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Mexican Drug Violence: Women Tortured and Executed in Nuevo Leon

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:38:07 +0000

A woman was found dead with his eyes taped this morning on the side of the railway in the colony New Madero, in Monterrey .

Depending on the version of neighbors, the report was made by at 7:40 pm after an elderly woman discovered the body of the woman, while collecting aluminum cans in the intersection of Route Matamoros and Manzano.

Elements of the State Investigation Agency and the Municipal Police arrived at the scene shortly after 8:00 am to find the woman’s body face down with the tape around the head and apparently hit in the face and the temples.

So far, the woman’s body, wearing blue blouse and white shorts, without shoes, was not identified by authorities or by the residents.

At the site, elements of Expert Services and the agents found no shell casings ministry, so it is suspected that the body has been lying here after death or the woman was attacked on the site in the early morning hours.

Red Cross paramedics arrived after the Metropolitan report , withdrew after proving that she had no vital signs and gave way to the work of the staff of the Service Medical Examiner, who moved the body to the amphitheater of the Hospital Universitario.

So far, research continues to determine the cause of murder and whether it is related to organized crime.

The Drug War in America

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:03:46 +0000

The U.S. spends most of its funding for this ‘War on Drugs’ on stopping the flow of drugs altogether by seizing drugs and arresting anyone who owns drugs, as a substitute for spending more to counteract the will to get drugs by informing the entire population on the dangers and issues of drug abuse, and rehabilitating habitual drug users. In the 80s and 90s many Americans were jailed for drug charges. They now make up around 30% of all inmates. Sadly, the U.S. imprisons a larger portion of its population for drug-related offenses than European nations do for all crimes. Over the years the ‘War on Drugs’ has revealed itself to be ineffective, economically wasteful, and unethical.
Portugal’s drug policy reveals that fighting drugs is not necessarily the most effective way to help stop drug usage. In 2000, Portugal put in place a drug policy that decriminalized the use of illicit drugs for individual use, improved rehabilitation programs, and created needle exchange programs to slow the flow of diseases transmitted through blood. Hatton stated in his article that after the drug policy passed, “there were small increases in illicit drug use among adults, but decreases for adolescents and problem users, such as drug addicts and prisoners”. The number of cases in the court over drug charges dropped by 66 percent. In 2002, 49% of individuals who had AIDS were addicted to drugs. By 2008 it was down to 28 percent. The amount of people who frequently used marijuana stayed at about 3 percent after the drug policy change in Portugal, and cocaine and heroin usage stayed at less than 0.3 percent. The statistics show that decriminalization didn’t cause a rise in drug usage whatsoever. While one may realize that Portugal is a smaller country than the U.S. with separate problems, and in which the same solution could have a different effect, it’s not to say there aren’t many points that may be learned from Portugal’s policy.
The prohibition of drugs has also enabled criminals to profit from an illegal industry, and gain control over people in their areas. Street gangs in the U.S. fight over their territory where they sell drugs and endanger the lives of their own members, rival gang members, law enforcement officers, and even innocent bystanders on the street. The gang members are also severely underpaid in the work they perform, as they put themselves at potential risk selling drugs. Legalizing drugs would get rid of the ability to be able to even be in a position to put themselves at risk for a tiny amount of extra money. The U.S. has named three paramilitary groups struggling for power against the Colombian government there as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) along with the Army of Liberation (ELN) have established notable control and influence in areas with large quantities of coca and opium poppy production.
The amount of money within the illegal drug system made the crime organizations that run them so powerful and rich, they are able tofight against the governments trying to stop them. Colombia has been destroyed internally because of the drug organizations in the country and the consistent fight by the Colombian and U.S. government against them, which has only been vaguely successful. The prohibition narcotics has given these illegal organizations the money to operate how they do, just as the prohibition of alcohol did with the Mafia during the 20s and 30s. When Prohibition was ended, it cured the corruption that was associated with the alcohol industry in no time. Legalizing drugs would probably increase drug abuse since it would lower prices on the street and intimidate fewer people from trying drugs as they would be legal and criminally risk-free. The aforementioned issue might be counter balanced, however, by putting heavy taxes on drugs. The extra income brought in through the taxes may go towards rehabilitation and education on drug abuse.
