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Human Rights a Drug War Casualty
2008-07-20 05:35:00 Image via Wikipedia The drug war's dirty washing is exhibited everyday in popular media, absent scrutiny or oversight from academic or civil society.I suspect all those living in this institution we call New Zealand would be generally appalled if it were argued that by our collective (in)actions we were held to be unfit members of the UN, yet everyday we incarcerate and continue to deprive the freedom of thousands of people in the name of compliance with one UN "Single Convention" - and to what end?I have on many occasions raised the glaring human rights anomaly with government select committee and commissions including the NZ Human Rights Commissioner Rosslyn Noonan.It has been the character of the response that 'drugs are illegal' and that people may choose not to consume them, thus consumption or possession is not a 'rights issue', rather society has the preeminent right to be protected from drugs' harms and consumers. Else why the law?This is wrong. It doesn't matter how...
U.S. gives Mexico no-strings $400 million for drug war
2008-06-28 19:42:00 HUETAMO, Mexico - Victor de la Paz was riding back from school on a January evening with a friend, just three blocks from home, when uniformed men emerged from the darkness and motioned for them to stop. Moments later, a soldier opened fire with an assault rifle. De la Paz, 16, slumped to the ground in ...
By: TexasFred's
Mexico rejects conditions on U.S. aid for drug war
2008-06-03 13:34:00 MEXICO CITY ? The Mexican government warned Monday it would not accept conditions that the U.S. Congress has imposed on an aid package to combat drug trafficking. The Merida Initiative would provide $1.4 billion over several years to help Mexico, Central America, the Dominican Republic and Haiti combat drug trafficking. But the U.S. House and Senate have ...
By: Mexico Trucker
Drug war shutters businesses in Tijuana
2008-05-18 00:09:00 Once a freewheeling city that has served Americans cheap tequila since the U.S. prohibition era, Tijuana is at the center of a three-way drug war between rival gangs and Mexico's military. Drug-related murders are a daily occurrence. The violence is scaring away tourists who came for everything from prostitutes and dental work to medicine. A lively artistic community is also dwindling.
By: Mexico Trucker
US: 'Drug War' Unjust to African Americans
2008-05-12 21:49:00 In the 67-page report, “Targeting Blacks: Drug Law Enforcement and Race in the United States,” Human Rights Watch documents with detailed new statistics persistent racial disparities among drug offenders sent to prison in 34 states. All of these states send black drug offenders to prison at much higher rates than whites. read more | digg story [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Scientific Studies on Cannabis (Hemp / Pot)
2008-05-09 21:58:00 "Marijuana Fights: Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, Liver Disease, Epilepsy, Skin Allergies, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety and Depression. And is also Neuroprotective and Causes Neurogenesis (brain cell growth)..." read more
Reason.tv: Mississippi Drug War Blues - The Case of Cory Maye
2008-05-08 15:25:00 At 11p.m on December 26, 2001 police in Prentiss, Mississippi raided the residence of Cory Maye, a 21-year-old father who was at home with his 18-month-old daughter Ta’Corriana. The cops were looking for drugs and smashed through the back door. In the ensuing chaos, Maye hunkered down with his daughter in a bedroom and when the police broke down that door, he fired three bullets, one of which killed Officer Ron Jones. Maye testified in court that the police did not identify themselves until after they had entered his residence; indeed, he testified that they did not identify themselves until after he had fired his shots. Once they did, he said he put his weapon on the floor, slid it toward police, and surrendered. The police, who refused to talk with reason.tv, tell a different story. They claim that they identified themselves multiple times before entering Maye’s house and bedroom, and that there was no way Maye couldn’t have known who they were. A jury rejected M...
