In a Seattle Times op-ed Saturday, former US Attorney for the Western District of Washington John McKay defected to the other side. As the federal prosecutor in Seattle, McKay oversaw the indictment and prose…
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LA Sheriff Says Almost All Pot Clinics Criminal
September 3, 2010 | 1 views | No Comments
California — The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises.
Some of the pot shops get marijuana from Mexican drug …
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Ex-Mexico President Calls for Legalizing Drugs
August 9, 2010 | 0 views | No Comments
Former President Vicente Fox is joining with those urging his successor to legalize drugs in Mexico, saying that could break the economic power of the country’s brutal drug cartels.
Fox’s comments, posted Sunday on his blog, came less than a week after…
Canada Trails in Legalizing Pot Debate
August 7, 2010 | 1 views | No Comments
By JOSEPH QUESNEL, For the Winnipeg Sun
The federal government needs to look beyond just law enforcement as a means to combat gangs that plague Manitoba and increasingly many First Nation reserves.
Ottawa has announced it will be giving p…
Marijuana On Public Lands
July 31, 2010 | 0 views | No Comments
Herger Urges Feds to Devise a Strategy
Saying federal agencies aren’t doing enough to stop Mexican drug cartels from growing marijuana illegally on public lands, U.S. Rep. Wally Herger has drafted a resolution urging Congress to create a l…
Posted in Drug WarVideo: Mexico’s Fox Talks About Drug Cartels
May 14, 2009 | 6 views | No Comments
Former Mexican president Vicente Fox was in Atlanta to serve as Emory University’s commencement speaker Monday. Fox talked about how Atlanta has become a drug hub for Mexican drug cartels. The former president made a stunning statement fabout how the U.S. can stop the flow of drugs into the country.
