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Saturday, March 9, 2013

Academic follies: physicist / drug mule / lonely guy edition

Posted on 10:25 AM by Unknown
A bizarre but, for those who have spent extended periods in the academic world, still quite plausible story of a physics professor from UNC now sitting in an Argentine prison.

Policy aside: yet more social costs from America's jihad against (some) drugs.

Hat tip: ASAK
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