Comments on: What happens when you take down the big guys?

By: DdC

DdC — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:51:14 +0000

Tobacco Underground
The illicit trafficking of tobacco is a multibillion-dollar business today, fueling organized crime and corruption, robbing governments of needed tax money, and spurring addiction to a deadly product. Drawn by profits rivaling those of narcotics, smugglers move cigarettes by the billion, making tobacco the world’s most widely smuggled legal substance.

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By: Servetus

Servetus — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:24:30 +0000

What happens when you take down the big guys? Good analogy: shoveling seawater.

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By: steve

steve — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:58:28 +0000

Make that
mp3 of the relevant segment.

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By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:52:50 +0000

Anybody see the News Hour on PBS tonight? The last segment will have been of interest. I thought they did a pretty good job. The police chief they had on last seemed to me to have been tacked on as an afterthought to read the party line.

The whole episode video
or
mp3 of the relevant segment.

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By: DdC

DdC — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:52:10 +0000

Cops, Rehabs and Prisons Maintaining Dysfunction for Profit.

Justices Weigh Rules on Recovering Seized Assets By Jess Bravin
CN Source: Wall Street Journal October 14, 2009 Washington, D.C. Every year, police agencies seize more than $1 billion of cars, cash and other goods linked to drug crimes. The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on how hard it should be for owners to try to recover that property.

Who’s Behind Pot Prohibition? The Answer Is Obvious
Law enforcement organizations remain the primary force working against sensible marijuana law reform.

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By: R.O.E.

R.O.E. — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:30:30 +0000

All hypocrsy and corruption. What a wonderful government we have. And they say we are the good guys.PHH

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By: DdC

DdC — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:44:13 +0000

What happens when you take down the soap guys?

Dr. Bronner among those arrested for planting hemp at DEA HQ
By: Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator October 13th, 2009

Bronner buys the hemp used in his soaps from Canadian farmers. He was arrested outside the DEA museum, which shares space with the headquarters.

“Our kids are going to come to this museum and say, ‘My God. Your generation was crazy. What the hell is wrong with you people?’” he said as Arlington County Police handcuffed him and walked him to a waiting car.

Best soap in the world.

Cannabis May Fight Auto-Immune Diseases
Medical marijuana is being used to combat several diseases including AIDS Wasting Syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis.

Anti-Marijuana Ad (satire) U2b

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By: Mike R

Mike R — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:20:23 +0000

Officials in the US know all to well what real story is behind prohibition. The bottom line is that they all profit from it in some way or another, so they will do the best they can to make sure the WoD lasts as long as possible.

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By: claygooding

claygooding — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:10:04 +0000

Since the learning curve of our elected officials looks like the horizon,this article won’t even phase them. They are too busy trying to reform health care without disturbing profits too the pharmaceutical cartel in our own country too worry about anyone being harmed in some other country. They don’t seem too realize their actions to continue the prohibition will just continue the violence
and any “big” capo’s they remove will be replaced before their cell door closes behind them in their local jail.

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