NORML’s Erik Altieri interview Gov. Gary Johnson; Cannabis Cure UK on Vietnamese “gang” in slave conditions at “cannabis factory”; Marine jailed in Mexico; Why State Welfare Drug Testing Laws Are Stupid, Expensive, Ineffective, and Cruel; music by Jacob Miller.
NORML’s Erik Altieri interview Gov. Gary Johnson; Cannabis Cure UK on Vietnamese “gang” in slave conditions at “cannabis factory”; Marine jailed in Mexico; Why State Welfare Drug Testing Laws Are Stupid, Expensive, Ineffective, and Cruel; music by Jacob Miller.
Pot-smoking opponents of Washington’s I-502 and Colorado’s Amendment 64 could not see the far-reaching implications of marijuana legalization.
Legalization of marijuana in Washington, Oregon, or Colorado could cost Mexican drug trafficking cartels up to 30% of their profits and reduce American marijuana prices by half.
In a speech today at the UN General Assembly, Mexican President Felipe Calderon blasted the United States as a “drug consumer” country that must address the “current prohibitionist approach to drugs”.
President Obama invoked his executive privilege to withhold documents and communication records from a Congressional Oversight Committee who has been seeking answers over the death of Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry.
The Navy is reporting that this weekend 10 tons of marijuana were recovered from the Pacific after being dumped by two boats along the California/Mexico border.
United States Attorney General Eric Holder said that the Obama administration is only targeting dispensaries that have exceeded state laws and that he is still trying to find accountability in the errors under Operation “Fast and Furious”.
Five warehouses and parking lots owned by the popular Sabritas brand were attacked over the weekend in the states of Michoacan and Guanajato. Witnesses said masked men had thrown firebombs and incinerated warehouses and dozens of delivery trucks. No one was injured in the bombings, according to authorities.
El Paso voters ousted Rep. Sylvestre Reyes in a Democratic primary, in favor of the council member who had pushed for a resolution calling on the feds to discuss legalization of drugs, Beto O’Rourke.
The latest public opinion poll to ask Americans about legalizing marijuana like alcohol and tobacco shows 56% agree with the idea, according to Rasmussen Reports. The support for marijuana legalization rises if it is to be sold only in pharmacies. 62% of voters believe that American consumer demand is “a major factor in the drug violence and gang warfare in Mexico and Central America.” In response to the violence, nearly half (47%) of all Americans are open to the idea of legalizing marijuana and cocaine if that would reduce border violence.
