Ron Paul: CIA Using The Drug War To Fund Covert Ops
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by AllegoryRon Paul: CIA Using The Drug War To Fund Covert Ops
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Drug War
DEA Seizes Kentucky's Hemp Seeds Despite Congressional Legalization
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by Diamond DogThe Drug Enforcement Administration has seized a batch of seeds that were intended to be part of the launch of Kentucky's legal hemp industry following congressional legalization of the crop for research purposes.
House GOP Passes Bill To Force Obama To Crack Down On Legal Weed
• Libertycrier.comArizona Reps Salmon, Schweikert, and Franks voting AYE, Gosar not voting; and all AZ Dems vote NO...
Marijuana export could pay off Hawaii’s debts, lawmaker says
• .Cabanilla hopes to legalize cultivation, manufacturing and exporting of marijuana and marijuana food products in Hawaii to pay off the state’s billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities as well as make infrastructure repairs and fund public educatio
St. Louis a DUI No Refusal Zone – Driver Blood Tests Required Starting on New Year's Eve
• .City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce is establishing a DUI “no refusal zone” inside the city limits of St. Louis. Starting today, drivers may face a blood test without consent if they are suspected of driving under the influence.
Smoke A Joint, Lose Your Kids
• by Radley Balko (Huffington Post)You'd think that in the age of medical pot, legal pot in Colorado and Washington, and a majority of Americans in favor of legalizing the drug, we'd at least have ended the 1980s practice of snatching kids from pot-smoking parents. You'd be wrong.
War on illegal drugs failing, medical researchers warn
• BBC NewsIllegal drugs are now cheaper and purer globally than at any time over the last 20 years, a report has warned. The International Centre for Science in Drug Policy said its report suggested the war on drugs had failed.
Ariz. ruling orders return of medical marijuana
• Huffingtonpost.comAn Arizona appellate court has ruled that the Yuma County sheriff must return marijuana that was seized from a woman with a California medical marijuana authorization honored by Arizona. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Ariz-rul
Los Angeles City Council repeals ban on pot shops
• Los Angeles TimesBut council opponents of dispensaries said they would try to find other ways to shut down marijuana shops by using laws that are already on the books. Councilman Englander called on the city to prosecute medical marijuana businesses for violating
Armed Alabama Agents Confiscate Home Brewing Supplies
• .Kraig has received all the necessary permits to open except one – the liquor license from the Alabama Beverage Commission. Kraig applied for this license, included floor plan for home brewing supplies. Home brewing is illegal in Alabama, but
Why Gary Johnson Won't Shut Up About Marijuana
• http://www.theatlantic.com,Catching up with Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson, who's made marijuana legalization a centerpiece of his 2012 presidential campaign
The Failed War on Drugs: An Infographic
• http://www.dailypaul.com, P.Au.LCourtesy the Online Criminal Justice Degree Project
Narco dollars for Beginners: How the Money Works in the Illicit Drug Trade
• http://www.dailypaul.com, KingWmReading an article here on the DP about real estate by Catherine Austin Fitts, I found a link in the comments section at the site of the original article which lead me to this article on illicit drug money.
A Review of ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious and Related Matters
Office of the Inspector General, DOJFull report online for Operation Fast & Furious. Now a subject of Congressional Investigation
Entered By: Leon Felkins
Cops leave 'house in shambles' after a drug raid gone wrong with no arrests
Angel ClarkA family is still trying to figure out what happened after a package was delivered on Friday and 10 minutes later drug raiders broke in the door.
Nita Ghei’s Column On BATFE’s New Asset Forfeiture Authority
• The AgitatorIn practice, expanding BATFE authority to seize and administratively forfeit for controlled substance offenses is granting BATFE authority to use fill-in-the-blank catch-alls for seizures and forfeitures.
Cocaine-hub Peru emerges as massive U.S. dollar counterfeiting capital
• RawStory.comPeru, one of Latin America’s fast-growing economies and a hub of the global cocaine trade, has emerged as a producer of counterfeit US dollars being used both abroad and at home.
Medical Marijuana Laws Make Your Head Spin?
• Marc J. VictorAre you so confused by Arizona’s Medical Marijuana law that is makes your head spin? The disparity between State and Federal law is enough to make anyone pause. And what you don’t know can easily spell trouble.
The CFR, the CIA, and the Banks
• Lew Rockwell blogWhile most conservatives were opposed to the Wall Street bank bailouts under Bush and Obama, they haven’t a clue that protection of the CFR oligarchs' bankocracy has always been paramount. It has its deepest roots in the origins the CIA:
Two killed in Brazil slum drug sweep
• AFP2 people were killed during a counter-narcotics operation by an elite police in a Brazilian slum, angering residents who blocked a main road into the city. The mayor’s central operations office in Rio de Janeiro reported that Brasil Avenue, which run
Legalize Marijuana...so sorry, Treaty Law trumps State Law
• The AgitatorAlternet.org has a very thoughtful article by three members of the New York City Bar Association’s Drugs and the Law Committee on the way international treaties impact efforts to legalize marijuana in the U.S.
Thousands of pot fans rally at Seattle festival
• APOthers say the measure doesn't go far enough because it wouldn't allow people to grow their own pot for recreational use, although medical patients still could; it doesn't contemplate the industrial growing of hemp; and it would not allow recreationa
(Trailer) Make $$$ Selling Drugs Documentary Staring 50 Cent & Eminem
• youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)Eminem and 50 Cent are among the people featured in an upcoming documentary entitled "How To Make Money Selling Drugs," which will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on September 6th. Freeway Rick Ross is also featured in the clip.
At DEA, We Made the Drug Problem Worse, Not Better
• The AgitatorThe war on drugs has failed. Its failure has been so categorical and self-evident that the statement itself is bromidic. By any reasonable metric of success—addiction rates, violence, the availability of drugs in our schools—
$15 million up in smoke: Peruvian police burn record 50 tons of marijuana (PHOTOS)
• http://www.rt.comOver 200,000 marijuana plants have been destroyed in two regions of Peru.
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U.S. cracks down on "world's largest" medical marijuana dispensary
• ReutersFederal prosecutors have filed civil forfeiture actions against an Oakland medical marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the world's largest, as part of a crackdown by U.S. authorities on California's massive cannabis trade. The lawsuits, file
DEA agent fatally shoots drug suspect in Honduras
• AFPOne of the two pilots was injured in the crash and arrested, the other “ignored orders to surrender and was shot after making a threatening gesture.” The US embassy in Tegucigalpa admitted one of those agents had shot the pilot.
Roll-your-own cigarette operations to be snuffed out
• Las Vegas Review-JournalA tiny amendment buried in the federal transportation bill to be signed today by President Barack Obama will put operators of roll-your-own cigarette operations in Las Vegas and nationwide out of business at midnight.
Global report: Decriminalization does not increase rates of drug use
• http://www.rawstory.com, By David FergusonA new report by the U.K.’s “national centre of expertise on drugs and drug laws” says that drug decriminalization does not lead to an increase of drug use.
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