News DEA-Backed Honduran Commandos Put Gun to Honduran Boy's Head....
05-23-2012
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Reason magazine
Villagers say the drug bust that left four passengers of a riverboat dead after helicopters mistakenly fired on civilians continued into the predawn hours when commandos, including some they think were Americans, raided their town.
One chopper lan
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News Colombia Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Spreads to the DEA
05-21-2012
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ABC News (video)
A month after the Secret Service was rocked by allegations that agents brought prostitutes to a Colombia hotel where they were preparing for a visit by President Obama, the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that at least three of its ag
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News WATCH: Penn Jillette Goes On Epic Obama Weed Tirade
05-21-2012
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FOX News (video)
"Now, he has not left this to states' rights," Jillette posited. "As you know, medical marijuana... you can get in California, and the feds are coming in to try to stop this. States' rights don't mean jack sh*t to the Obama administration on anything
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News A Report From Obama’s “Humane” Drug War: “My son screamed for his mother"
05-21-2012
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Reason magazine
At 5:30 a.m. on May 10, armed men broke into the bedroom of Kirk Kyle Farrar’s 12 year-old daughter and shook her awake. The men led her downstairs at gunpoint and forced her to lie on the floor next to her mother and father, with her hands behind he
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News Under Asset Forfeiture Law, Wisconsin Cops Steal Families' Bail Money
05-21-2012
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Huffington Post
When the Brown County, Wis., Drug Task Force arrested her son Joel last February, Beverly Greer started piecing together his bail.
She used part of her disability payment and her tax return. Joel Greer's wife also chipped in, as did his brother an
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News Hondurans Attack Government Buildings, Demand US Leave
05-18-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
American security forces are "persona non grata," say angry Honduran activists
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News Pro-pot attorney general candidate wins Oregon primary
05-16-2012
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www.rawstory.com
Former state judge Ellen Rosenblum’s win basically ensures she will become the state’s first female attorney general in November, as Republicans have not fielded an official candidate.
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News Police in Minnesota Experiment on Citizens With Drugs Then Drop Them off at Occupy Minnesota
05-15-2012
Police in Minnesota are picking people up and giving them drugs as part of a DRE program. After getting them high, the cops drop them off near Occupy Minnesota. This is raw footage of various exchanges between officers and participants in the experim
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News Mexico violence: Monterrey police find 49 bodies
05-14-2012
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http://www.bbc.co.uk,
Forty-nine mutilated bodies have been found dumped by a roadside near the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico.
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News The Real Breaking Bad: How the Drug War Creates Collateral Damage
05-09-2012
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Reason TV
In 2007 the DEA reclassified iodine as a controlled substance and named Polar Pure in particular as a product that was of concern to the DEA. The DEA told Wallace and Ottenberg, they could continue to operate their business but they would have to pay
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News Top Republican Calls for Stepped-Up Interventionism in Latin America
05-09-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Bogeymen like Iran and drug cartels are the pretext, while maintaining hegemony is the goal
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News Bronx DA Opens Investigation After Video Contradicts Officers’ Account Of Beating
05-08-2012
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Jonathan Turley
The Bronx District Attorney has opened an investigation into the actions and statements of Bronx police officers after a video surfaced that contradicts their statements as to the actions of 19-year-old Jateik Reed, who was beaten in the course of an
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News Lessons of Iraq Help U.S. Fight a Drug War in Honduras
05-06-2012
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New York Times
The United States military has brought lessons from the past decade of conflict to the drug war being fought in the wilderness of Miskito Indian country, constructing this remote base camp with little public notice but with the support of the Hondura
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News The Everyday Evil of America's Torture State
05-04-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
After Daniel Chong was arrested in a federal drug raid, he wasn’t taken to Gitmo. Instead, the Feds thoughtfully arranged to bring Gitmo to him, nearly torturing him to death in the process.
