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LEAP speakers, Russ Jones and John Delaney, provide unique insights into the the Drug War, ranging from the highly personal to the professional.
Posts Tagged ‘#warondrugs’
A former DEA agent and a former Judge slam the War on Drugs
Posted: March 16, 2012 in Capitalism, OurTube, Politics, The People's History, War on DrugsTags: #LEAP, #Prohibition, #warondrugs, Drug Policy, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
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How Legal Pot Could Save Thousands of Lives? Hint: Stop Feeding the Mexican Death Cartels
Posted: January 15, 2012 in International, Socio, War on DrugsTags: #Cannabis, #mmot, #p2, #warondrugs
As the marathon to legalize marijuana plows forward, a key to winning over many of the leftover prohibitionists might lie within two questions: exactly how significant is the illicit pot trade in the violence south of the border, and what are the long-term implications for Americans as a result of Mexico’s indefinite narco war? Being a former federal agent who has worked on the border and enforced the U.S.’s drug laws, I know that neither of these can be answered with exact precision, but one can hope that illustrating the obvious will at least get us closer to the finish line.
As for the first question, the vastness of the southern border makes it impossible to determine the absolute value of marijuana to the drug cartels, or Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO’s) for the trendy types. Most smuggled goods breeze by U.S. law enforcement undetected, with authorities most likely snagging just 15 percent of the incoming dope on their best days.
GNN Report: CIA and Drugs
Posted: January 14, 2012 in Intelligence, The People's History, War on DrugsTags: #CIA, #cocaine, #dsot, #mmot, #p2, #warondrugs
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Michael Pollan : Cannabis Forgetting and the Botany of Desire
Posted: January 14, 2012 in Socio, The People's History, War on DrugsTags: #Botany, #Cannabis, #Gardening, #mmot, #p2, #warondrugs, Michael Pollan
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Contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and the author of The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World, Michael Pollan delivers this Avenali Lecture on the stories of four familiar plant species: the apple, the tulip, the potato, and cannabis. [1/2003]
Opium Trade Booming In Afghanistan
Posted: January 13, 2012 in International, War on DrugsTags: #agriculture, #mmot, #opium, #warondrugs, Afghanistan
January 13, 2012 BBC News
Prosecutor and Superintendent of Corrections on the absolute failure of drug war
Posted: January 13, 2012 in Politics, Socio, The People's History, War on DrugsTags: #Cannabis, #LEAP, #Legalization, #mmot, #Prohibition, #warondrugs
Former Cook County, Assistant State’s Attorney James Gierach and current Superintendent of Corrections, Cheshire County, NH, Richard Van Wickler, have a brief chat about how drug prohibition actually plays into the hands of cartels and street gangs and does nothing to protect our children.
Feds Laundering Money For Drug Cartels
Posted: January 10, 2012 in War on DrugsTags: #mmot, #warondrugs
