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Category Archives: Organized Crime
The Drug War Fails Again – Coca Production in Columbia Sky Rockets
“Yet again the drug war has fallen flat on it’s ugly face. More specifically – Plan Columbia has gone and shit the bed.
Today the UN revealed that Columbian coca production increased 27% in 2007. 27 percent! That works out to 382 square miles of coca p…”
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Ex-Latin American Political Leaders Urge an End to Marijuana (and drug) Prohibition
“I know, I don’t post for months and then twice in one night.
I just couldn’t pass this one up – ex leaders of Mexico, Brazil and Columbia asked for an end to marijuana prohibition at the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy meeting in B…”
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Vancouver Gang Violence is Caused by Drug Prohibition – Not Drugs!
“The problem at the heart of Vancouver’s escalating gang violence (ie: dudes getting shot in the head while sitting in their trucks at the mall, while at the gym, while driving around kits, etc, etc) is drug prohibition. Not drugs.
And that’s an import…”
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BC Cops on a Prohibition Fueled Grow-Op Rampage!
The cops in BC have been busy making sure that a few organized crime groups aren’t making any profit from pot – for the next month or two max! After all, these gangsters grow pot! Pot grows fast and commands a high price. And this is Canada – the product is in high demand!
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US to Send Mexico 1.6 Billion to Prop Up the War on Drugs
“Doesn’t the drug war generate the best headlines in the universe?
Every news director in the world salivates at the opportunity to lead with a story full of drug trade violence, politicians and organized crime. TIME showed us that today with their sto…”
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The Drug War Finances Terrorism – End Prohibition!
Don’t be fooled by elected officials who they tell you that we need to fight the war on drugs because terrorists use drug profits to finance terrorism. They’re being intentionally misleading by saying that and they’re more interested in keeping the war o…
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Barney Frank Introduces Common Sense Bill to Decriminalize Responsible Marijuana Use
“I love Barney Frank. And not because he’s some super amazing guy (although he is). I love the man because he has common sense – and unlike most politicians – he uses it in Congress!
Today Barney Frank introduced legislation that would end the unethic…”
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Tons of Heroin Captured in Pakistan – Even More Makes it Through Untouched
A US report (The 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report to Congress) released on 2/29/08 reported that in 2007 Pakistan successfully seized 11 metric tonnes of Heroin and 15 metric tonnes of opium coming out of Afghanistan. How did they acc…
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Surrey Meth Lab Trash – Big News Story – No Mention of Root Cause
So tonight on the news, the tv station dedicates the first ten minutes to one fuckin’ story. The “story” was a tragic tale of evil meth lab chemicals being maliciously dumped in some bushes in South Surrey, B.C.”
I had to sit through 10 minutes of pro… Continue reading
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