Government reports say the Obama administration is unable to show that billions of dollars spent in the anti-drug efforts in Latin America have made a significant difference.
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Ernest Hancock
Sovereign Curtis - Porcfest 2011 / Ray Stern - The Feds Have Evidence That Joe Arpaio Broke the Law -- When Will The Indictments Come?
Bitcoin is a new digital currency traded over p2p connections that is essentially untraceable and not connected to any bank. This has made it a favorite of the tech-literate crowd, but 2 US Senators are looking to crackdown on Bitcoin after
Arpaio, however, got a little chippy when we asked Yahner if he feels comfortable working so closely with the MCSO, ya know, considering a deputy and two detention officers recently were arrested for -- among other things -- providing information abo
A 10-minute drive away from the Alamo, small teams on the factory floor of Texas Armoring Corporation work deliberately, turning everyday civilian vehicles into armored workhorses for the world's governments and business executives.
Details are unraveling about a Thursday afternoon shooting in central Phoenix where one man was killed over a medical marijuana deal gone bad. Investigators have determined a Hispanic male, 30, was issued an Arizona Medical Marijuana Identificatio
If it looks like Obama is doing his best to turn Mexico into a military dictatorship, it's because he is. Plan Mexico is a sham that conceals the administration's real motives, which is to make sure that the lavish profits from the drug trade end up.
This will become national news over this weekend, so you will hear all about it. The central question is this: does a legally-compliant medical marijuana grower have a right to self-defense?
Campaign headed by actors, academics and lawyers says current drugs laws stigmatise people and damage communities
Governments should decriminalise drug use, according to high profile panel, including Kofi Annan and Richard Branson
And its all made possible by Bitcoin. Woe be to Bitcoin as the wrath of government descends upon Bitcoin.
"State health Director Will Humble was putting the finishing touches Tuesday on the letter he will give to prospective medical-marijuana dispensary owners when he declines their applications.
The Global Commission on Drug Policy report calls for the legalisation of some drugs and an end to the criminalisation of drug users.
“It’s the right thing for taxpayers,” Scott said after signing the measure. “It’s the right thing for citizens of this state that need public assistance. We don’t want to waste tax dollars. And also, we want to give people an incentive to not use dru
The siren sounded for less than ten seconds; just a few seconds later, the order to "breach" the door was given because, as on-scene commander Deputy Bob Krygier later explained, nobody inside the house had "submitted to our authority."
On May 5 at around 9:30 a.m., several teams of Pima County, Ariz., police officers from at least four different police agencies armed with SWAT gear and an armored personnel carrier raided at least four homes
Arizona will ask a federal court today to clarify whether its voter-approved medical-marijuana law conflicts with federal drug statutes, launching what probably will be a lengthy legal battle that could cripple the state's fledging industry...
Yan Ebyam's huge medical marijuana growing operation brought fame — and trouble
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Ernest Hancock
John Gibler - Immigration: "U.S. Drug Demand Destabilizes Mexico" - Author: "To Die In Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War" / Mish Shedlock - China & U.S. Debt - World Economy
Benjamin Felix is alleged by the government to be a Mexican drug kingpin. He's somebody the government really wants to convict. Felix, disinclined to be convicted, retains a lawyer on his behalf. That means the government really wants his lawyer of
Note that even if you buy into this crap—that the drug war is worth fighting, and that asset forfeiture is an essential part of fighting it—the cops are letting the drugs go in order to pursue the cash. And that’s not just in Tennessee.
While the White House pays the Mexican state and army to kill Mexicans suspected of drug trafficking, the US Justice Department belatedly slaps a relatively small fine on the major US financial accomplice to the murderous drug trade...
Although Arizona's medical-marijuana program mostly will be run by the state Health Department in cooperation with cities and towns, Maricopa County officials plan to opt out in reaction to mounting federal pressure on states that have legalized...
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Ernest Hancock
Leigh Maddox retired a Captain from the Maryland State Police in 2007. She participated in the war on drugs from many angles. - Special Assistant State's Attorney and Retired State Police Captain
Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University exist due to programs provided by the federal government and will continue to be "under the jurisdiction thereof," said the director of public affairs for the Arizona
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Ernest Hancock
Leigh Maddox retired a Captain from the Maryland State Police in 2007. She participated in the war on drugs from many angles. - Special Assistant State's Attorney and Retired State Police Captain
In a case decided yesterday, Kentucky v. King, the US Supreme Court has ruled that cops who smell marijuana coming from your home can break down your door and arrest you, just as long as they knock first and claim to have heard you destroying evidenc
Like so many others, Alma Trinidad thought that if you turned up dead, your body destroyed by gunfire and left on the street for the cameras, then surely you were up to no good.
Host:
Ernest Hancock
John Gibler - Immigration: "U.S. Drug Demand Destabilizes Mexico" - Author: "To Die In Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War" / Mish Shedlock - China & U.S. Debt - World Economy
June 2009 - Before dawn on Friday, June 5, an estimated 650 Peruvian National Police and Special Forces officers attacked several thousand Awajun and Wambis indigenous people at their roadside blockade on the Fernando Belaunde Terry highway.
