Monthly Archives: March 2009

It’s the United States’s Drug War – NOT MEXICO’S

“It’s disgusting for the news networks to report on the drug war the way they have lately – calling it “”Mexico’s Drug War”".

Like somehow Mexico caused this? Mexico wanted its communities to be nothing more than drug routes into the US?

Is that what…”
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Police are Broke, Gangs are Rich, Thanks Drug War!

The VPD has blown through half of its annual budget for investigating crimes in the first 2 and a half months of the year. Half of its annual budget. At this burn rate they’re one month away from having no money in their budget for investigating the ongo…
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The Economist Agrees – Drug Prohibition is a Global Disaster

“The Economist magazine has pulled together an excellent read for people who have a vested interest in ending the war on drugs. ie: “”EVERYONE”"

Some of the highlights that I loved to see in this widely read magazine:

…addiction can also infli…”
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Amsterdam Closing Cannabis Coffee Shops

Tell me it isn’t so! Amsterdam is planning to shut down 20% of its coffee shops, including The Bulldog.
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