Vancouver Area Restaurant Shooting Linked to Low-Level Drug War
Incident near 72nd Ave. and 120th St. appears to be targeted, say police
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Shooting in BC Hours After Mounties Declare ‘Turf War’
No one has been seriously injured
Colorado’s Marijuana Black Market Is More Complicated Than It Looks
Depending on whom you ask, Colorado's marijuana black market has either vanished or expanded since weed was legalized in the state.
Prominent Mexicans Urge Government to Decriminalize Marijuana
A broad spectrum of prominent Mexicans, including former ministers, businessmen, artists and a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, on Wednesday urged the government to decriminalize marijuana in a bid to curb gang violence and corruption.
Mexico’s Narco Wars: Stolen Elections, FBI-Cartel Ties, and Why US Banks Don’t Want to End the Drug War
CANNABIS CULTURE - Last year's chilling book El Sicario: The Autobiography of a Mexican Assassin details the outright corruption of the Mexican government and its shady alliances with drug cartels.
In Bid to Quell Gang Violence, Policing Orthodoxy Changes Gears
Shortly after the bomb ripped through the prominent gangster’s motor home – a dramatic escalation from the hail of bullets British Columbians have come to expect from organized crime – police arranged sit-downs with street-level gangsters and their bosses. Gunfire is one thing, but bombings, authorities made clear at the meetings, would not be tolerated.
The War on Drugs is a Losing Battle
Most British Columbians, I'm sure, won't weep over the murder in Mexico of drug kingpin Tom Gisby and other B.C. gangbangers.
RCMP Fear B.C. Man’s Murder in Mexico Could Spawn Gang War
Thomas Gisby kept such a low profile that his name never made the news – until he was killed in Mexico, causing police to warn that a gang war that has already featured two dramatic attacks in British Columbia could explode in public again.
War on Drugs Sparks Discussion of Canada-U.S.-Mexico Military Co-operation
It's time for greater military co-operation in North America's long war on drugs, Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his U.S. and Mexican counterparts said Tuesday.
Conservatives Importing Drug Violence From Mexico With New Crime Policies
Politicians created drug prohibition. Drug prohibition created the gangs and cartels. Now Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada have passed new laws guaranteed to give the gangs more power.
