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Venezuela, US Governments Spar Over Drug Fighting
On September 19, 2008 in Drug War, Government, World
The tense relations between the Bush administration and Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez grew even more strained this week as Washington and Caracas traded charges and counter-charges over Venezuela’s fight against cocaine trafficking. While it seems indisputable that cocaine trafficking through Venezuela has increased in recent years, the two governments are trading barbs over the extent of official Venezuelan complicity in the trade, whether Venezuela is doing enough to combat trafficking, and whether it needs to comply with US demands in order to effectively fight the drug trade.
Venezuela does not grow coca or process cocaine, but like other countries in Latin America, it has been used as a conduit, especially by traffickers from neighboring Colombia, the region’s largest coca and cocaine producer. The rise of the European cocaine market in recent years has undoubtedly made the country an attractive way station for cocaine headed east. Read the rest of this entry »
BBC Reporter Gets High on Burning Crops
On September 11, 2008 in Drug War, Humor, In The News, Law Enforcement, Video
Attorney Rob Corry on Medical Marijuana in Colorado
On September 11, 2008 in Civil Rights, Drug War, Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Video
High Hopes
On September 11, 2008 in Drug War, Humor, Legalization, Video
Rob Corry Hemp Rally Speech At Denver Democratic National Convention Pt 1
On August 29, 2008 in Activism, Civil Rights, Drug War, Video
From the DNC Rally to support Marijuana legalization, featured speaker Attorney Rob Corrys speech