Jury Nullification saves America
2008-05-05 17:28:00 "YOU, as one individual, cannot do much to effect legislation. But YOU can effectively defend the Constitution when a gun owner, a tax resister, or someone who knows he owns his individual body, is on trial for not following government-made laws that are both unconstitutional and violate human rights. The primary responsibility of any juror is to protect innocent humans from government tyranny. That means any violation of basic human rights should be nullified by you, the juror. This is your individual executive veto power, built into our justice system by our founders." ... read more
Politicizing Pain, by US Rep. Ron Paul
2008-04-27 07:00:00 K.K. Forss does not claim medical marijuana solves all his problems. His pain from a ruptured disc in his neck is debilitating. He is unable to go to work or to the First Baptist Church he used to attend because of the pain and muscle spasms. Taxpayers through Medicare spend over $18,000 a year on his various medications. Half of those drugs are strong narcotics. The other half address the various side-effects brought on by the first half, such as nausea, heartburn, heart palpitations, difficulty sleeping, and muscle spasms. read more
American.Drug.War- the last White hope
2008-04-23 07:26:00 The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history
By: Attuworld
American Drug War: The Last White Hope (C&I / SKY TV)
2008-03-25 01:51:00 Managed to catch "American Drug War: The Last White Hope" on SKY. I had just returned from attending the world premier of "Brigadier", the story behind the honouring of his name in James Hargest High School for which I was attending the fiftieth jubilee. Southland's Prohibition of alcohol featured in 'Brigadier', so to did Invercargill Licencing Trust's Community 'post prohibition' investment in sport and cultural facilities, a prime example of 'drug related harm reduction' in action.The American Drug War is a documentary that deserves to be on mainstream TV. One cannot study modern contemporary politics without seeing understanding policy and drug politics changed human history.NZ's Drug War has not been documented, though much can be drawn from New Zealand's adoption of the UN Conventions and Protocols. Fortunately, NZ doesn't have a cocaine or heroin problem. The absence of 'drug trafficking spillage into our markets' gave us the cannabis methamphetamine enigma we ha...
The Failed Drug War: January-February Round-up
2008-02-16 21:17:00 The Failed War on Drugs Combined Edition for January-February 25 Links to stories about Corrupt Cops, Reforms, Botched Drug Raids, News, This Week in Drug History and More The USA’s Second Longest Running “War”–After the “War on Poverty” Corrupt Cops, This Week in Drug History, Reforms, News, More! Our January-February Special Edition of the “Failed War on Drugs” is ...
The drug war draft
2008-02-15 00:00:00 What do you do when you need fresh troops for wars of conquest, but too many young people want to go to college instead? The solution, known as the drug war draft, is simple: You loosen up restrictions on people...
Mexico?s Drug War Heats Up
2008-01-23 06:16:00 From SeattleTimes.nwsource.com, by James C. McKinley, Jr.for The New York Times RIO BRAVO, Mexico ? These days, it is easy to form the impression that a war is going on in Mexico. Thousands of elite troops in battle gear stream toward border towns and snake through the streets in jeeps with .50-caliber machine guns mounted on ...
American Drug War: The Last White Hope
2008-01-05 02:57:00 Charlie, C, white, Percy, snow, toot, rocks, wash, stones, pebbles, base, freebase....Plot: The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by the death of four family members from "legal drugs" Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a big failure. Three and a half years in the making the film follows gang members, former DEA agents, CIA officers, narcotics officers, judges, politicians, prisoners and celebrities. Most notably the film befriends Freeway Ricky Ross; the man many accuse for starting the Crack epidemic, who after being arrested discovered that his cocaine source had been working for the CIA. AMERICAN DRUG WAR shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just dope fiends but an entire government. More importantly, it shows what can be done about it. This is not some 'pro-drug' stoner film, but a collection of expert...
American Drug War - Antones - December 20, 2007
2007-12-17 23:42:00 From the hip hop mathematics department... American Drug War movie premiere by Kevin Booth @ Antones on Dec 20th. Performance by The Kriminals, Done Deal, Sane, Southern Made Click, Mash Ent.,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
New Hampshire Police Officer Surprises McCain, Speaks Against Drug War
2007-11-21 23:11:00 While it isn't any surprise that politicians don't understand that prohibition causes more harm than the drugs themselves, you would think they would understand that voters know this.read more | digg storyLiberty Central- Conservatism's Blog of Choice
Drug War Insanity Comes To Morgan Hill
2007-11-09 23:10:00 For those who are unaware, I live in a small town called Morgan Hill, CA. We’re what Realtors call a “bedroom community nestled between San Jose’s Silicon Valley and Gilroy’s Agricultural Marvel”. With a population of about 33,500 (1/3 of that being minors) it’s a pretty mellow place to live. With ...
