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Cracking down on float trip partying

May 20, 2007 |

Beers bongs are just for Party Cove anymore.  The Post-Dispatch reports a surprising statistic - land-locked Missouri leads the nation in maritime drug arrests.  Much of that is due to reputation that Ozark rivers have earned as a floating Mardi Gras for fratboys and rednecks from throughout the Midwest and Mid-South.

Officials admit that they situation is largly their fault becaue so little has been done to enforce laws over the last decade. So this year the state and the Feds are cracking down on public intoxication, drugs, nudity, and general shenanigans.


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3 Comments so far

  1. Kyle on May 22, 2007 10:21 pm

    Wow….this article scares me. Float trips every summer are a place where me and my college buddies can get together and have some fun, but six beers each? I had that for breakfast this morning.

  2. David on June 11, 2007 11:58 pm

    How many personal freedoms did you lose today?

    If I’m publicly intoxicated arrest me, but if I’m not I should be able to float with a keg down the river if I so choose.

  3. Let freedom ring. on January 28, 2008 3:02 pm

    What is happening to our freedom. it seems that we are becoming a communist country, something has to be done it has to end somewhere.if we are not hurting anyone why must we have such strict requirements. I mean really we are paying these people with our tax dollars and there using it the wrong way.

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