Fans of HBO’s The Wire will remember a season 3 plot thrust revolving around one frustrated Baltimore Police Lieutenant’s efforts to legalize drugs revamp the standard methods of interdicting drug sales. Has someone at the someone at the Seattle Police Department have a Netflix account. Maybe. Probably. From the initial draft: “It’s time try something different. Years of law enforcement crack-downs, drug sweeps and arrests have not significantly reduced the drug dealing on streets in our neighborhoods.
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