By: Philaahzophy
Comic Review: A Drug War Carol
2007-10-22 18:03:00 This graphic novel by Susan W. Wells and Scott Bieser uses the classic Dickens tale to give the history of the U.S. drug wars.
By: Geeks of Doom
Gritty Film About Drug War Is the Talk of Brazil
2007-10-22 06:34:00 RIO DE JANEIRO -- After taking a phone call last week, director José Padilha stepped onto the patio of his studio and told a business partner that the intense discussion provoked by his latest film had spread to yet another sphere of Brazilian society.
By: Get rich
Gritty Film About Drug War Is the Talk of Brazil
2007-10-22 06:34:00 RIO DE JANEIRO -- After taking a phone call last week, director Jos Padilha stepped onto the patio of his studio and told a business partner that the intense discussion provoked by his latest film had spread to yet another sphere of Brazilian society.
By: Get rich
The Libertarian Alternative - The Drug War
2007-10-15 13:37:00 Superior Court Judge Jim Gray on the futility of the war on drugs.
The Libertarian Alternative - The Drug War
2007-10-15 12:37:00 The Libertarian Alternative - The Drug War Topic Replies: 0 Superior Court Judge Jim Gray on the futility of the war on drugs.
The WarOn Commission Report
2007-10-15 01:47:00 There are several special interest high profile taxbuck-funded long-running campaigns to report on, and most of these so-called WarOns are going quite well for the bureaucracies that run them and the bureaucrats who directly benefit from them. Item: War On Poverty. This war has been a very successful project for the Lefty-whimpery-whiny social welfare crowd since President Johnson launched it in 1964. Because of the various change-as-needed definitions of "poverty" the program will never run out of "welfare fodder." read more
Drug War
2007-10-10 17:46:00 Mad Cow productions has a good follow up on that CIA jet that crashed in the jungle carrying tons of cocaine. A prime example of the duplicious nature of our “protectors”. More on the so-called drug war - in the U.S., instead of giving you 48 hour notice, they’d show up with guns blazing, killing ...
A Small Victory in the Drug War?
2007-10-03 18:04:00 U.S. drug officials are declaring new progress in the almost-forgotten war on drugs. The price of cocaine is up in major cities for the first time in decades, signaling a possible shortage of drug on the street. But even drug czar John Walters acknowledges, however, it will only really be progress if the measures can be sustained over time. My guess is that such a reduction will be short lived. I hope I am wrong. While the "war on drugs" was proclaimed in the late 1980s with almost as much fanfare...(read more)
Black Box Meth
2007-09-25 08:38:00 Palm Springs police encounter a meth head. In their field test, he counts thirty seconds in about fourteen.
By: postpolitical
Russian Constructivism Against Crystal Meth
2007-09-19 10:46:00 Have you ever visited the the anti-drug site ResistMeth? It’s a rather odd site produced by public service marketing specialists at Better World Advertising, a SanFran & NYC ad agency. According to BWA, it’s targeted at “Gay male methamphetamine users, non-users and gay community” and funded by the San Francisco Dept. of Public Health and ...
By: postpolitical
US Mayors Anti-Drug War "bottom line"
2007-07-13 04:53:00 Common Sense for Drug Policy: Drug War's Impact On The Family, Young People, Students, And The Poor US Conference On Mayors Adopts Anti-Drug War Resolution, Calls For "New Bottom Line" The US Conference of Mayors held its 75th annual meeting June 22-26, 2007 in Los Angeles, CA. One of the resolutions they adopted at the conference urges an end to the status quo "war on drugs" and calls for a "New Bottom Line" in US drug policy. The drug war resolution runs from page 47 through page 50 of the resolution packet. The major text of the resolution is as follows: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the United States Conference of Mayors believes the war on drugs has failed and calls for a New Bottom Line in U.S. drug policy, a public health approach that concentrates more fully on reducing the negative consequences associated with drug abuse, while ensuring that our policies do not exacerbate these problems or create new social problems of...
Scathing new video mocks boomer drug war hawks
2007-06-28 05:15:00 Does your politician suffer from Chronic Re-Election Paranoia (CREEP)? Do you think our nation has an Incarcerex dependence? Tell your elected officials to give up the quick fix and create a new bottom line for the war on drugs. "Incarcerex" Drug Policy Alliance This is the real "civil rights legacy" of the boomers...
