business operating in the US, and have been successful at shutting them out of our 'sovereign' activities. The conservatives I know prefer a certain brutality to our law enforcement, and they've gotten their wish.

The Chinese will be plastering every corner of their country with this article. And laughing.

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are keeping an eye on the US--they were instrumental in getting the deportation camp I was held at shut down for human rights violations. Too bad they did it AFTER I'd already been released and not during.

Yeah the person who locked him up and forgot about a person needs to be fired.

Perhaps even prosecuted, ya think.

The person(s) who locked him up need to be put down!!!!! Execute these SCUMBAG DEA agents and drop their bones on the WHITE HOUSE LAWN!!!

I'll go with AG99 on this one. There was obviously a mistake made at the beginning which nobody caught. I seriously doubt this was done on purpose. And I doubt this is something that will become more and more common, as some suggest. But that only makes this story worse, for it betrays a deep-seated, callous arrogance which is built into the DEA. And I'd suggest it is the same for law enforcement agencies across the board, which are sold to the public as organizations who want to 'protect and serve'.

Why did they ignore his cries for days? There is only one possible answer: for every single person on the staff at the DEA, this guy was no longer a human who may or may not need help; he was an animal in a cage who was trying to make trouble, who simply needed to be 'beaten down'. That's an institutional attitude, and again, I think is not limited to the DEA.

Long gone are the days when enforcement treats people in their custody as fallible human beings. The false bravado and arrogance of power has become the norm. This guy deserves to be compensated, but that will not change anything.

snakebone, you are so right. The employees are to blame. He was suppose to be let go without charges and someone dropped the ball. When they heard him scream, they just thought," that's not my job! Must be someone else s responsibility. " Surely, they didn't realize he was not being taken care of by any one. The horror this person went through is unimaginable. He thought he was going to die there, alone and starving! This young man will need a lot of therapy to recover, if he ever does.

How people think this is Obama's fault, I will never understand. Of course if a repub gets constipated they blame Obama! as far as those that say, "he had a democratic majority the first two years" fail to remember it takes a 2/3 majority to pass a bill. The repub freshmen and those that was already there took a pledge to vote NO on everything. Their goal was to make Obama FAIL. Did they think, gee if he fails we fail. They are so radical, they just don't think sensibly!

This just shows how sick this country is. The government employees that heard the cries for help did not bother to check the cell because it was not in their job description. They figure some one would get the problem assigned but it took 5 days for that to happen.

ok, a mistake was made, but where were the procedures for people detained? they need food, water, etc. they have to be checked on constantly and nothing was done. the people who did this need to held responsible and better procedures put in place

Well we know the day he was arrested and we know the day he was taken to the hospital. If he was in DEA custody inbetween, then there's a paper trail on what his activities are. In the criminal justice system, everything is logged. What time the lights came on, whether the individual ate the meals provided, whether medical care was given. Then even log when the person receives laundry, rec and shower time.

Oh, and if you'd like to state that perhaps he refused food and water, it's usually policy that after the 2nd or 3rd refused meal the person is put on medical watch. Again there would be a log of that action.

He likely ingested the Meth because he was starving. He says that he doesn't exactly remember what happened, and they have pieced bits together based on the medical examinations later (such as ingesting the glass). He said he was hallucinating by the 3rd day (maybe the meth?), so he probably remembers very clearly what happened the first couple days. He would know that he lost 15 pounds because he would have probably known his weight before entering (most people have a general idea of their weight, if not exact), and could easily subtract his weight upon entering the hospital from his earlier weight. He was in intensive care for 3 days and his kidneys were failing. I think most of what he said was a reasonable extrapolation based on the evidence found by doctors and authorities upon his discovery.

Kidney failure perhaps?

Alright I have to agree that he would remember the first couple days, and I agree with everything you say, but one thing still boggles me....

Why was there meth in the cell??? Is the DEA that careless that they either didn't search him for meth or that the last person in there spilled some meth on the floor and they didn't clean it up???

According to the article, the D.E.A. was going to release him with no charges. What did he do or not do that warrented locking him up and forgetting him for five days?

King George II

"Noone seems to remember why he was there in the first place. Drugs, all kinds of drugs.... seems this dirtbag surrounded himself with drugs and others who do or sell drugs. If he wasnt there (drug house) he would not be at the DEAs office. He made his bed, guilty by association.

Anouther thing, he was high on meth, did it in the jail. You cant trust a word he says about his time in there. And to the idiot who wrote that he did the meth cuz he was hungry, That is SO stupid!!!"

Actually the only drug he was around was pot on 4/20 at the time of his arrest. I bet you dont even want to know how many respectable people most likely toked that day... and just regular potheads of course.

