Illegal drug trade

Across this great nation, and particularly down here in Arizona , there is a great fear of, and anger at, the Mexicans. There is a reason for that fear. But that reason has nothing to do with an invasion of child molesters and drunk drivers, the burden on our education and health care systems, immigrants cornering the toilet cleaning and melon picking markets, NAFTA , the reconquista of the Southwest , or as some numb brains have suggested-- the price of gas: The real reason is that large portions of Mexico are controlled by murderous drug cartels , with tentacles reaching into all fifty ... Read Full Story

On Monday President Bush asked Congress to allot more funds for a couple of wars. There is the war in Iraq and the War on Drug s . He is asking that 500 million be sent to Mexico , the first installment in a 1.4 billion package. And that is part of an over all plan to spend 6.4 billion in Mexico over the next three years in the War on Drugs . The United States has been fighting the War on Drugs for thirty years now. So far this year over 16 billion has been expended by federal, state and local law enforcement ... Read Full Story

This article is in no way intended to support the use of any drug (legal or illegal), nor is it intended to diminish or belittle the negative health effects that any of the discussed substances inflict. Rather, it is to look at the statistics associated with the use and abuse of 'hard' and 'soft' drugs, and pose the question whether or not Singapore Law should allow distinction between the two when it comes to incarceration and capital punishment. It is no secret, that Singapore has some of the toughest laws in the world when it comes to drug possession, use and trafficking. Furthermore, there ... Read Full Story

On Saturday, 14th June, Five suspected drug-traffickers were arrested and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) seized $1.3M worth of drugs in an Islandwide operation. This is the second-largest drug haul in Singapore for 2008. The bureau had received intelligence from an unnamed source, that a large consignment of drugs would be delivered by a Malaysian courier to a Singaporean drug syndicate leader, prompting the operation which took a mere two hours to complete. Around $82,000 in cash (believed to be proceeds from drug trafficking) was also recovered and seized. CNB officers watched the activities at around 3pm on Saturday, as the courier and two ... Read Full Story

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