http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/20375/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/trooper_fires_truck_helicopter_leaving_two_dead_0 <p>A Texas state trooper who fired on a pickup truck from a helicopter during a deadly chase through the desert was trying to disable the vehicle and suspected that it was being used to smuggle drugs, the authorities said. The disclosure on Friday came a day after the episode, which left two illegal immigrants from Guatemala dead on a gravel road near here, just north of the Mexican border. State game wardens were the first to encounter the truck on Thursday.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freetalklive.com/content/trooper_fires_truck_helicopter_leaving_two_dead_0" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/trooper_fires_truck_helicopter_leaving_two_dead_0#comments deaths Drug and Alcohol Prohibition fatalities guatemala Illegal Immigrants News Article police Texas Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:57:25 +0000 ecigarettes 24165 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/make_roads_safer_weed <p>8.7%: The drop in traffic fatalities in states with medical marijuana laws. Want to make the road safer? Encourage drivers to hit the bong rather than hit the bars. That is a policy prescription that few people would recommend but it is effectively the course that states which have enacted medical marijuana laws have followed, according to an economic study.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/make_roads_safer_weed#comments driving Driving / Roads fatalities medical marijuana News Article safety