Man arrested for growing poppies
In an article in yesterday's paper I found an article from Alberta,in which a 63 year old man was arrested for cultivating poppy plants on his property.This is the most intrusive,cruel,unjust and out
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Bush and the Drug Czar Want You to Pay For the Mexican Drug War
President Bush and Drug Czar John Walters want Congress to give Mexico $1.4 billion of our money to waste on the drug war. Mexico can't afford a massive drug war like ours, so we're supposed to just go ahead and buy them one. It's a terrible plan.
Just listen to all the stuff the Drug Czar wants to buy for them. It's like building decades of drug war infrastructure overnight. The very fact that you need all this stuff ought to provide a clue that drug prohibition is a raging disaster of an idea:
The drug cartels are already funded by U.S. drug dollars. If we buy Mexico an entire anti-drug army to fight them, we'll be funding both sides of a brutal war in a foreign nation all because we can't come to terms with our own drug use.
The violence and chaos has to stop and it won't stop if we spend $1.4 billion to continue it. The mess in Mexico is our responsibility, but only because we've been so stupid about drugs for so long. This war can only end one way and that is to bring home the soldiers and send in the tax collectors.
Just listen to all the stuff the Drug Czar wants to buy for them. It's like building decades of drug war infrastructure overnight. The very fact that you need all this stuff ought to provide a clue that drug prohibition is a raging disaster of an idea:
*Non-intrusive inspection equipment, ion scanners, canine units for Mexican customs, for the new federal police and for the military to interdict trafficked drugs, arms, cash and persons.Of course, the fact that we're even talking about this just shows the pathetic state of affairs we've achieved after decades of drug war demolition tactics. With nothing to show for the untold billions we've already poured down the drug war drain, our tough drug generals just want more money and more time.
*Technologies to improve and secure communications systems to support collecting information as well as ensuring that vital information is accessible for criminal law enforcement.
*Technical advice and training to strengthen the institutions of justice â vetting for the new police force, case management software to track investigations through the system to trial, new offices of citizen complaints and professional responsibility, and establishing witness protection programs.
*Helicopters and surveillance aircraft to support interdiction activities and rapid operational response of law enforcement agencies in Mexico.
*Initial funding for security cooperation with Central America that responds directly to Central American leadersâ concerns over gangs, drugs, and arms articulated during July SICA meetings and the SICA Security Strategy.
*Includes equipment and assets to support counterpart security agencies inspecting and interdicting drugs, trafficked goods, people and other contraband as well as equipment, training and community action programs in Central American countries to implement anti-gang measures and expand the reach of these measures in the region.
The drug cartels are already funded by U.S. drug dollars. If we buy Mexico an entire anti-drug army to fight them, we'll be funding both sides of a brutal war in a foreign nation all because we can't come to terms with our own drug use.
The violence and chaos has to stop and it won't stop if we spend $1.4 billion to continue it. The mess in Mexico is our responsibility, but only because we've been so stupid about drugs for so long. This war can only end one way and that is to bring home the soldiers and send in the tax collectors.
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Recurso: Se puede acceder al Calendario del Reformador a través de la página web de la DRCNet
Visite nuestra página web todos los dÃas para ver una cuenta atrás de los eventos que sucederán prontamente y más.
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Recurso: La página web de la DRCNet ofrece una gran cantidad de feeds RSS a su lector
Ahora hay una nueva manera de recibir los artÃculos de la DRCNet â la <em>Crónica de la Guerra Contra las Drogas</em> y más.
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Webmasters: ¡Ayude el movimiento poniendo feeds de agregación de la DRCNet en su página web!
¡Apoye la causa poniendo enlaces de contenido de actualización automática de la <em>Crónica de la Guerra Contra las Drogas</em> y de la DRCNet en su página web!
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Estudiantes: ¡Hagan sus prácticas en la DRCNet y ayuden a detener la guerra a las drogas!
¡Postule a prácticas en la DRCNet para este otoño (o primavera) y usted puede pasar el semestre luchando por una buena causa!
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Reacción: ¿Usted lee la Crónica de la Guerra Contra las Drogas?
¿Usted lee la <em>Crónica de la Guerra Contra las Drogas</em>? Si sÃ, necesitamos saber su opinión para evaluar nuestro trabajo y defender la <em>Crónica</em> delante de los financistas. Necesitamos donaciones también.
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Semanal: Blogueando en el Bar Clandestino
âNuevo estudio: Fumadores de marihuana no son drogadictos, a ellos apenas les gusta la marihuanaâ, âAun si tenemos éxito, los luchadores antidrogas recibirán con todo el créditoâ, âSouth Park trata de la prohibición de las drogasâ, âGanándolos uno a la vezâ, âBuscando a un nuevo cocoâ, âSouthpark: 11 años denunciando las falacias de la lucha contra la drogaâ.
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Semanal: Esta semana en la historia
Los sucesos y citas de nota de los eventos de las polÃticas de drogas de esta semana de los años anteriores.
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Oriente Medio: Campaña antidroga israelà relaciona consumo de marihuana con terrorismo
John Walters, el secretario antidroga estadounidense, lo intentó hace unos cuantos años. Ahora, los israelÃes lo están imitando: Si fumas marihuana, advierte una nueva campaña, estás ayudando a los terroristas.
