Women in the Latin American Drug Trade

Women are becoming increasingly involved in the Latin American drug trade.  Narco-wives as they have been dubbed are often the family of male drug dealers that become directly involved in the drug trade...

Calling it Medical Marijuana sends the RIGHT message to kids.

  Children are not stupid. Indeed, they tend to be more aware than most adults, who, by the age of 30 have generally devolved into repetitive patterns of mind and behavior. We either engage in futile endeavors to preserve the status quo, or launch doomed attempts at...

Marijuana Arrests Feed Insatiable U.S. Prison System

America prides itself for being a leader in many things as a nation but one statistic that we should not be proud of is the fact that the United States, the “land of the free”, imprisons more people than any...

Mexican Drug Lord Shorty thanks the US Lawmakers War on Drugs

SATIRE!"According to one of his closest confidants, he said, "I couldn't have gotten so stinking rich without George Bush, George Bush Jr., Ronald Reagan, even El Presidente Obama, none of them have the cajones to stand up to all the big money that wants to keep this stuff...

5 human heads found in ice chests in central Mexico

On the top of the chests with the heads - all men between 30-45 years - were written messages like "Goyo" (idiot). The police suspect the drug cartels to be behind the killings." Five human heads were found in ice chests on Tuesday under a ficus tree in the central Mexican...

In Mexico’s drug wars, fears of a U.S. front

With U.S. forces fighting two wars abroad, the nation's top military officer made an important visit last week to forestall a third. He went to Mexico."Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the trip to confer with Mexican leaders about the Merida...

Mexico morgues crowded with drug-war dead

Bodies awaiting autopsies tell the story of an escalating drug war. " CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Death froze his exhausted face. The attackers lashed or punctured nearly every part of his body. Then they cut off the...

United States ready to step-up military presence in Mexico

Mexico's drug wars are costing both its people and its country, and the crisis has become a national security concern for the United States who plans to offer military assistance to the United Mexican...

Obama Responds to DEA Raids on Medical Cannabis Dispensaries

It may have taken a front page story in the Washington Times, but the White House has finally responded to protests over recent DEA raids on medical cannabis providers in states where cannabis is a legal medicine.President Obama had stated repeatedly on the campaign trail,...

Bailout For Cops Will Raise State Debts

Led by President Obama, Democrats have introduced a $825 billion stimulus package. According to a Summary from the House Committee on Appropriations, the bill includes $4 billion to support state and local law...

Save 440,000 lives each year – with Cannabis. It's high time.

How? We can do it through the use of some innovative social technology: Mandate a compulsory substitution of cannabis for tobacco in all manufactured tobacco products. OK, I know you are already snickering,...

Obama Cannot Escape Cannabis in 2nd Round of "Open for Questions"

It is very interesting to watch how the Transition Team is dealing with Change.gov's second round of Open for Questions, because the cannabis issue is just not going away.For those who don't know, Open For...

Finally, A Senator with Balls! Jim Webb takes on Prison Reform.

They call it a thankless task, but I don't buy that.When Senator Jim Webb declared he was taking on prison reform, he wasn't doing it for money or glory (the usual shallow currency by which compensation is measured). He did it for principal, and that is why he will succeed....

Obama-Calderon talks to focus on Mexican drug war

Mexico is lucky to have a President that sees the importance of making sure that his citizens are treated well outside of Mexico since he has no way of making life better for anyone in Mexico. I am sure if he can keep the focus on the U.S. side of the problem nobody will ever...

Mexico trumps the US on the “Drug War” IQ Test

Mexican President Felipe Calderón recently proposed legislation to decriminalize drug possession. This legislation, which is supported by Mexico’s Attorney General, is intended to address Mexico’s growing problem with Drug Addiction; the number of drug addicts in Mexico...

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