Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The War on Drugs

Like the war on terror, it is permanent. Links found at Cursor on the subject lead to the following bits:

Setting aside the spicy "mercenaries in Iraq" story for a moment, the U.S. government is getting ready to compete a multi-billion dollar contract to combat narcoterrorism, i.e. the illegal drugs financing terrorism. Five companies (check out which ones) are going to bid on this mega-contract, Defense News reports:

  Wired

Yes, Blackwater is one.

A new GAO report concludes that the war on drugs is not working, but recommends 'more of the same.' [Cursor]

  Source: Grits for Breakfast

Fall has arrived, and with it the annual effort by law enforcement across the country to eradicate the outdoor marijuana crop. Nowhere is the effort more elaborate or impressive than California, where the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) has been heading out into the countryside to rip up pot crops since 1983. CAMP, an amalgam of 110 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, racks up big numbers every year, but there is little indication that the program has any impact whatsoever on the price or availability of marijuana in California.

  Stop the Drug War


....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.


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