Almost 20,000 Mexican citizens have died in that country since President Felipe Calderon’s government declared war on the drug lords that even now seem to rule many parts of that country. Worse, that’s not likely to change says Ismael Zambada, a top member of Joaquin Guzman, Mexico’s most notorious drug lord: "Millions of people are…
Category: Drugs
Mormons Murdered in Mexico Were Real Men
Two leaders of Colonia LeBaron, a Mormon community with roots in the United State, were murdered because they dared to defy the drug/kidnapping gangs that have killed more than 3000 people in Chihuahua, Mexico in the last 18 months.
Benjamin LeBaron, 31 and Luis Widmar were forced out of their homes earlier this week and shot multiple times by gangsters who want to ensure that people in Chihuahua stay afraid of them. Both men died.
The tactic may well work. It’s been said that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Sadly, doing nothing is the easiest thing to do in a conflict, a fact that goes a long way toward explaining the state of Mexico and the world at large.
New Drug Czar Making Sense, Cops Suspicious
Gil Kerlikowske, new leader of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, says that it’s time to stop thinking of the nation’s problem with drugs as a war because it’s harmful, both here at home and abroad.
Legalizing Drugs Will Reduce Violent Crime
As demonstrated by his recent decision to send help to the embattled Mexico border region, President Obama is well aware of the problem posed by drug violence, both here at home and overseas. His response, as summarized below, is all wrong. And that’s not just me talking – Harvard’s Jeffery Miron says that same thing….
Sex, Drugs, Teenagers, Teachers, and Money
Looking like a lurid "All Nude" sign, today’s Houston Chronicle’s headline screams, "Wash. court: Sex between teachers, 18-year-olds OK". In fact, the Washington Court of Appeals said no such thing. Rather, the court ruled that sex between consenting adults is not a legal matter, regardless of a student/teacher relationship. Not the same thing at all….
Casualties of the American Drug War
America’s War on Drugs is a known failure and it’s south-of-the-border derivative is literally the cause of blood – and decapitated heads – in the streets of Mexico. Drug lords there regularly defy the government’s efforts to stop narco-terrorism and Sunday dumped twelve headless, tortured bodies in Chilpancingo along with a love note to police…
Teen Drinking Laws
I was going to let pass the recently publicity garnered by the Amethyst Initiative in their quest to lower the legal age for alcohol consumption from 21 to 18. Not because I wasn’t interested – I have 2 teenagers at home – but because it seemed like a non-starter. 21 saves lives. Why tamper with…
Welfare Test
Tip of the hat to Sheryl for this gem via e-mail: I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test with which I have no problem….
The Forgotten War
Libby Spencer at Newshoggers and Bob Barr have something in common: both realize that America’s War on Drugs is a waste of both resources and lives. Libby brings up two facts that the feds don’t want us dwelling on: deaths attributable to the abuse of legal pharmaceutical drugs are three times greater than illegal ones,…
Principal Busts Dope Dealing Delinquent
In New Hampshire, Concord High School principal Jean Barker turned the tables on a student arranging to sell drugs via text messages by setting up a mini-string operation that lead to the student’s arrest. That’s what I call excellence in education! Unsurprisingly, there are plenty of frivolous people willing to to take the drug pusher’s…