Tag: dea
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‘how weed won the west’: new doc exposes the drugwar
from infowars: In the follow-up to his ground-breaking documentary ‘American Drug War,’ filmmaker Kevin Booth traces the fight against Federal drug regulation in the State of California. A public majority has spoken and said yes to states rights, allowing for the use of medicinal marijuana and opening up a new front in controversial medicinal ‘dispensaries.’…
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drugwar: hayfork harvest, oregon pot school & more
marijuana growers upend hard-luck hayfork, californiafrom latimes: This hardscrabble Northern California town has become a hotbed for medical marijuana farming… Some students talk openly of farming pot after graduation, about the only opportunity in this depressed timber town. “It’s not a subculture here,” said [Supt. Tom] Barnett, who heads the Mountain Valley Unified School District.…
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10/8 newspurge
drugwar: indicted ex-dea boss turns himself in to federal court on charges of obstruction, conspiracy & destruction of records relating to the allen stanford fraud investigation* food world order: lance armstrong to pimp for michelob ultra* murder/mayhem: ucla student in critical condition after her throat is slashed in science lab* oregon oddities: oregon building emergency…
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agents say dea is forcing them illegally to work in afghanistan
from mcclatchy: As the Obama administration ramps up the Drug Enforcement Administration’s presence in Afghanistan, some special-agent pilots contend that they’re being illegally forced to go to a combat zone, while others who’ve volunteered say they’re not being properly equipped. In interviews with McClatchy, more than a dozen DEA agents describe a badly managed system…
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more troops to guard afghan heroin that props up banks
the use of terms like ‘theater’ & ‘enablers’ should really tell you what’s going on here… this is all about the drugs.from time: Afghanistan became President Obama’s war on Tuesday [feb17], when he ordered two more U.S. combat brigades into the fight. He will send 17,000 combat troops to join the 36,000-strong U.S. force already…
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geopolitiks: occupation, colonization, assimilation
italians occupy site of proposed US military base in vicenzafrom global research: Opposition to what would be a major new hub for the U.S. military in Europe is not new. Protest marches have filled Vicenza’s streets. The Italian Prime Minister has lost his job. But now construction has neared, and protesters have occupied the site…
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bolivian president says dea encourages drug trafficking
from afp: The United States on Friday rejected as “patently absurd” charges by Bolivian President Evo Morales that the US government is encouraging drug-trafficking in Bolivia. “The charges that have been made are just patently absurd,” State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood told the daily press briefing in Washington. “We reject them categorically.” In La…
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‘tsa gangstaz’
delta & tsa employees admit smuggling drugsfrom wsb-tv: Two former TSA employees and a former Delta worker admitted Wednesday to smuggling drugs at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Leslie Adgar, 42, of Decatur, Andre Mays, 24, of Atlanta, and Jon Patton, 44, of Lawrenceville, pleaded guilty to smuggling cocaine and heroin. Patton and Mays were Transportation…
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only users lose guns (& laptops): dea plagued by loss
from washington times: More than 90 weapons and 230 laptop computers belonging to the Drug Enforcement Administration have turned up missing over the past five years and, despite efforts by the agency to address weaknesses in tracking the items, “significant deficiencies” remain, a report said yesterday. The lost and stolen weapons include pistols, rifles, shotguns…
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medical marijuana machines start up in los angeles
from time: The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines. Patients suffering from chronic pain, loss of appetite and other ailments that marijuana is said to alleviate can get their pot with a dose of convenience at the Herbal Nutrition Center, where a large machine will…