They almost killed this guy, and damaged him for life. He's now suing for million and millions of dollars. Lots of money to be spent investigating and covering asses within the DEA. And, all over what? Pot and ecstasy?Elected officials are demanding answers after Daniel Chong, a 23-year-old UC San Diego student, was left unattended for five days in a Drug Enforcement Administration detention cell.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) called on U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. asking for an "immediate and thorough" Department of Justice investigation into the matter.
"After the investigation is completed, I ask that you please provide me with the results and the actions the department will take to make sure those responsible are held accountable and that no one in DEA custody will ever again be forced to endure such treatment," she wrote.
The DEA apologized Wednesday to Chong, who was accidentally left unattended in a holding cell for five days and reportedly drank his own urine to survive.
San Diego attorney Gene Iredale said his client was "still recovering" from the ordeal. The attorney submitted the initial paperwork needed for a lawsuit Wednesday. The claim seeks $20 million in compensation for the incident.
"He is glad to be alive," Iredale said of Chong. "He wants to make sure that what happened to him doesn't happen to anyone else."
Legalize it. Regulate it and manufacturing by the FDA, and preclude imported products. Let them by pot from some organic farming company in Kansas, and let them by ecstasy and LSD from Proctor and Gamble. Charge sales taxes on it. Regulate it in the same way that currently legal drugs are regulated.
Then treat these drugs like cigarettes, with social stigma and time-place-manner restrictions.