The national survey results on drug abuse showed statistics that stated “young adults view experimental use of any of the other illicit drugs as distinctly more risky than the use of marijuana. About 26-31% of young adults ages 19 to 30 think trying sedatives (barbiturates) involves great risk; the corresponding figures are 36-41% for amphetamines, 39-43% for LSD, 44-51% for ecstasy (MDMA), 44-48% for cocaine powder, 51-56% for crack, and 67-69% for heroin”. The issue with these statistics is less than 50 % of fully grown Americans think most drugs are dangerous to use, and the percentage decreases the younger the age group. Making drugs illegal doesn’t make people believe they’re any more dangerous. Spending money on education and awareness on the real risks of drugs does. The ‘War on Drugs’ is based on trying to stop people from using and distributing drugs by fighting with laws and physical force, which can’t happen. Trying to wipe drugs off of the face of the planet is ineffective. Instead, the government must educate the consumers around the real issues of drug abuse. Don’t attack the production, eliminate the desire and demand.
The economics of the ‘War on Drugs’ also shows insufficient feasibility. In 1969 the us government spent $37 million on enforcing drug laws. In 1983 the spending rose to $1.06 billion. During the next decade spending rose to about $30 billion, a spending increase of just about 100,000% in approximately 30 years. Today, approximately 40 billion dollars each year are spent trying to fight the ‘War on Drugs’. Some opponents may say that if drugs were legalized and regulated to be sold by selected licensed retailers, there’d still be nothing to stop people from going underground to generate money in order to avoid the taxes and restrictions placed on drug use. That said, just like with alcohol, gasoline and tobacco, some manufacturing and sales might be taken underground to minimize prices and such. However, history has proved that with those products plenty of people would rather do their business legally. The cabability to go to law enforcement officials over issues without having to duck under the radar unnecessarily are conveniences most businesses aim for. Customers will prefer buying legally since the drugs would have better quality and safety controls. Their drugs would stay pure and there would be no risk of their drugs being blended with other dangerous chemicals.
San Francisco put drug courts in place back in the 90s which allowed minor drug offenders to take treatment instead of incarceration. The drug court in San Francisco saves $14,297 per case. If the drug courts were expanded to every one of the drug offenders in the U.S., about 1.5 million, it may well cost the U.S. about 13 billion dollars a year, but would save over 40 billion, which is approximately just how much is spent in the U.S. fighting the ‘War on Drugs.’ The current Obama administration has firmly opposed the legalization of drugs, and said “that it would increase access and promote acceptance, according to drug czar Kerlikowske. The U.S. is spending $74 billion this year on criminal and court proceedings for drug offenders, compared with $3.6 billion for treatment”.
One also needs to beg the question of if perhaps the ‘War on Drugs’ is even ethical. Due to the taboo opinion most adult Americans have on drug use, the seemingly obvious answer could be yes. However, the central ethical issue involved in the legislation of drug manufacture and distribution is simply one of personal privacy:is it appropriate for a nation founded on democratic premise to legislate what can and cannot be ingested by its private citizens. Telling fully informed adults that it is not okay for them to do whatever they wish in their personal and private time by doing something which isn’t endangering anyone besides themselves seems hardly fair or truly rational from an ethical standpoint because it invades one’s privacy.
In the 80’s and 90’s the Supreme Court decided over multiple cases that police officers could search car interiors, mobile homes, trash cans, luggage, barns and fenced private property, and bus passengers with no warrant. In the case of ethics, having the ability to search people’s property like their luggage, car interiors, as well as their trash cans without truly defined reason or warrant is really a massive invasion on privacy. To intrude on one’s privacy and actually tell them that it’s more acceptable to invade their privacy than for these people to recreationally use drugs within the privacy of their own home, affecting nobody but themselves is ridiculous.
Since the ’70s, a useless initiative has plagued the U.S. While the ‘War on Drugs’ has had the issues of being ineffective, economically wasteful, and immoral, they are certainly not such small issues that they simply apply to the ‘War on Drugs.’ It is not okay in any circumstance for the government to waste many years of time and effort on some worthless initiative, it is far from okay for the government to spend billions of tax payers dollars on a war that is going nowhere, and is certainly not okay for the government to invade the privacy of its free citizens to tell them it’s not okay to spend their money and time on one recreational activity or any other. It’s not just about the ‘War on Drugs.’ It’s a much larger issue.
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Four Bodies Located in a Well of Water in San Luis Potosi

