DEA Agents Forced into Afghan War
Digby has a disturbing post on how several DEA helicopter pilots have apparently been pressured into service in Afghanistan.
Don’t be fooled, this is about the drug war and nothing else
Re: "Tories propose tighter parole rules" from CBC News.
US Inching Toward Majority Support for Legalization of Cannabis
Re: U.S. Support for Legalizing Marijuana Reaches New High
Obama’s Statement on Federal Medical Marijuana Busts
I was so overjoyed when I first heard about Obama’s statement regarding the prosecution of medical marijuana patients and caregivers that I started singing “Happy Days Are Here Again”. I was overjoyed that our Joints for Obama campaign had finally shown some results. As I understand it, the White House received over 10,000 joints.
Cutting money to health services will not cut services…let’s try that with jails and police?
Re: B.C. health cuts no harm to services: minister
Pot Accounts For 75% of Police Seizures
Many Canadians think police don't pay much attention to marijuana, and instead focus on busting people for "hard drugs". Think again.
Facts and statistics that relate to police priorities
I went through the Vancouver Public Library's "Police Brutality" files a while back (I think they have been discontinued by now - budget cuts) and picked out a few quotes ... and rather than have this stuff go to waste in some corner of my archives I thought I would share it with all of you!
