The next imperialist Latin American drug war?

The US and Mexico are in negotiations regarding a major expansion of the drug war in Mexico. This conflict already receives aid and support from the US, but now we’re talking big dollars - half a billion per year (or 1.2 billion here). That’s about the same we spend on Colombia, which is a great success story by any absurd government measurement standards.

Let’s privatize all wars… including the drug war

Noting the recent success of warfare privatization (a great documentary on warfare privatization - Iraq in Fragments, can be found here) in Iraq, leaders at the Pentagon have taken a clue, and now are researching the possibility of privatizing the [modern] War on Drugs, proudly begun by Nixon in 1971.

With a possible $15billion contract, who can resist the allure of arresting marihuana-smoking youth, detaining suspicious foreign nationals, and breaking down doors without warrants?  But really, why should we stop at the US? - already American military and private units are slash-and-burning through the South American rain forest, assisting questionable leaders with money and weapons, and are dropping chemicals on foreign agricultural zones.

Ahhhh, it’s beautiful

The Marijuana Signature Project

Funded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, this study is trying to determine the geographic origin of marijuana samples. By analyzing strains and comparing them to a database of isotypes, specific chemical markers found in vegetation, the marijuana sample can be ‘placed’.

Stoners can play baseball too

The Marijuana Policy Project, NORML, and SSDP sponsor a Washington DC softball team - their name? The One Hitters. Their game: winning, even when the onerous ONDCP refuses to play them.

Confused by all of the acronyms? Then click the links and find out what they all mean.

If people do it, why illegalize it?

1 in 12 US workers use drugs…. And yet so many remain controlled? I propose that it is each individual’s choice and responsibility if they wish to use drugs. I don’t even need to point out the contradiction present with the legality of alcohol and tobacco, two enormously harmful substances. In comparison, many scheduled drugs are harmless. So what’s the deal yo?