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Via PoliBlog, comes this unbelievable quote in the Miami Herald: ”Our belief is that if we could eradicate all coca, we could eradicate all cocaine, because it is the basic ingredient for cocaine,” said Christy McCampbell, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for international narcotics and law enforcement. That’s your “belief?” No. That’s a [...] tonight — I expect that this will be a bit of a hit piece on how the California med-mar distribution has evolved. I’m interested to see how balanced it is (and how much recreational marijuana is demonized by both sides). I’ll be in rehearsal, so if you see it, let us know in comments. [...] It’s bad enough when government agencies are all lobbying for a chunk of drug war cash. But when you get private companies into the act as well, then the entire power structure has a financial stake in continuing and escalating the destruction. Lucrative private players have been heavily in the mix for years, from [...] I bring this up from time to time… partly in the hopes of provoking a response. No particular bit of news that set this one off — I just happened to be looking up something at the Black Congressional Caucus website. Given that blacks are disproportionately impacted by the drug war and that the [...] Link MEXICO CITY Ö A government-run human rights commission accused soldiers of rape and torture today and recommended the army be pulled out of Mexico’s nationwide drug war. What’s a little rape and torture? After all, isn’t it worth some raping and torture if it means that the Mexican government is able to make [...] A follow-up to yesterday’s post — A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller has confirmed that he will not seek re-election. The United States Government Accountability Office has prepared a report U.S. Assistance Has Helped Mexican Counternarcotics Efforts, but Tons of Illicit Drugs Continue to Flow into the United States It starts out by assessing the realities: According to the U.S. interagency counternarcotics community, hundreds of tons of illicit drugs flow from Mexico into the [...] “bullet” I was planning on writing about New Zealand drug warrior Jaqui Dean, who was completely taken in by the Dihydrogen Monoxide joke and moved to ban water, but Steve R at Transform is all over it. Just go there and read (complete with copies of letters). “bullet” Read about LEAP’s Howard Woolridge’s short [...] Incredible news. TALLAHASSEE — Richard Paey, a victim in the war on drugs, was granted a full, immediate and unexpected pardon by Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet Thursday morning, allowing him to get out of prison and be reunited with his family later in the day. [...] ”This is not a pleasant case,” [...] |
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