By: Die Boomer Die
Steel-plated motel offers refuge in Mexico drug war
2007-05-30 08:21:00 A motel in northern Mexico is putting steel doors on its rooms to protect guests from kidnappings and shootings in an escalating war between rival drug cartels. Owners of the Rancho El Trueno, or Thunder Ranch, began fortifying the highway motel near Monterrey a year ago but have decided to shield all 35 rooms as drug killings have worsened in the area in recent months. Complete with hot tubs, red imitation-leather beds, mirrored walls and striptease poles, the rooms are shuttered behind steel gates about 1.5 inches thick and some already have steel doors.
By: Attuworld
U.S., allies seen as losing drug war
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2007-05-22 04:34:00 U.S., allies seen as losing drug warFigures for last year show that cocaine is cheaper, purer and widely available."Competing Mexican drug cartels are destroying each other ... and that's where 'Warrior' begins ...."http://imdb.com/title/tt03-20751http://www.warriorthefilm.-blogspot.comhttp://video.google-.com/videoplay?docid=-208917617-001990565&q=warrior+mexican+OR+-drug+OR+cartels+duration%3Ashor-t+genre%3AMOVIE_TRAILER"the action adventure fantasy feature film "Warrior" ... about the son of a divine force ... is a story of a young man's quest to find his true identity set against the twin backdrops of Native American folklore and the treacherous Mexican drug trade and a portrayal of the classic confrontation between "good and evil" ... filmed in the exotic jungles of Costa Azul in the State of Nayarit and the urban grit of Puerto Vallarta in the State of Jalisco, Mexico .. with action, adventure, romance, comedy, a multi-ethnic cast, a major studio movie music score and spectacu...
Toll of drug war rises in Mexico An anti-narcoti...
2007-05-22 03:37:00 Toll of drug war rises in Mexico An anti-narcotics official is gunned down, two journalists are abducted and an army captain ends up slain."Competing Mexican drug cartels are destroying each other ... and that's where 'Warrior' begins ...."http://imdb.com/title/tt03-20751http://www.warriorthefilm.-blogspot.comhttp://video.google-.com/videoplay?docid=-208917617-001990565&q=warrior+mexican+OR+-drug+OR+cartels+duration%3Ashor-t+genre%3AMOVIE_TRAILER"the action adventure fantasy feature film "Warrior" ... about the son of a divine force ... is a story of a young man's quest to find his true identity set against the twin backdrops of Native American folklore and the treacherous Mexican drug trade and a portrayal of the classic confrontation between "good and evil" ... filmed in the exotic jungles of Costa Azul in the State of Nayarit and the urban grit of Puerto Vallarta in the State of Jalisco, Mexico .. with action, adventure, romance, comedy, a multi-ethnic cast, a major studio movie ...
U.S. and its allies seen as losing drug war
2007-05-05 09:40:00 MEXICO CITY The United States and its Latin American allies are losing a major battle in the war on drugs, according to indicators that show cocaine prices dipped for most of 2006 and U.S. users were getting more bang for their buck.
By: Get rich
Mexican drug war's brutality celebrated on YouTube. Videos of bloodied vict
2007-02-11 22:35:03 Warrior Stills Originally uploaded by brucesingman. "Competing Mexican drug cartels are destroying each other ... and that's where 'Warrior' begins ...."http://imdb.com/title/tt03-20751http://www.warriorthefilm.-blogspot.comhttp://video.google-.com/videoplay?docid=-208917617-001990565&q=warrior+mexican+OR+-drug+OR+cartels+duration%3Ashor-t+genre%3AMOVIE_TRAILER"the action adventure fantasy feature film "Warrior" ... about the son of a divine force ... is a story of a young man's quest to find his true identity set against the twin backdrops of Native American folklore and the treacherous Mexican drug trade and a portrayal of the classic confrontation between "good and evil" ... filmed in the exotic jungles of Costa Azul and the urban grit of Puerto Vallarta in the State of Jalisco, Mexico .. with action, adventure, romance, comedy, a multi-ethnic cast, a major studio movie music score and spectacular cinematography..."http://www.la-times.com/news/nationworld/worl-d/la-fg-mexvideo11...
