Amtrak's New Drug Subsidies?
4 May 2001 - 6:00am
Reason Magazine charges that Amtrak can't turn a buck running trains so it enlists in the drug war.
"In addition to its high prices, weak coffee, bad food, and horrible service, here's one more reason to avoid Amtrak: It gives federal drug cops your travel itinerary." Reason Magazine details a pattern and practice by Amtrak of collaborating with federal drug enforcement agencies to create profiles of drug dealers who might be taking trains.
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Reason Online, April 19, 2001
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