What boggles my mind though is your logic. Are you saying everyone that's ever done a drug SHOULD be locked up and left to die? Please keep in mind that I really hope you were trolling.

Im guessing you didnt even read this part: "But Chong did not go home that night. Instead, he was placed in a cell for five days without any human contact and was not given food or drink. In his desperation, he said he was forced to drink his own urine."

Even if you're right and he smuggled the meth in he still doesnt deserve to be starved to death... let alone in a cell he may not have even been able to sleep in.

Not only that but even if he is some drug lord scum bag or friends with one, why did this happen?
"A DEA employee rode with him to the hospital, where they paid for Chong's visit."

Looks to me like you're just an ass.

Of course the greatest catastrophe from you post, George, is that this guy didnt even get ANY charges. So scum bag you say? PROVE it before you start pointing fingers.

How did the meth get there...good question. Surely the morons checked him before even taking him into custody. What kind of bull crap is that, where some people think it was his. You don't withhold water and food for 5 days. The food you can go a long time, water a very short time. How do you know he was participating in the drug use, he was just attending a party. Lot's of drugs at parties, not everybody using them though. This kid deserves millions.

I think he deserves something for being left in a cell for five days with no water, even if it was his meth and he had it up his ass when he got arrested. But without being there you have no idea what really happened. Maybe he was acting crazy so they left him locked up until he calmed down and all the drugs wore off...

Umm, you guys are all misinformed. The article yesterday stated that the DEA did NOT do a full strip and cavity search. So yes it was possible for him to have brought the Meth in with him.

I am not saying what happened was justified. This is still a horrible incident and the DEA should have some serious repercusions. SHUT them down...

Hey, King George...please, for the sake of the sane people on this vine turn off your computer and don't come back until you've taken your meds.

you are the only one besides me that noticed that also!!!! so with that said this guy must have been high as a kite thinking he was locked up for 5 days....come on this is america.......i would hope to god they would not do this to an american,,,,but then again.........

Even the DEA admits they know when he was taken in and they know when he was found so the time he was locked up forgotten isn't really in dispute. And do you really believe this doesn't happen in America? It's happened more than you want to know. Just this time the victim got a lawyer and went public.

This will anger many readers, but one of the dirtiest and vilest agencies is Immigration. Yes, we're programmed to blame the boundary jumpers for the end of civilized America; in fact, they and many travelers stopped at airports, or entering the country legally are treated with the same loving care we all know from the DMV. The best part of this public servant role is that there is no obligation to explain to those held - until it turns out to be someone unafraid, with funds, and legal counsel . . .

My God, what are the requirements for becoming employed by the DEA ? This is just terrible, and inexcusable. Seems all of our government top paying jobs are being taken for granted. I suppose once you get the job, it's almost impossible to get rid of you, so they just negligently do whatever they damn please, while on the clock. Either get rid of the DEA, or give those jobs to the younger kids, just out of college, who can't find jobs. Jeez!!! Not that this guy shouldn't sue, but that's also part of the reason all these cities are broke. It's terrible to see all these things happening around me, and knowing I can't change it.

Yes, but more urgently, let's look at accountability. Fear of socialism? Why? We've subsidized public employees for decades and made jokes about how they do nothing, get a lot in return through retirement, and are led by what amount to "gangstas." Charge them - for incompetence, take away their tax-payer supported benefits, clean up and audit all these agencies top to bottom. Our trillions will suddenly reappear and the truly productive unemployed can start working. How many jokes do we all know/make about real life clowns in public service? Talk about stone-heads . . .

Really Trusty? Get rid of the clowns in public service? Take away their retirement? Take away their benefits? ...who the hell do you think will clean up after you and take your crap? The private sector? ...really? Try calling tech support for your cell phone. I'd love to hear your desperate 911 call to someone in Bangalore India.

So, you think someone who smokes weed should be thrown in a pit in this "land of the free?"

I thought Kim Jong Il was dead... guess he's blogging from hell.

He didn't get "busted" -- he was never charged.

To parkwaync:

Or, you could do the research and realize that marijuana was made illegal based on a LIE.

Or, look at it this way: The federal government has banned the use of those old light bulbs. Now they are not allowed to be sold, in favor of the newer ones that look like springs and don't fit the fixtures of the bulbs they replace. Point is, if you are in possession of one of those old lightbulbs, you are in possession of contraband - harmless contraband - just like marijuana. And one day the feds may decide they don't like what you have to say - ala Ted Nugent- and BAM!!! They bust you for a light bulb and you go through what pot smokers have been going through for 75 years.

