Ezell Harris, Tea Party Candidate, Arrested On Drug Charges

Ezell Harris, a Florida conservative who launched his campaign for Orlando City Council at a Tea Party rally, has been arrested on drug trafficking charges.

Jail records show he is being held on four counts: trafficking in hydrocodone, dispensing illegal drugs without a license, unlawful use of a two-way radio, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Details of the case were not immediately available from the Orlando Police Department, though investigators believe he was selling Lorcet and Vicodin - brand names of hydrocodone -- that had been prescribed to him. According to his website, he served as a military policeman in the U.S. Army for three years in the late 1970s, and was classified as disabled in 1980.

In his campaign platform, Harris said: "Prescription drugs have replaced cocaine and other illicit substances as the leading cause of drug abuse deaths in Florida, a new study says. Despite this, the state has no prescription drug monitoring program, and the authors of the study say Florida must do more to curb the abuse of legal medication ... The report makes it clear that lax oversight is allowing Florida's legal drug abuse problem to grow out of control."

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[ardenlincoln]

He was putting it n his tea!

[Ancient Roman]

"Cui Bono"
Cui bono ("To whose benefit?", literally "as a benefit to whom?", is an ancient Latin adage that is used either to suggest a hidden motive or to indicate that the party responsible for something may not be who it appears at first to be.

Commonly the phrase is used to suggest that the person or people guilty of committing a crime may be found among those who have something to gain, chiefly with an eye toward an unlawful financial or political purpose.

By Cicero

[skatoolaki]

Omg, hilarious. What an 'effin hypocrite!!!

[urfree2speak]

Whoop...whoop...he could goooo all the Waaaaay!

[LRemy]

Can't make this stuff up

[Shwazy]

You aren't supposed to snort the tea bags.

Might I suggest something less absurd, like, I dunno, not doing the very things you are most critical of other people for doing?

I know, I know, its a radical take on things.

[heather65]

:)

[DimBulb2]

Its an illness and should be treated as such

or does that only work if your name is rooooosh

[Mondayboy]

He looks like Clarence Thomas' long lost brother.

[karlo5]

Has anyone ever met a repug who wasn't a phoney?

[Maezeppa]

Pathetic.

[ObamAtomic]

Too much Tea!
He remind of Rush,criticized citizens and he was doing the same,Hypocrite.

[Adeyemo]

I am sure that Rush Limbaugh is one of his clients.

[Stretchumall]

Typical Politician; Create a problem and then proclaim the ability to stop it.

[DredLockRasta]

typical rethug, and they come in all shapes sizes and colors.

[King Keith]

Amen!