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Comment on Possible cartel-related gunfire suspends Mexican professional soccer game by hohi

hohi — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:40:05 +0000

i do like the way you have presented this particular concern.

Comment on “El Grande” Extradited to United States by "El Grande" Extradited and First Court Appearance in US at blogdrugtrafficker.com

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:59:42 +0000

[...] Sources:http://justiceinmexico.org/2012/05/25/el-grande-extradited-to-united-states/ [...]

Comment on PGR detains four military officials for possible connections to Beltrán Leyva Organization by “El Grande” Extradited to United States « Justice in Mexico

“El Grande” Extradited to United States « Justice in Mexico — Sat, 26 May 2012 03:20:27 +0000

[...] his arrest while the other three had retired within the past decade. (Read more about the generals here). While the investigations into the generals are still ongoing, El Grande’s role in naming [...]

Comment on Amendment approved to better protect journalists, car bomb detonates outside newspaper agency by Another journalist killed in Mexico makes six in one-month span « Justice in Mexico

Wed, 23 May 2012 06:35:08 +0000

[...] members of the media to work, and despite some governmental efforts to better protect journalists, such as the approved amendment in March that made crimes against media a federal offense, the numbers continue to increase. Consequently, some news outlets turn to self-censorship to avoid [...]

Comment on 23 bodies found in Tamaulipas, 14 decapitated and nine hung from bridge by 49 Decapitated Bodies Found In Nuevo León « Justice in Mexico

49 Decapitated Bodies Found In Nuevo León « Justice in Mexico — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:30:00 +0000

[...] and nine of which were hung from a bridge in the state of Tamaulipas. (To read the full story click here). Four days later, 18 bodies were found packed in vans on the side of a highway outside of [...]

Comment on Record seizure of methamphetamine in Jalisco by State Police and Army Raid Jalisco Underground Meth Lab « Justice in Mexico

State Police and Army Raid Jalisco Underground Meth Lab « Justice in Mexico — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:11:32 +0000

[...] is not yet clear to whom the meth lab belonged, but seizures of this nature in the past–like the February 2012 discovery of 15-tons of methamphetamine– have pointed to the Sinaloa Cartel, which largely operates in the Guadalajara, Jalisco area. [...]

Comment on 23 bodies found in Tamaulipas, 14 decapitated and nine hung from bridge by 18 Dismembered Bodies Discovered Near Guadalajara « Justice in Mexico

18 Dismembered Bodies Discovered Near Guadalajara « Justice in Mexico — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:48:21 +0000

[...] The bodies were so severely mutilated that one police officer admitted he could not determine whether the corpses were male or female. Authorities discovered a note at the scene that was signed by Los Zetas, one of the most violent drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. A woman claiming to be a member of the street gang Milenio was arrested in connection with the incident yesterday. While in custody, she admitted to authorities that the recent killings outside of Guadalajara were “the repercussion for what happened in Tamaulipas,” referring to the 23 bodies that were found hung or beheaded in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas last Friday. (Read more about the Tamaulipas incident here). [...]

Comment on Drug Czar proposes a ‘third way’ for U.S. drug policy by jreedbrundage

jreedbrundage — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:56:49 +0000

Right on!

Comment on Drug Czar proposes a ‘third way’ for U.S. drug policy by M Cahill

M Cahill — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:51:13 +0000

The prohibitionist policy of the failed “war on drug” is clearly the central issue here. The criminalization of drug use, like the failed criminalization of alcohol in the 30’s does not reduce the consumption of drugs, it simply drives it underground. This in turn makes good citizens into criminals for the recreational use of something like marijuana. In capitalism, the buying and selling of a product can be a casual affair like a mom-and-pop store to a multinational enterprise system of production and delivery with sophisticated supply chains and business practices like Wal-Mart. Since the United States government has chosen force over reason to execute its Puritanical/moralistic will on the users and the suppliers, the business of drug production and supply must naturally meet force with force and thus all the killing and destruction. Legalization, control, taxation and education is the rational solution to the so-called “drug problem”. Drug consumption is not a disease, it is human nature. The new “third way” is nothing but rhetoric. It does not address the problem that the government wants to control human nature and it cannot.

Comment on Drug Czar proposes a ‘third way’ for U.S. drug policy by jreedbrundage

jreedbrundage — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:03:06 +0000

I don´t see Kerlikowske proposing any changes in drug laws. Under his supposedly different ‘third way’ consumption is still a criminal offense, evidently to be handled through drug courts. Also, there is no significant change in the drug budget. The majority still goes to interdiction of drugs and enforcement of prohibition laws. The language he and the Obama administration are now adopting is clearly their way to try to finesse the rising debate that is demanding real reassessment of drug policy. They talk of a ‘revolution’ but it is just a massaging of the old policy.