Ex-Cop Plans Video on How to Hide Drugs [View All]

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A one-time Texas drug agent described by his former boss as perhaps the best narcotics officer in the country plans to market a how-to video on concealing drugs and fooling police.

A promotional video says Barry Cooper will show viewers how to "conceal their stash," "avoid narcotics profiling" and "fool canines every time."

Cooper, who said he favors the legalization of marijuana, made the video in part because he believes the nation's fight against drugs is a waste of resources. Busting marijuana users fills up prisons with nonviolent offenders, he said. "My main motivation in all of this is to teach Americans their civil liberties and what drives me in this is injustice and unfairness in our system," Cooper told the newspaper.

News of the video has angered authorities, including Richard Sanders, an agent with the Tyler Drug Enforcement Agency. Sanders said he plans to investigate whether the video violates any laws. "It outrages me personally as I'm sure it does any officer that has sworn an oath to uphold the laws of this state, and nation," Sanders said. "It is clear that his whole deal is to make money and he has found some sort of scheme, but for him to go to the dark side and do this is infuriating."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_on_fe_st/ex_cop_s_drug_tips

Kudos to him, I say. I wish more people in law enforcement and gov't would come to see the ridiculousness of the war on drugs. I don't use drugs or have them in my possession (those days are long passed), but I still think it would be interesting to see the tape. One of his former bosses said he was the best narcotics officer in the state of TX and possibly the country.

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