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“During the investigation, Wallace said, police learned that buyers would pull up to the drive-thru speaker and ask if ‘nasty boy’ was working. Wallace said ‘nasty boy’ referred to Norris. If he was there, Wallace said, they would order their meal and ask for ‘fries extra crispy,’ which was the code for a marijuana sale.” Cops in New Hampshire busted up a pot-selling plot being operated in a Burger King drive-thru. (If you’re going to get high and eat fast food, it’s probably worth getting the exercise it takes to get out of the car and order at the counter.)

+ Here’s a question for teenagers (or at least their parents): What Would Happen If You Never Took Your Earbuds Out?

+ Roxane Gay has pulled her book from Simon & Schuster to protest the publisher’s decision to do a book deal with Milo Yiannopoulos.

+ This weekend, I’ll be talking about the future of journalism (it will be less depressing than it sounds) at the World’s Fair Nano in SF. If you’re interested, NextDraft readers get a ten percent discount using the code NEXTDRAFT10.

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