Making the soundtrack to Mexico's drug wars. The killing of Valentn Elizal
2007-02-11 22:35:03 Warrior Stills Originally uploaded by brucesingman. "Competing Mexican drug cartels are destroying each other ... and that's where 'Warrior' begins ...."http://imdb.com/title/tt03-20751http://www.warriorthefilm.-blogspot.comhttp://video.google-.com/videoplay?docid=-208917617-001990565&q=warrior+mexican+OR+-drug+OR+cartels+duration%3Ashor-t+genre%3AMOVIE_TRAILER"the action adventure fantasy feature film "Warrior" ... about the son of a divine force ... is a story of a young man's quest to find his true identity set against the twin backdrops of Native American folklore and the treacherous Mexican drug trade and a portrayal of the classic confrontation between "good and evil" ... filmed in the exotic jungles of Costa Azul and the urban grit of Puerto Vallarta in the State of Jalisco, Mexico .. with action, adventure, romance, comedy, a multi-ethnic cast, a major studio movie music score and spectacular cinematography..."http://www.ca-lendarlive.com/printedition/cal-endar/cl-et-narco2...
Making the soundtrack to Mexico's drug wars ... The killing
2006-12-17 09:55:03 Warrior Stills Originally uploaded by brucesingman. "Competing Mexican drug cartels are destroying each other ... and that's where 'Warrior' begins ...."http://imdb.com/title/tt03-20751http://www.warriorthefilm.-blogspot.com"the action adventure fantasy feature film "Warrior" ... about the son of a divine force ... is a story of a young man's quest to find his true identity set against the twin backdrops of Native American folklore and the treacherous Mexican drug trade and a portrayal of the classic confrontation between "good and evil" ... filmed in the exotic jungles of Costa Azul and the urban grit of Puerto Vallarta in the State of Jalisco, Mexico .. with action, adventure, romance, comedy, a multi-ethnic cast, a major studio movie music score and spectacular cinematography..."http://www.ca-lendarlive.com/printedition/cal-endar/cl-et-narco2dec02,0,60387-69.storyPOP MUSICMaking the soundtrack to Mexico's drug warsThe killing of Valentn Elizalde draws attention to narc...
Drug wars and political unrest deter Americans and others fr
2006-12-02 15:44:05 Warrior Stills Originally uploaded by brucesingman. "Competing Mexican drug cartels are destroying each other ... and that's where 'Warrior' begins ...."http://imdb.com/title/tt03-20751http://www.warriorthefilm.-blogspot.com"the action adventure fantasy feature film "Warrior" ... about the son of a divine force ... is a story of a young man's quest to find his true identity set against the twin backdrops of Native American folklore and the treacherous Mexican drug trade and a portrayal of the classic confrontation between "good and evil" ... filmed in the exotic jungles of Costa Azul and the urban grit of Puerto Vallarta in the State of Jalisco, Mexico .. with action, adventure, romance, comedy, a multi-ethnic cast, a major studio movie music score and spectacular cinematography..."http://www.la-times.com/business/la-fi-mextou-rism19nov19,1,88730.story?coll=-la-headlines-businessFewer days at the beachDrug wars and political unrest deter Americans and others from day trips ...
Toll mounts in Mexico's drug war
2006-12-02 15:44:05 Warrior Stills Originally uploaded by brucesingman. "Competing Mexican drug cartels are destroying each other ... and that's where 'Warrior' begins ...."http://imdb.com/title/tt03-20751http://www.warriorthefilm.-blogspot.com"the action adventure fantasy feature film "Warrior" ... about the son of a divine force ... is a story of a young man's quest to find his true identity set against the twin backdrops of Native American folklore and the treacherous Mexican drug trade and a portrayal of the classic confrontation between "good and evil" ... filmed in the exotic jungles of Costa Azul and the urban grit of Puerto Vallarta in the State of Jalisco, Mexico .. with action, adventure, romance, comedy, a multi-ethnic cast, a major studio movie music score and spectacular cinematography..."http://www.la-times.com/news/nationworld/worl-d/la-fg-mexdrug14nov14,1,540302-4.story?coll=la-headlines-world-Toll mounts in Mexico's drug warA newspaper editor and police chief are among the lat... |
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