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Perhaps one of the worst arguments against support of cannabis legalization and regulation, Pajamas Media (you can harass them on Twitter here: @PajamasMedia) brings us the tragic story of an amateur gay porn star who unfortunately choked to death on his stash while attempting to get rid of the evidence. Some choice quotes following the jump and video:

Advice for aspiring criminals looking to reduce the opportunity costs of time spent in prison: if you’re given a choice between selling drugs or murdering a young woman, choose murder so you’ll get a shorter prison sentence. Consider the example of Robert Chambers, the so-called “Preppie Killer” who in 1986 strangled Jennifer Levin to death in Central Park. He got 15 years for the deed, served it, got out and just returned to serve a 19-year sentence for selling cocaine. And that was a plea bargain; he could’ve gone to prison for life.

The US government succeeds in over 90 per cent of its prosecutions, which indicates that the system is a stacked deck. US criminal justice is based on the plea bargain, which is essentially the exchange of immunity or a reduced sentence for inculpatory perjury against targeted people. It is an evil and repulsive system based on intimidation, suborned falsehoods, and impoverishment. Irish, British and Canadian prosecutors using these tactics would be disbarred.

When a Baltimore hustler clothing line manufacturer and barber named Rodney Bethea released a straight-to-DVD documentary about life on the mean streets of West Baltimore back in 2004 in a bid to further the hip-hop careers of some of his street-savvy friends, he had no idea “Stop Fucking Snitching, Vol. I” (better known simply as “Stop Snitching”) would soon become a touchstone in a festering conflict over drugs and crime on the streets of America and what to do about it.