Chong, a senior at the University of California-San Dieg
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News Student forgotten in cell by DEA files $20 million torture lawsuit
05-03-2012
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Rawstory
Daniel Chong, the 23-year-old student at UC San Diego who was left in a Drug Enforcement Agency holding cell for 5 days without food or water, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the agency. “The deprivation of food and water for four and one-hal
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News Student abandoned in DEA holding cell drank own urine to survive
05-02-2012
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Rawstory
Daniel Chong, a 24-year old student at UC San Diego, was taken into custody during a drug raid and abandoned in a holding cell for 5 days without food or water. “They never came back, ignored all my cries and I still don’t know what happened,” he sai
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News Heckuva Job, DEA
05-01-2012
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The Agitator
A man taken into custody during a drug raid was left in a holding cell for 5 days, possibly without food or water. The DEA says the suspect was accidentally left in one of the cells. During that time, he somehow gained access to methamphetamine.
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News Dutch judge upholds ban on shops selling pot to tourists
04-27-2012
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http://www.ctv.ca, The Associated Press
Long famous for "coffee shops" where joints and cappuchinos share the menu, the Netherlands' famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke.
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News The 5 Dumbest Things the Obama Administration Has Said About Mexico's Drug War
04-20-2012
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http://reason.com, Mike Riggs
How the Obama administration talks to its neighbors about drugs.
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News UC Boulder loses some buds: School to shut down over pro-pot rally
04-18-2012
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http://rt.com
The University of Colorado will be on lockdown this Friday, complete with campus police conducting checkpoints and demanding proper ID from everyone in sight.
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News CU Hopes To Snuff Out 4/20 Pot Event
04-17-2012
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CBS News
The University of Colorado in Boulder hopes sealing off the campus will help it snuff out the popular pot smoking event called 4/20.
Last April 20 approximately 10,000 people attended the annual smoke fest.
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News High court to hear arguments on crack law
04-17-2012
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http://www.upi.com,
The U.S. Supreme Court was to hear arguments Tuesday on whether a law reducing sentences for crack cocaine covers those awaiting sentencing when it was passed.
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News US allies call for drug legalisation
04-16-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com, Chris Arsenault
Conservatives in Guatemala and Colombia are pushing for a new approach to the drug war at the Summit of the Americas.
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News Obama: ‘I don’t mind debate’ but no to legalizing drugs
04-15-2012
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Rawstory
President Obama continued his opposition towards legalizing drugs, including marijuana, this weekend ahead of the Summit of Americans in Colombia.
In an interview with Univision’s Enrique Acevedo for Al Punto, Obama said that although he was open t
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News Latin American Leaders to Question U.S. Drug Policy at Summit
04-12-2012
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http://online.wsj.com, By DARCY CROWE
A subtle revolt against U.S. antidrug policy is spreading within the top echelons of Latin American governments and promises to be on display this weekend at a hemispheric gathering at which U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with the rest of the
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Headlines: Latin American Leaders to Question U.S. Drug Policy at Summit -- Obama: ‘I don’t mind debate’ but no to legalizing drugs -- US allies call for drug legalisation -- High court to hear arguments on crack law -- CU Hopes To Snuff Out 4/20 Pot Event -- UC Boulder loses some buds: School to shut down over pro-pot rally -- The 5 Dumbest Things the Obama Administration Has Said About Mexico's Drug War -- Drugs, Cuba dominated summit -- Dutch judge upholds ban on shops selling pot to tourists
-- Born Into Cellblocks -- Heckuva Job, DEA -- Student abandoned in DEA holding cell drank own urine to survive -- Student forgotten in cell by DEA files $20 million torture lawsuit -- The Everyday Evil of America's Torture State -- Lessons of Iraq Help U.S. Fight a Drug War in Honduras -- Bronx DA Opens Investigation After Video Contradicts Officers’ Account Of Beating -- Top Republican Calls for Stepped-Up Interventionism in Latin America -- The Real Breaking Bad: How the Drug War Creates Collateral Damage -- Mexico violence: Monterrey police find 49 bodies -- Police in Minnesota Experiment on Citizens With Drugs Then Drop Them off at Occupy Minnesota -- Pro-pot attorney general candidate wins Oregon primary -- Hondurans Attack Government Buildings, Demand US Leave
-- Under Asset Forfeiture Law, Wisconsin Cops Steal Families' Bail Money -- A Report From Obama’s “Humane” Drug War: “My son screamed for his mother" -- WATCH: Penn Jillette Goes On Epic Obama Weed Tirade -- Colombia Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Spreads to the DEA -- DEA-Backed Honduran Commandos Put Gun to Honduran Boy's Head.... --
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