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 Book Table of Contents
Drug War Survival Skills:
From the Buy to the Bust to Begging for Mercy
The Drug War Cheat Sheet ................. XXIII
Getting Wasted in the Drug War ................. pp. 1
Part I. How (Not) to Possess Drugs ................. pp. 4
 

Everything You Need to Know About Drug and Drug Paraphernalia Possession

  • But Those are Just Stems and Seeds, Man
  • Fool's Dope
  • Possessing the Good Shit
................. pp. 7
 

My Precious: Personal Dope Possession

  • But I Was Just Passing the Pipe, Officer
  • Yeah, But I Was Only Borrowing This Cocaine, Officer
  • This Isn't My Underwear! That's not my cocaine! The Clueless Mule
  • Whose Dope is this in the Bushes?
................. pp. 13
 

Stepping Behind the Scale: Possession With Intent to Distribute

 ................. pp. 19
 

The Kiddy Corner

  • She looked 18 to me, officer
  • School House Rocks
................. pp. 25
 

The Community Dope: Constructive Possession

  • Busted for Your Roommate's Stash
  • At the Hardcore House Party
  • Driving the Dope Mobile
................. pp. 29
 

Paraphernalia: From Coke Cans to Crack Pipes

  • Oh Yeah, Dude, That Would Make a Perfect Bong
................. pp. 41
  Growing the Felony Forrest ................. pp. 45
  Medical Marijuana: The New Civil War ................. pp. 49
 

Hookin' a Brother Up: From Buying for the Bachelor Party to Recommending a Dealer

  • Aiding and Abetting Dope Possession
................. pp. 53
  The Death and Dismemberment Section
  • Distribution Resulting in Death
  • Hey Babe, Mind Shooting Me Up? I'm a Little Too Wasted to Poke Straight
  • I'm really not enjoying my buzz anymore. In fact, I'd like to come down right now. If I pop by the emergency room can I get busted for being loaded out of my mind on some silly drug?
................. pp. 63
Part II. Search and Seizure: On the Street, in the House, at the Party, in the Dorm, on the Road, at the Airport, in the Mail, Online, and On Your Hard Drive (Drunk Driving & Drug Testing Too.)
  The Incredible Shrinking Fourth Amendment
  • Pissing Away Your Fourth Amendment Rights: Three Deadly Sins
  • Close Encounters with the Police: From a Friendly Question to a Cavity Search
................. pp. 71
  Street Busts
  • Ditching the Stash, Smooth, Right?
  • Eating the Stash
  • Run, Junkie, Run!
  • Face-to-Face with the Fuzz
  • Body Searches: In Your Pockets and Up Your Ass
................. pp. 81
 

Home Searches

  • Keep it in the Crib
  • Police! Open Up, Dirtball! We Know You're in There!
  • Come on in, Officer! We're Getting Wasted!
  • The Race to the Toilette: The High Stakes, High Reward Strategy of Flushing the Stash
  • Third Party Consent to Search
  • Fed Ecstasy
................. pp.101
 

The Student Handbook

  • Students' So-Called Rights
  • High School Heads
................. pp.121
 

The Party Section: From the House, to the Fraternity, to the Club, to the Rave

  • House Parties
  • Evil Beats: The Rave Scene vs. The Drug War
................. pp.129
 

Drug War Driving Lessons

  • Keep it Out of the Ride
  • Total Bullshit Stops and Racial Profiling
  • Packing for Your Drug Trip
................. pp.141
  Driving While Wasted ................. pp.157
 

Airport and Border Busts

  • The Airport: Abandon All Rights Ye Who Enter Here
................. pp.167
 


The New Millennium Drug War: On the Internet, on your Hard Drive, and in the Name of Fighting Terrorism

  • Dooooope... in...Spaaaace
  • Dope in the Hard Drive
  • The Drug War & The War on Terrorism
................. pp.177
 

Drug Test?

  • Why Would I Object to a Drug Test?
  • Weeding Out the Junkies and the Dumbasses: Pre-Employment and Scheduled Testing
  • The Gotcha! Test: Take it or Leave it?
  • Defending Your Positive Drug Test
  • So I'm Officially a Feckless Fuck Up; I Flunked My Drug Test and Got Booted. Am I Going to get Busted Now Too?
................. pp.191
  Flying High Again: Priors and the End of the Fourth Amendment as You Knew It ................. pp.211

Part III. Busted!

  • Rights? I Got Your Rights Right Here, Motherfucker!
  • Resisting Arrest and the Excessive Force Experience
  • Carving Your Bust in Stone: Booking
  • Jail/Holding Cell Hell
  • Defending Your Life: Bail Hearings
................. pp.215

Part IV. Fighting Your Drug Bust, by Rush Limbaugh (Not really.)

  • Limbaugh Lesson #1:
    Choose your Dope Wisely
  • Limbaugh Lesson #2:
    Protect Your Privacy
  • Limbaugh Lesson #3:
    Distance Yourself from your Dope Supply
  • Limbaugh Lesson #4:
    Once Busted, It's Time for Rehab, Baby
  • Limbaugh Lesson #5:
    Hire Top Talent. (Or the Best You Can Do.)
  • Limbaugh Lesson #6:
    Abandon Principle
  • Limbaugh Lesson #7:
    Wait it Out
  • Limbaugh Lesson #8:
    Make a Deal
................. pp.249
Part V. Trial? You Don't Get No Stinking Trial! ................. pp.265
 

The Suppression Hearing

  • The License to Lie
................. pp.267
  The Wink and Nod Prosecutors ................. pp.275
  The Wink and Nod Judges ................. pp.277

Part VI. Beg For Mercy, Punk: Pleading Guilty

  • There's Been a Regime Change, Lawbreakers. Mandatory Minimums
  • Pre-Sentence Reports: The Fox News of the Criminal Justice System
  • Now Say You're Sorry. (And Act Like You Mean it, Punk Ass!) The Allocution
................. pp.283

Part VII. Your Quick and Painful Jury Trial

  • Why Wouldn't an Innocent Person Testify?
................. pp.299
Part VIII. Time to Get Religion, Baby: Time to Appeal ................. pp.303
Part IX. Now We Bring the Pain ................. pp.307
 

The Consequences of a Drug Conviction that Go Far Deeper
Than Your Cavity Search

  • Gettin' Jacked by the Police: Civil Forfeitures
  • Poor in the Drug War
  • Now These Dopers Want to Go to School?
  • Next They'll Want Jobs
  • Let's Just Deport 'Em
................. pp.309

Part X. You Want to Pretend the Never Happened!?: Expunging Your Arrest Record

  • So Who Wants to Know?
................. pp.320
  The Busted! Ten Commandments ................. pp.324
  The Dope Law Index: The Bad News on Marijuana, Cocaine, Ecstasy, and Methamphetamine ................. pp.329
  From Alabama to Wyoming and D.C. Too Possession Law for all 50 States ................. pp.331
  Notes ................. pp.343
  Acknowledgments ................. pp.365

    
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