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:46:24 +0000

The bodies of four men in a state of decomposition were found inside a well of water in a well in the municipality of Rio Verde, police officials said.

According to a report received by the state police, there was a body in the pit of pasture called the Pump House, in the Miguel Hidalgo ejido.

As well , 12 to 15 meters deep, came elements of Fire and Police.

Because there was not enough equipment to rescue the body and it was dangerous because of the darkness , it was decided to resume work this Saturday.

Elements were surprised when they saw that there was not one, but four bodies, which were taken before noon.

The bodies remain unidentified and collate the information to know whether there were reports of missing persons.

In another incident, a man was found dead in the community of Brooks, the capital of the State, which showed signs of violence.

The War Against Drugs

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:27:52 +0000

Marijuana: plant, controlled substance, medicinal narcotic, economic conspiracy

Marijuana has been demonized by the media because apparently it is “dangerous and it messes with your mind and body”, although there are many criticisms against it, there are many arguments in favor of the infamous herb, for example: some say it helps aid many diseases such as glaucoma, cancer, Parkinsonism, etc. its also stated that marijuana smoking is (not a safer alternative) but much less dangerous than tobacco smoking. When asked “why is marijuana illegal” this is what some had to say: “marijuana is illegal because of ignorance, The plant is one of the most versatile on our planet, material from hemp can be used in almost every major industry we have in the US, and usually for a cheaper price than what is being used now. In the early 1930s, when weed was still legal, the paper mills were beginning to lose money because the decorticator, a device created to turn hemp into paper faster and cheaper than wood, was created. Many big time politicians and businessmen had large stocks in the paper mill industry, and didn’t like the idea. So they began a smear campaign against marijuana. they played the racism card and any other excuse to make it look bad, they also said that smoking one joint is the equivalent of 8 cigarettes, they said it causes cancer, they said it was a gateway drug. etc. etc. despite their efforts the 60’s saw the golden age of drug usage with the “Woodstock epidemic” eventually they went to their last resort, referring to marijuana as a form of terrorism and eventually reached the peak of their smear campaign in 1971 with Nixon’s “war on drugs”. But as time went on, the campaign seemed to dissolve and they began to resort to less aggressive tactics such as posters, infomercials, and educational films. Even some TV shows seem to discourage drugs by including their own depiction of “trips” or drug induced experiences. Although marijuana is still illegal today, one must think: was that law made to protect us? Or so politicians can continue to receive little pieces of paper that they can flash around in their ever growing wallets of political selfishness

The Enemy Within: The New War on Drugs

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:42:16 +0000

It’s been speculated that our government spent nearly 20 billion dollars fighting “the war on drugs” last year. A vast percentage of this money was used trying to stop illegal drugs from entering the United States. According to the World Drug Report, in 1997, a kilogram of pure cocaine had a base price of about $610.00 in it’s country of origin, but once it crosses our borders and is cut or diluted, it obtains a street value of about 100,000.00. These huge profits are the reason that so many ambitious entrepreneurs are willing to risk their lives to pursue such an endeavor.

