Sufficient Evidence Quotes

“In 1983, the government started CAMP, the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting. The fuzz moved in with Vietnam-era helicopters and caravans of police trucks. It was funded in part by confiscation of equipment from growers. As a result, the price of marijuana skyrocketed, something that led to the popularity of crack cocaine, by the way. Here’s the important thing as far as you two are concerned: The increased chance of getting caught pushed the gentle hippies out, and the high prices brought in hard-core, rough criminals.”
― Al Macy, Sufficient Evidence

“The word ‘canvas’ comes from ‘cannabis.’ Anyway, here’s why marijuana became illegal.” Skye leaned forward as though telling us a secret. “It competed with wood, paper, and the newly invented nylon. It threatened the wrong people, like Randolph Hearst and the du Pont family. They lobbied against it, and cannabis was made effectively illegal in 1937 when it was taxed up the wazoo. The government changed its mind during World War II because the Japanese controlled the production of manila rope, made from hemp, and we needed to produce our own, but they turned the tax back on after the war.”
― Al Macy, Sufficient Evidence

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― Al Macy, Sufficient Evidence

“She looked at the ceiling as though a list were printed there. “One, identify the applicable laws, statutes, and decisions. Two, research the available facts in the case. Three, apply the applicable laws to the facts of the case to determine the rights or duties created by those facts. Four, give all interns involved in the case a huge bonus.”
― Al Macy, Sufficient Evidence

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― Al Macy, Sufficient Evidence

“A sociopath has a weak conscience. A psychopath has none. Totally missing. But you’re right, it’s too early to make that judgment.”
― Al Macy, Sufficient Evidence