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Press Release: Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Final Committee -- House Floor Next
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 9, 2008
CONTACT: Neal Levine, MPP director of state campaigns, tel: 612-326-6690 ext.802
Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Final Committee
Measure Clears Last Hurdle Before House Floor
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA -- Minnesota's bill to protect seriously ill patients from arrest for using medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation cleared its final committee hurdle today, passing the House Ways and Means Committee, 13-4.
The next stop for the bill, SF 345, is the House floor. The Senate version of the bill was approved by the full Senate last year.
Preston resident Neil Haugerud, former sheriff of Fillmore County and a former state representative who suffers chronic pain from arachnoiditis (inflammation of the lining that surrounds the spinal cord), said, "I'm grateful to the committee for passing the medical marijuana bill, and I hope the full House and the governor will go ahead and make it law as soon as possible. Patients who are in pain shouldn't have to risk arrest and jail to get relief."
"Medical marijuana is a conservative issue," said Rep. Chris DeLaForest (R-Andover), a co-sponsor of the bill. "It's about the right of doctors and patients to make the best treatment decisions to relieve suffering, without interference from politicians and bureaucrats."
"I hope the House follows the Senate's lead and, for the sake of Minnesota's seriously ill patients, passes this compassionate bill quickly," said bill sponsor Rep. Tom Huntley (DFL-Duluth).
The bill's chances were recently boosted by a strong statement of support for medical marijuana from the 124,000-member American College of Physicians, the largest medical specialty society and second largest physician group in the U.S. The ACP statement is available online at http://www.acponline.org/advocacy/where_we_stand/other_issues/medmarijuana.pdf
Twelve states -- Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington -- presently allow medical use of marijuana. Medical marijuana bills are now under consideration in Illinois and New York, and an initiative is expected to appear on Michigan's November ballot.
With more than 23,000 members and 180,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP believes that the best way to minimize the harm associated with marijuana is to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol. For more information, please visit http://MarijuanaPolicy.org.
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Latinoamérica: Ecuador interpone demanda contra Colombia por fumigar cocales cerca de la frontera
El gobierno de Ecuador le ha pedido a la Corte Internacional de Justicia que le ordene a Colombia a parar de fumigar herbicidas en los cocales a menos de 10 kilómetros de la frontera diciendo que la aspersión perjudica los cultivos, el ganado y a la gente en el lado ecuatoriano. La medida sucede mientras las tensiones con Colombia siguen altas tras la estela de un ataque colombiano contra territorio ecuatoriano que dejó a 25 muertos.
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Sureste Asiático: Tailandia lanza nueva âguerra contra las drogasâ, pero promete no matar (tal vez)
Hace cinco años, una âguerra contra las drogasâ tailandesa sanguinaria dejó cerca de 2.500 muertos en las manos de policÃas y soldados. Ahora, el gobierno tailandés ha declarado una nueva âguerra contra las drogasâ, pero promete no matar... tal vez.
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Europa: Tribunal holandés deroga prohibición contra extranjeros de cafés de Mastrique
La ciudad fronteriza holandesa de Mastrique no puede prohibir que extranjeros ingresen a sus cafés, ha decidido un tribunal de distrito.
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Europa: Asesores británicos en materia de drogas dicen dejen la marihuana donde está, pero primer ministro Brown está listo para ignorarlos
De acuerdo con la BBC, la asesorÃa del gobierno británico en materia de drogas recomendará que la marihuana permanezca siendo una droga de Clase C. Pero el primer ministro Gordon Brown está haciendo muestras de que puede anularlo en una medida que harÃa retroceder las polÃticas británicas sobre la marihuana.
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Registro e incautación: Corte Suprema de Vermont sobresee condenación por marihuana fundada en vigilancia aérea sin orden
La Corte Suprema de Vermont ha sobreseÃdo una condenación por marihuana fundada en un sobrevuelo sin orden de un helicóptero militar diciendo que los dispositivos de privacidad de la constitución estadual protegen a los residentes y âel espacio aéreo por encima de sus casas y propiedadesâ.
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Policial: Las historias de policÃas corruptos de esta semana
Un policÃa pittsburgués roba el armario de pruebas y cuatro policÃas de la Región Metropolitana de Detroit son incriminados por traficar esteroides, ayudar a una pandilla de motociclistas y mentir a los federales.
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Policial: Fiscal de Detroit acusada de improbidad por permitir falso testimonio en caso de delito de drogas y engañarle al jurado
La semana pasada, la fiscal Kym Worthy de la Comarca de Wayne intentaba conseguir acusaciones por perjurio criminoso contra el alcalde y su ex concubina. Esta semana, su principal fiscal de combate contra los delitos de drogas es acusada de favorecer perjurio de parte de policÃas y un informante en un caso relacionado con la droga, pero aún no se habla de ningún cargo criminal.
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Especial de primavera: Mochilas âStop the Drug Warâ de StoptheDrugWar.org
¡Ayude a promover la causa de Stop the Drug War comprando esta nueva prima de filiación de la DRCNet y utilizándola para cargar sus libros u otras pertenencias al trabajo, al colegio o adondequiera que la vida le lleve!
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Iniciativa pro marihuana medicinal de Michigan en condiciones para noviembre
Una iniciativa pro marihuana medicinal de Michigan ya está siendo considerada por la asamblea legislativa, que no tomará providencias al respecto, abriendo paso para una votación popular en noviembre. Las cifras en las encuestas son buenas.