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Narco
News:
Mexican
Federal
Police
Chief
Calls
for
Legalization,
Bush
Adds
Another
Half
Billion
to
Colombia
Fire
3/16/01
Other important news this week brought
to our attention by Al Giordano and Narco News:
Miguel Angel de la Torre, Director of Technical
Support for the Federal Preventive Police, told the Notimex News Agency
in Mexico City that he supports legalization of all drugs as "the only
possible solution... to combat narco-trafficking." De la Torre told
Notimex "corrupting power that the narco [traffic] generates is tremendous
and in the consumer arena of money it is more important than the moral
principles that the drug laws instill."
http://www.narconews.com/pfp1.html
President Bush has budgeted another $550
million to Plan Colombia, plans to "regionalize" it. Plan Colombia's
new name: "The Andean Initiative."
http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/LatinAmerica/03_13_01PlanColombia.html
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Issue #177, 3/16/01
Dedication: Patrick Dorismond | Students Helping Students, HEA Update | Colombian Governors Come to Washington to Denounce Plan Colombia, DRCNet Interviews Tolima Governor Jaramillo | US District Court Overturns Mandatory Drug Tests in Texas School, Lockney Policy Was Nation's Broadest | Drug Reform Battle Heats Up in New York: Pataki Package Would Increase Marijuana Penalties, Democrats Offer Alternative Bills, Activists Don't Like Either Version | New Mexico Update: Ups and Downs for Johnson's Reform Package, State GOP in an Uproar | In Another Step on Path to Cannabis Decrim, Swiss Government Submits Proposed Law to Parliament | Hemispheric Parliamentarians Reject Debate on Drug Legalization | Uruguayan Leader Takes Legalization Views Online, Recommends Traffic | Narco News: Mexican Federal Police Chief Calls for Legalization, Bush Adds Another Half Billion to Colombia Fire | San Francisco Conference Looks at Women and the Drug War | Job Listing: Access Works! in Minneapolis | The Reformer's Calendar | Editorial: The Rule of Law
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