Despite the odds, many people; most notably those who make the laws in our country, feel that this is a fight that must be fought. To allow mind-altering, poisonous, addictive substances to be made readily available to the masses, would be damaging economically, socially, and morally. It is for these very reasons that no expenses are spared when it comes to enforcing this mandate. But the irony that lies beneath all of this, is the fact the drugs that are responsible for killing the most people each year, are the ones that are prescribed by our doctors.

According to the U.S Food and Drug Administration, approximately 106,000 people die every year from prescription drugs compared to about 10,000 deaths every year from illegal substances. That means that prescription drugs kill more people each year than cocaine, heroin, and marijuana; which has never been documented to be linked to a single death, combined. But if these numbers aren’t compelling enough on their own, all one simply needs to do is turn on the television for any further affirmation.

On February 11, 2012, six-time Grammy award winner Whitney Houston was found dead in her hotel room. It is alleged that her death may have resulted from an adverse effect of a mixture of alcohol and Xanax, a drug prescribed to treat anxiety disorders. Houston, who had been widely speculated to have had bouts with a cocaine addiction, ironically died from the drugs that our government consider safe. Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger; Anna Nicole Smith; Gerald Levert, all died admidst swirling allegations of prescription drug abuse. In fact I challenge you to name a recent news story that involved a celebrity death resulting from illegal drug use.

In the 1980’s, it was the stories of John Belushi, and Len Bias that prompted us to examine the magnitude of the illegal drug epidemic, but in this new era, we have yet to see the same urgency. In fact, the U.S makes it possible for the pharmaceutical companies to spend billions of dollars each year to market their products to us directly. How long, if ever, before this new epidemic is recognized as the potential threat that it truly is?

Hugely profitable industries such as oil, and corporate finance, have always seemed to be allowed to walk that ethical tightrope, due to their importance, and influence on the nation’s economy. In regards to the legal drug industry, let us hope that this trend doesn’t continue, otherwise we may have lost this war before it even began.

The War on Drugs is a Hoax

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:56:16 +0000

Afghanistan is, by far, the largest grower and exporter of opium in the world today, cultivating a 92 percent market share of the global opium trade. But what may shock many is the fact that the US military has been specifically tasked with guarding Afghan poppy fields, from which opium is derived, in order to protect this multibillion dollar industry that enriches Wall Street, the CIA, MI6, and various other groups that profit big time from this illicit drug trade scheme. Prior to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Afghanistan was hardly even a world player in growing poppy, which is used to produce both illegal heroin and pharmaceutical-grade morphine. In fact, the Taliban had been actively destroying poppy fields as part of an effort to rid the country of this harmful plant. But after 9/11, the US military-industrial complex quickly invaded Afghanistan and began facilitating the reinstatement of the country’s poppy industry. According to the United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP), opium cultivation increased by 657 percent in 2002 after the US military invaded the country under the direction of then-President George W. Bush.

More recently, The New York Times (NYT) reported that the brother of current Afghan President Hamid Karzai had actually been on the payroll of the CIA for at least eight years prior to this information going public in 2009. Ahmed Wali Karzai was a crucial player in reinstating the country’s opium drug trade, known as Golden Crescent, and the CIA had been financing the endeavor behind the scenes. But the mainstream media has been peddling a different story to the American public. FOX News, for instance, aired a propaganda piece back in 2010 claiming that military personnel are having to protect the Afghan poppy fields, rather than destroy them, in order to keep the locals happy and to avoid a potential “security risk” and FOX News reporter Geraldo Rivera can be heard blatantly lying about poppy farmers being financially supported by the Taliban, rather than the CIA and other foreign interests. So while tens of thousands of Americans continue to be harmed or killed every year by overdoses from drugs originating from this illicit opium trade, and while cultivation of innocuous crops like marijuana and hemp remains illegal in the US, the American military is actively guarding the very poppy fields in Afghanistan that fuel the global drug trade.

