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2016-12-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Narcotics by mail from overseas overwhelm US Postal Service

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-12-27 09:06|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Nearly 1 million packages a day enter the country without any advance electronic information that might flag the presence of dangerous opioids

Gee, I remember the 70s and the customs dog hitting every mail shipment at the APO. No fancy electronics. That dog was good in hitting drugs and chocolate chip cookies. Not a 'techie' solution, but one that is doable if you are really serious.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-12-27 10:13|| 2016-12-27 10:13|| Front Page Top

#2 One tiny thread in the tapestry of fail that is prohibition.

Posted by Iblis 2016-12-27 10:24|| 2016-12-27 10:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Another case of the perfect being the enemy of the good.

Dogs are fallible and where's the graft? Expensive machines are where all the money is.

Posted by AlanC 2016-12-27 11:43|| 2016-12-27 11:43|| Front Page Top

#4 No controls on foreign "contributions" is a Clinton - Obumble innovation...

Posted by M. Murcek 2016-12-27 14:09|| 2016-12-27 14:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Though, the Bush family is responsible for the explosion in opium production in Afghanistan. Retirement plan...

Posted by M. Murcek 2016-12-27 14:40|| 2016-12-27 14:40|| Front Page Top

#6 It's all fun and games until radioactive & biohazard materials show up in your mailbox.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-12-27 18:14|| 2016-12-27 18:14|| Front Page Top

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