The “most significant drug importation conspiracies ever charged in Chicago” says the US Attorney. Federal authorities have disrupted a massive cocaine operation that was bringing 1,500 to 2,000 kilos of cocaine a month to Chicago from the most powerful drug traffickers in Mexico, in what law enforcement is calling the most significant drug conspiracy ever to be broken up in…
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Conversations with Carlos Watson
Stanford Franklin and I will be on MSNBC’s Conversations with Carlos Watson tomorrow, Wednesday. We’ll be talking about drug legalization and our op-ed. The show is from 11am-12 noon, Eastern Time. I think we’ll be on from 11:15 to 11:45. Check us out!
The Failed Drug War: Overdose Deaths
Here’s a good example: The Netherlands has about 120 drug overdose deaths per year. This is a rate of 0.75 per 100,000. Meanwhile the US, with all our money and prisons and police and people who wish to “send the right message” has this problem: The mortality rates from unintentional drug overdose (not including alcohol) have risen steadily since the…
Pot farm starts forest fire
Buzzkill.
Just Say Yes
The Washington Post has an op-ed written by me, Peter Moskos, and Stanford “Neill” Franklin. It’s Time to Legalize Drug Drug manufacturing and distribution is too dangerous to remain in the hands of unregulated criminals. Drug distribution needs to be the combined responsibility of doctors, the government, and a legal and regulated free market. This simple step would quickly eliminate…
Amsterdam Party People (II)
This just in over the transom: Went to Loveland Festival in Sloterpark yesterday and a great time was had by all except [name removed] who was found by security to have two pills [of ecstasy] on him. Without saying a word, the security guy brought him to cops who took him to the station. After 90 minutes of waiting (no…
Taxing Weed
Oakland votes to tax medical marijuana. It’s expected to raise about $300,000 a year and passed with 80 percentof the vote.
The future with legal marijuana
There can be a future with legal and regulated drugs. A drug deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a weekday afternoon. Erick Alvaro hands over a white paper bag to his 58-year-old customer, who inspects the bag to ensure that everything he ordered over the phone is there. An…
That’s the way it was
Walter Cronkite died Friday. He was 92. On his 90th birthday he told the Daily News, “I would like to think I’m still quite capable of covering a story.” He was known for knowing a failed war when he saw one. Not just Vietnam. He was against the War on Drugs and a friend of LEAP.
Amsterdam Party People
This account of the party scene in Amsterdam is from a person who enjoys such things. He’s lived in Amsterdam for the past 17 years. The Sensation dance party, Wicked Wonderland, held in the city’s largest football stadium. The dress code was all white. The party goes from 10pm to 6am. Tickets cost about $100 (69 euros). The placed is…