Say No to Drugs

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:29:44 +0000

The real problem is that most saying no to drugs education is done in such a hysterical way that kids don’t take it seriously. You don’t get to talk to real former junkies and learn how they got addicted to drugs and alcohol. You don’t get to see both sides of the argument. The fact is that some drugs are worse than others. High schoolers are sometimes told that marijuana is equally dangerous to harder drugs such as heroin. Then, if they’ve try marijuana or have friends who do and don’t get into any trouble, they assume that other drugs are equally mild.

That is why I helped my local school district develop a more honest workshop On why to say no to drugs. It is based on a different theory than most of these workshops. There is a very law and order emphasis to a lot of say no to drugs education. It presents a world view where one side is definitely right and the other side is definitely wrong. We thought that it might be more useful to give students all the facts and let them decide for themselves. Rather than trying to tell them what to do, we simply gave them the information about the different drugs. We told them the risks, let them meet people who have dealt with drug addictions, educated them about drug laws, and had them write their own essays describing how they felt about the war on drugs.

The results have been outstanding. Students have an easier time knowing how to say no to drugs than in any of the neighboring high schools. Although we have a similar rate of marijuana usage To the other neighboring high schools, almost none of our kids tend to fall into the trap of using hard drugs. We have helped to keep them safe from the most dangerous street drugs, and for that we all feel proud.

The Newest Craze: Legal Herbal Incense.. The Next Mary Jane??

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:18:50 +0000

Marijuana. Everyone has heard of it, and according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health an estimated 104 million people aged 12 or older have tried it at least once in their life. Americans part take in it’s use everyday, but is it really worth the risk and hassle of getting in trouble with your local law enforcement? In 2009 alone an estimated amount of 1,663,582 state and local arrests for drug abuse violations in the United States. So is it really worth it? Not to mention the high cost for such a high risk, so what do you ask can we do about this? Well, the answer is simple…. Find a LEGAL VERSION.

Yes. You heard correctly, there are legal alternatives for marijuana. Often referred to as “Spice” this product is a legal blend of herbs and herbal botanical extracts. All substances on the products are legal in the U.S. It’s use and affects are similar to Mary Jane, only just a little more pinpointed. THC normally reacts with your C1 receptors, well the substances in Herbal Incense react with your C1 AND C2 receptors gibing you a more intense and good feeling 100% legally. So no more having to worry about getting caught by the police, going to court, and no jail time. Since it’s legal everyone can part take. So that means people on probation, people who take drug tests for work, you can all once again take part in your smoke-ables.

So, now that I’ve got you interested, you might be wondering where you can find this holy grail. The answer is yet again simple. Check your local head shops, gas stations, or find it on the Internet. Their are so many different choices to choose from, ranging in price from state to state, but always cheaper than Mary Jane, plus you get so much more “burn” for your buck.

So if they can create a legal version of this drug, who’s to say that they can’t make legal substitutes for all drugs? It would free up our prisons and save many people time and money. With that being said, The War On Drugs should come to an end.

America and, The Worlds Failed Drug War!

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:18:09 +0000

The BBC has released a article on June 2, 2011 on the failed drug war, by the governments of the world.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13624303

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Several important and key figures have come forth, talking about all the lives lost because of this war. The article stated that 34, 000 people have died in Mexico since 2006 because of government crackdowns. It looks to me that more people worldwide die not because of the sell or use of drugs, but because of the violence that happens when the drugs are controlled or taken away. The American drug tsar said drug use is a disease, and I think he is wrong. The world is currently in this “1984″ state like George Orwell’s book. In America, where the definitions to words are too broad or are changed to often to cover almost any and everything. The use of drugs is a personal choice not a disease, I have no desire to use because I see others using. Drug use is not communicable, I don’t have someone breath second hand smoke on me and then suddenly I start smoking weed. Think of all the lives lost because of alcohol but yet it’s legal, that just makes no sense. As long as no one is being killed for the drug or it’s not being sold to children where is the harm ? Watch this video on the start and propaganda about the never ending pointless drug war from 2009 !

