- Paperback: 385 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; First Edition edition (Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060754591
- ISBN-13: 978-0060754594
- Product Dimensions: 18.9 x 16 x 2.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,295,351 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I thought the Police are our friends.
22 Sep 2005
Format:Paperback
Wrong! The police no longer care for your well-being. Instead of stopping violent crime, they want to spend their time tracking down your local pothead. If you:
-have ever done any drugs.
-have ever used someone else's prescription.
-have drugs in your house.
-have drugs on your person.
-are friends with anyone who does drugs.
-are ever in the presence of drugs, (yes, just being near a drug or paraphernalia can land you in jail).
-Or you just want to know your rights (or lack-of) get your self this book.
The police go through training to learn to trick you into incriminating yourself and as Fabricant shows, people have gone to jail for years for as little as .0042 grams of meth. Therefore, you need to know how to compose yourself when the cops show up. This is going to tell you what to do. Don't worry Fabricant is a lawyer. One of his main ideas is to get your self good representation.
As a lawyer, his writing is very knowledgable and also very funny. Many times I found myself laughing out loud.
Alls fair in love and war, and as far as the war on drugs goes- the police will do anything in order to get another conviction on their resume'. Don't make yourself an example of how locking up drug-users will never solve anything.
-have ever done any drugs.
-have ever used someone else's prescription.
-have drugs in your house.
-have drugs on your person.
-are friends with anyone who does drugs.
-are ever in the presence of drugs, (yes, just being near a drug or paraphernalia can land you in jail).
-Or you just want to know your rights (or lack-of) get your self this book.
The police go through training to learn to trick you into incriminating yourself and as Fabricant shows, people have gone to jail for years for as little as .0042 grams of meth. Therefore, you need to know how to compose yourself when the cops show up. This is going to tell you what to do. Don't worry Fabricant is a lawyer. One of his main ideas is to get your self good representation.
As a lawyer, his writing is very knowledgable and also very funny. Many times I found myself laughing out loud.
Alls fair in love and war, and as far as the war on drugs goes- the police will do anything in order to get another conviction on their resume'. Don't make yourself an example of how locking up drug-users will never solve anything.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Funny, useful, frightening
21 Aug 2005
Format:Paperback
More than anything, this book is hilarious. Any page you open to has a great anecdote - like how one cop felt he had probable cause for a search because he HEARD (yes, HEARD) the tell-tale sound of a bail of marijuana hitting the floor in a private house.
The book is also useful, not just for people that use or sell drugs, but for people that are around people that use or sell drugs. PARENTS: This means YOUR KIDS. If they go to an American high school or college, they're going to have friends that use drugs. Think what you want about whether they should be legal or not or whether they are harmful or not, the fact is: YOUR KIDS NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH A BUST because they might just be pulled over and one of their 'friends' has his stash in your kid's glove compartment. Then, of course, it might be your kid's stash, but then they need this book more than anything (besides a good lawyer).
Ultimately the book is a little frightening. The anecdotes, while individually funny, add up to one scary picture of the drug war. In this country, we lock up the people with a personal problem (call it a sickness or whatever) with people that are real criminals; we do it using methods that violate civil liberties in scary ways; we punish people differently for similar offenses in a way that smacks of racism (the classic coke vs. crack sentencing issue, not to mention the light sentencing that hard-core-addicts of Mother's (and Rush Limbaugh's) Little Helpers get versus your street-variety smack).
Fabricant knows his stuff. He's passionate. He's funny. He's a really good writer. This does indeed make a great gift, particularly with the great R. Crumb illustrations.
The book is also useful, not just for people that use or sell drugs, but for people that are around people that use or sell drugs. PARENTS: This means YOUR KIDS. If they go to an American high school or college, they're going to have friends that use drugs. Think what you want about whether they should be legal or not or whether they are harmful or not, the fact is: YOUR KIDS NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH A BUST because they might just be pulled over and one of their 'friends' has his stash in your kid's glove compartment. Then, of course, it might be your kid's stash, but then they need this book more than anything (besides a good lawyer).
Ultimately the book is a little frightening. The anecdotes, while individually funny, add up to one scary picture of the drug war. In this country, we lock up the people with a personal problem (call it a sickness or whatever) with people that are real criminals; we do it using methods that violate civil liberties in scary ways; we punish people differently for similar offenses in a way that smacks of racism (the classic coke vs. crack sentencing issue, not to mention the light sentencing that hard-core-addicts of Mother's (and Rush Limbaugh's) Little Helpers get versus your street-variety smack).
Fabricant knows his stuff. He's passionate. He's funny. He's a really good writer. This does indeed make a great gift, particularly with the great R. Crumb illustrations.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Educating your kids BEFORE they get Busted
10 Sep 2005
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I've been practicing "storefront" law for more than 25 years,
and have more-or-less successfully raised four kids. Naturally, I've tried to pass on anything useful to my own kids - "useful"
being whatever will keep them out of jail and free of any criminal record.
Since God created kids with ears on the sides of their heads, they tend not to listen to anything their parents say. That which comes from above goes unheard. So the perpetual parental dilemna is "How the heck do I get them to understand they are
making choices that will affect the rest of their lives - when they don't even understand they are making choices?"
That's where "Busted!: Drug War Survival Skills" comes in.
Funny, informative, thorough,innovative, and comprehensive, this book is wonderfully illustrated by that irreverent genius R.Crumb. I have left it on my living room coffee table for the past month, right where my kids can see it, pick it up, laugh at it - and read it. I'm thinking of getting another copy for their
bathroom. I have recommended it to at least four clients with children involved in high-risk behavior (esp. boyfriends who deal drugs).
and have more-or-less successfully raised four kids. Naturally, I've tried to pass on anything useful to my own kids - "useful"
being whatever will keep them out of jail and free of any criminal record.
Since God created kids with ears on the sides of their heads, they tend not to listen to anything their parents say. That which comes from above goes unheard. So the perpetual parental dilemna is "How the heck do I get them to understand they are
making choices that will affect the rest of their lives - when they don't even understand they are making choices?"
That's where "Busted!: Drug War Survival Skills" comes in.
Funny, informative, thorough,innovative, and comprehensive, this book is wonderfully illustrated by that irreverent genius R.Crumb. I have left it on my living room coffee table for the past month, right where my kids can see it, pick it up, laugh at it - and read it. I'm thinking of getting another copy for their
bathroom. I have recommended it to at least four clients with children involved in high-risk behavior (esp. boyfriends who deal drugs).
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