Drug War Chronicle

La prohibición federal de las drogas de EE.UU. empezó con a Ley Harrison sobre los Estupefacientes [<em>Harrison Narcotics Act</em>] en 1914 – hace cerca de un siglo. Con todo, el año pasado el Talibán logró ganar cien millones de dólares con el tráfico de opio y no hay ni una sola escuela libre de drogas en EE.UU. ¿Cuándo será que se va a terminar el experimento fracasado y no muy noble para que podamos empezar a limpiar el lío que nos ha dejado?

An Ohio jailer, a Connecticut cop, and a pair of Florida deputies get busted, a Louisiana cop goes on trial, a Texas constable cops a plea, and so does a Texas US Border Patrol Agent.

The US and European Union are threatening to stop helping Iran fight to stem the tide of Afghan opium and heroin -- heroin destined not only for the Islamic republics but also for the veins of users in places like Berlin and London. It's part of the high-wire pressure act aimed at stopping Iran's nuclear program.

Coca grower unions in Bolivia's Chapare region have told USAID to get lost. They'll seek assistance from Venezuela's Hugo Chávez instead, they said.

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