I never used a drug before in my life and I don’t want to. It should make no government afraid that new drug users will spring up because drugs become legalized. I have never known anyone like me who even joked that they would use if drugs are legalized. In my opinion most non drug users are quite proud of their drug free status and won’t jeopardize it.The more some one is told how bad something is for them, it just makes the person more interested in that very thing. I’ve seen with my own eyes how some drug users are completely functional, and show no signs of the drugs negative effects on them. The more a person uses a drug, the individual builds a tolerance to that drug. I have known heavy drinkers, smokers and users of other drugs, the problems that might occur differ for each individual. If people want a drug bad enough they will do almost anything for it, why make a criminal out of somebody who just wants to make their own choice. I’ve talked to cigarette smoker who always joke about dying of cancer, the truth is even when people know the facts they just don’t care. People should have the right to live as they choose, just help them if the drug use becomes a problem. It seems to me that people could be informed, say along the lines of the food pyramid, but for drugs on how to use them properly. Individuals then could self medicate, instead of becoming hooked on the drugs of the medical industry. The medical industry is a joke any way getting people hooked on medications for big profit, it’s not about helping people. The lives of far too many people have been ruined for something that should have not been made illegal. A criminal record of any kind makes it hard permanently to find a job. How can thinks that grow from the ground, and are found in nature be illegal anyway ? Big brother has gone too far as usual, but as in America case they never want to listen. How many never ending wars are we going to allow America to fight, with no real solution ? All the experts and world leaders can’t possibly be wrong. If God put drugs in nature then he must have intended for everyone to decide if they want use them. People in the governments that don’t even believe in God, wanting to control your right to what he has given the world is wrong. I say make all drug use legal, nothing has changed by making it illegal and nothing ever will. The stats and information available prove this, but the ones in control know this and don’t listen, how sad. Light one if ya got one, Peace !

The War on Drugs in a Nutshell

Tue, 17 May 2011 05:10:22 +0000

Since the early 20th century, the powerful and elite always tended to decide what common Americans should their bodies. But this decision was truly manifested in the 1970s when president Nixon declared the war on drugs. This piece of shit is comparable to Adolf Hitler by starting a war that is over 40 years old and killed millions of people on both sides of the law. Nixon was a dirty swine who hated the youthful generation of his time and to destroy the modern pop culture he created the DEA, his Gestapo, to enforce his new drug laws, especially the ones that involve marijuana. Marijuana seems to be the heart of it all, killing a whopping ZERO people each year. To give you the idea of how ridiculous the American is, each drug is classified in a schedule. Schedule I drugs are drugs that are highly addictive and have no benefit at all. Marijuana is a schedule I drug. Marijuana is a known medicine since 2737 BC in China and has been prescribed to thousands of cancer patients to help combat the menacing disease. No benefit at all, huh. But isn’t it addictive? No it is not, unlike opium marijuana does not have any physically addicting chemicals properties. Schedule II drugs are those that are highly addictive but are not as dangerous as schedule I drugs and have some medical benefit. schedule II drugs include cocaine, amphetamines, morphine, and crystal meth. The reason of marijuana’s strict scheduling is that it is considered a gateway drug to harder drugs such the schedule II drugs. So how can a schedule I drug, the hardest drug type, lead to the more dangerous softer drugs. Its bullshit there is a difference between the two so my question is how Crystal meth, a drug known to destroy, labeled less dangerous, by bureaucratic swine who only do what they are told instead of think about what is said, than marijuana which is a known medicine and named the safest therapeutic substance known to man by DEA judge Francis Young. The American drug war is not only a war on pot but on the American people and their constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness. Not only that but the Drug war is a perfect 1984 situation, where the government controls everything the people does including what they put in their bodies. Or is it just me who sees the irony of America, who claims to be the freest country but still does not grant the citizen its rights to ingest what ever they want. Is America George Orwell’s Big brother, do we really need the government to protect us from our selves? But the truth of the matter is that the drug is much more complex than the government protecting us from our selves it is also involves racial issues, fiscal issues, and political issues. The drug war characterizes everything wrong with America.

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