Jeremiah Vandermeer

Jeremiah Vandermeer

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - What do software mogul Bill Gates and banking investor Warren Buffett have in common with wanted Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera? They are all featured in Forbes magazine's world's billionaires report as "self-made" billionaires.

Bill C-15, the proposed drug legislation by the Conservative Party of Canada, would impose mandatory minimum jail sentences for marijuana. Tell your Member of Parliament to Vote No On C-15!. WhyProhibition.ca now has a form emailer for MPs. Click here to send an email to Members of Parliament opposing Bill C-15. Simply scroll down to the bottom of the letter, fill in the fields and click send. It's that simple!

President Obama is considering deploying National Guard troops along the border with Mexico in response to the escalating drug war. In his most direct comments so far on Mexico’s fight against drug cartels, Obama told reporters from regional newspapers, quote, “We’re going to examine whether and if National Guard deployments would make sense and under what circumstances they would make sense.” But Obama ruled out any immediate military move.

Argentinian professor Juan Gabriel Tokatlián claims that banks not only profit from illegal drug money, it actually enables them to survive the financial crisis. The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs is meeting in Vienna this weekend to discuss the war on drugs and Professor Tokatlián wants this illegal economy to get more attention.
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