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Come again?
Isn't suggesting that there is some sort of significant connection between artifact collecting and illegal drug production a bit like saying all Catholic girls have mustaches? Or is it all girls with mustaches are Catholic? I can never seem to get that straight.
Law enforcement obviously can't track anybody doing anything without informants. The mountains of cocaine, pot and other illegal drugs that enter our borders each and every day are evidence enough of this, not to mention the many hundreds of meth labs in every county of my home state. I'm quite certain that some of the drug traffickers probably collect something, maybe even artifacts, but to suggest that law enforcement is somehow going to suddenly start catching drug traffickers now because of some remote connection to artifact collecting is just bullshit.
Or maybe the real inference here is to suggest accusing "arrowhead" and Minie ball hunters of cooking dope in their garage and when the gendarmes kick in their door, they can at least confiscate the collection? This probably won't win the hearts and minds of the public, but it will sure show those relic hunters a thing or two.
Incidentally, these organized relic hunts have been going on in Texas, Virginia and elsewhere for more than 10 years that I know of. The sudden interest of the archaeological community now that there has been some publicity may be a bit late, but there still exists an opportunity for archaeologists in these regions to work with these folks rather than attempting to demonize them.
The meth lab "story" under this thread is way out of line.
Rich Green
Historic Archaeological Research
4338 Hadley Court
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Office: (765) 464-8735
Mobile: (765) 427-4082
www.har-indy.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron May
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Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: Individual rights and relic hunting: Thorny issues
There has been a relevant discussion on the ACRA list that a significant
number of dealers in meth drugs are "arrowhead hunters" and that they trade in
artifacts. Incredible as this might seem, indeed law enforcement has begun to
track drug dealers and abusers through this underworld of artifact collecting,
digging, and trading.
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
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