W.E.B. Du Bois
02-10-2011, 09:07 PM
politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0211/Daniels_drug_arrest.html?showall
A local detective testified that police had seized "enough marijuana to fill two size 12 shoe boxes and quantities of prescription drugs were found in the room," according to a dispatch in the Daily Princetonian, whose archives aren't available online. The undercover state police officer involved in the sting visited Daniels' room "eight or nine times" and "observed narcotics paraphernalia, saw marijuana and hashish being used, and purchased marijuana prescription drugs and LSD."
Daniels was never implicated in selling the drugs, and has never hidden the incident. During his 2004 run for governor, a former roommate told the Indianapolis Star that Daniels "had nothing to do" with selling drugs, saying "I was busted." The roommate went on to say he was no fan of then-President Bush and would have gladly offered unflattering information about a GOP candidate if he'd had it.
Prosecutors later dropped the stiffer charges against Daniels, and he pled guilty to a disorderly person charge based on his use of marijuana, paying a $350 dollar fine.
During his political campaigns, Daniels has discussed the arrest, and he held a security clearance during his time in the Bush and Reagan administrations; he has typically characterized it as a minor pot arrest, and typically doesn't mentioning the initial acid charge.
Even before President Obama made elective office safe for the admitted use of, even, hard drugs, Daniels took back his assessment that he was finished for elective office.
It's one thing to sell pot, but to sell prescription drugs and LSD is pretty serious. I think the consumption of those drugs alone can cause serious health damage. It definitely tarnishes his efficiency governor image. It probably would be used in an attack ad, in my opinion.
A local detective testified that police had seized "enough marijuana to fill two size 12 shoe boxes and quantities of prescription drugs were found in the room," according to a dispatch in the Daily Princetonian, whose archives aren't available online. The undercover state police officer involved in the sting visited Daniels' room "eight or nine times" and "observed narcotics paraphernalia, saw marijuana and hashish being used, and purchased marijuana prescription drugs and LSD."
Daniels was never implicated in selling the drugs, and has never hidden the incident. During his 2004 run for governor, a former roommate told the Indianapolis Star that Daniels "had nothing to do" with selling drugs, saying "I was busted." The roommate went on to say he was no fan of then-President Bush and would have gladly offered unflattering information about a GOP candidate if he'd had it.
Prosecutors later dropped the stiffer charges against Daniels, and he pled guilty to a disorderly person charge based on his use of marijuana, paying a $350 dollar fine.
During his political campaigns, Daniels has discussed the arrest, and he held a security clearance during his time in the Bush and Reagan administrations; he has typically characterized it as a minor pot arrest, and typically doesn't mentioning the initial acid charge.
Even before President Obama made elective office safe for the admitted use of, even, hard drugs, Daniels took back his assessment that he was finished for elective office.
It's one thing to sell pot, but to sell prescription drugs and LSD is pretty serious. I think the consumption of those drugs alone can cause serious health damage. It definitely tarnishes his efficiency governor image. It probably would be used in an attack ad, in my opinion.