View Larger Map Tooele County, Utah is a large, rural county 30 minutes west of Salt Lake City, with a couple small towns (Grantsville, Tooele), some mountains, salt flats, and one large, busy, east-west Highway (I-80). Like many places around the state and country, the local law enforcement folks in …
Utah lawmakers have a proud tradition of writing their drug laws with an 8-inch paint-brush. Utah’s Paraphernalia Act, for instance, is so broad that it would probably be easier to define what isn’t illegal. (read more about it here). Similarly, Utah’s “Drug Free” Zones cover so much territory that they …
When I was growing up, people my parents’ age used to say “Don’t make a federal case out of it” as a way of saying “Don’t make this into a big deal when it isn’t.” As in, “Dad, Joey is using my football!” “Don’t make a federal case out of …
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