Don't laugh it off. It could very well happen in this United Police States of Amerika.

He may be a criminal, but he still has rights. Amendement 8: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. There are more amendments than just the 2nd one.

So you honestly think we should starve our criminals in cramped holding cells like some hell-hole in Iran or North Korea?

It doesn't matter if this guy was on weed or meth. This is America. We practically brag about how much more humane we are to prisoners in this country than people are in others. If this guy had a drug problem, then he should have been rehabilitated, not starved.

Nope, he isn't. They had already decided to release him wthout any charges. No charges = not guilty. Not guilty means not a criminal. And as others have pointed out, even if he was technically guilty of a misdemeanor offense for smoking marijuana, that wouldn't justify this kind of treatment. I hope you get to experience something like this if you're ever mistakenly arrested, because that's what the DEA had already decided happened to him: he was mistakenly pulled in for being in the wrong place.

Mike Fillmore, I do not know that he is a criminal and neither do you. We have a presumption of innocence in this country. Since this man has not yet been tried and convicted he is not a criminal. The actions of the DEA in his inhumane detention are criminal. He will NEVER be convicted for anything resulting from his detention, but he will collect a huge sum of our tax dollars.

Criminal? No charges were filed, so unless you know something else, he isn't a criminal.

Mike Fillmore

Cry me a river.
He's a criminal you know.

He wasn't charged with anything!!

But don't worry, you'll learn about "Innocent until proven guilty" in 4th grade

who was a criminal. the college kid? i didn't read that. Do you know him or something? or are you stupid on purpose.

You seem to think stupidly.

Cry me a river.
He's a criminal you know.

Actually, he wasn't a criminal, "you know." They had told him there were no charges, and that he could go home.

Apparently you have major reading comprehension problems. And/or a total ignorance of the legan process.

He is not a criminal, he was being let go without charges! They do a urine test for drugs when they bring you in. What if this was your son, that just checked out this party? No one in US custody deserves to be tortured! Go back to your guns and bible, and stay ignorant, why don't you?

Mike Fillmore - Really? Then why did they release him?

How to survive in a holding cell once you're left to die.

That is really a shallow thought. The kid went to Hell and back, locked up without water or food! He almost died, all the while hearing human voices, and no one cared enough to check out why! Or should I say inhuman voices?

They can use confiscated drug money to pay off Mr. Chong.

If you were going to arrest somebody on national pot day a guy named Chong seems like it would be a pretty safe bet in most cases.

Huh? Even the DEA admitted they did this - they just haven't issued an apology. What about this story do you not believe true?

shep, is that why the DEA paid for his hospital visit or why the DEA didnt even give him a single charge?

I don't usually point this out to people but Shep you're an idiot. For God's sake man read the article why would the DEA bring him to the hospital and pay the bill?? They are at fault big time.

shep, being in denial is a personal problem for yourself.

is that what this country has come to? The first thing people think of is to sue, what f'n cowards!!! Always chasing that dollar and not wanting to work for it!!! That's the real reason the unemployment is so high, the people of this country have no f'n motivation or drive, just a bunch of spoiled bitches!!!

If I walk past barriers and get hurt by construction, and I sue, I am abusing the system. If I am held in a cell w/o food & water after being told I am being released, my yells ignored for days, and I sue, I am NOT abusing the system. He may have suffered permanent physical harm. This also points out a flaw in the system that was nearly fatal to someone. Sueing is often the only thing that gets some folks attention.

DarwinG

is that what this country has come to? The first thing people think of is to sue, what f'n cowards!!!

Yeah, and this coming from someone who would NEVER take advantage of an opportunity to make millions in a settlement.

i agree 100 % that this country is sue happy, but in this case some kind of action needs to be taken against the people responsible for forgetting this kid. that's not right, the DEA better be glad he didn't die in their custody then they'd really be in some sh!t.

The DEA busts up a house that gave people access to drugs. It makes me wonder why they would put this kid in a cell that did the same thing. Meth is the worst drug ever and you leave it in a cell with a kid that was supposed to be let go. The DEA needs to be cut from the budget. They cost America millions of dollars and do no good spearheading "the war on drugs". Prohibition makes it easier to access drugs, because the market is so saturated with young smugglers that can make a killing in the US off of whovever. It is plain as day why. The government gets millions in kickbacks from private prisons and big pharma that Prohibition will always be around.

DarwinG - this guy almost DIED! He had to drink his own urine! I do not agree with suing over hot coffee burns in your lap or mouth, twisting your ankle in a pothole in a private/public parking lot, or even falling into a fountain at a mall because you were texting, ect...but this situation is an exception.

Ignorant statement.