Topic: DRUGS - on March 26, 2009 at 1:10:00 PM CET
Mexico's drug war (34 photos total)
In December of 2006, Mexico's new President Felipe Calderón declared war on the drug cartels, reversing earlier government passiveness. Since then, the government has made some gains, but at a heavy price - gun battles, assasinations, kidnappings, fights between rival cartels, and reprisals have resulted in over 9,500 deaths since December 2006 - over 5,300 killed last year alone. President Barack Obama recently announced extra agents were being deployed to the border and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Mexico today to pursue a broad diplomatic agenda - overshadowed now by spiraling drug violence and fears of greater cross-border spillover. Officials on both sides of the border are committed to stopping the violence, and stemming the flow of drugs heading north and guns and cash heading south.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 25, 2009 at 2:36:00 PM CET
What in the fuck!
Geniale Milieustudien: Die kanadischen Subkultur-Formate "Trailer Park Boys" und "Pure Pwnage" erzählen ihre Geschichten erfolgreich abseits des US-amerikanischen Serien-Mainstreams.
Exzellent geschriebene und fulminant fotografierte Hochglanzserien wie "Lost" und "Desperate Housewives" haben haushohe Standards gesetzt. Zuletzt startete auf NBC das Riesenprojekt "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip", eine Drama-Soap über eine Samstagabendshow à la "Saturday Night Live", die alles mitbringt, was eine gute Serie ausmacht. Trotz der bekannten Namen vom Macher (dem berüchtigten Serienerfinder und Produzenten Aaron Sorkin) bis zum Ensemble (Amanda Peet, Matthew Perry, Bradley Whitford) und den perfekt getimeten Drehbüchern wirkt "Studio 60" überraschenderweise völlig überformt und hat bisher für den Sender nicht den erwarteten Erfolg gebracht. Mit dieser Serie über eine Serie scheint ein Genre an seine Grenzen gekommen zu sein. Der Selbstbezug wurde als langweilig, verquast und unlustig kritisiert.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 25, 2009 at 11:51:00 AM CET
Trailer Park Boys: Big Plans, Little Brains
Okay, I'll admit that I came to the immense pleasures of Canada's greatest export, "Trailer Park Boys" a little late in the party. By the time I downloaded a 17GB torrent file of "the complete Trailer Park Boys" it was indeed just that, complete, with a bow on top. Two feature films and seven TV series, a total of 56 episodes of some of the funniest television I have ever seen.
Richard Metzger is Boing Boing's current guest blogger.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 25, 2009 at 11:46:00 AM CET
Border plants to be killed to reveal smugglers
The U.S. Border Patrol plans to poison the plant life along a 1.1-mile stretch of the Rio Grande riverbank as soon as Wednesday to get rid of the hiding places used by smugglers, robbers and illegal immigrants.
If successful, the $2.1 million pilot project could later be duplicated along as many as 130 miles of river in the patrol’s Laredo Sector, as well as other parts of the U.S.-Mexico border.
chron.com Mexico drug violence prompts U.S. border crackdown
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 25, 2009 at 11:42:00 AM CET
Legalize drugs to stop violence
Over the past two years, drug violence in Mexico has become a fixture of the daily news. Some of this violence pits drug cartels against one another; some involves confrontations between law enforcement and traffickers.
Recent estimates suggest thousands have lost their lives in this "war on drugs."
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 25, 2009 at 10:36:00 AM CET
Zollfahnder zerschlagen Drogenschmugglerring
Es ist der größte Drogenfund in Hamburg seit 15 Jahren: Zollfahnder haben auf einem Containerschiff im Hafen der Hansestadt 5,5 Tonnen Marihuana und 18 Kilo Haschischöl entdeckt. Auf dem Schwarzmarkt haben die Waren einen Wert von 28 Millionen Euro.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 24, 2009 at 3:33:00 PM CET
NORML Breaking News: Marijuana Legalization Bills Introduced In Massachusetts!
California’s highly publicized effort to legalize the commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis is getting some well-deserved company!
A pair of bills — House Bill 2929 and Senate Bill 1801 — seeking to “tax and regulate the cannabis industry” have just been introduced in the Massachusetts legislature.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 24, 2009 at 2:07:00 PM CET
Polizei verhaftet 114-Jährigen wegen Drogenbesitzes
In seinem Hinterhof fanden Beamte mehr als hundert Beutel Cannabis: Ein 114-jähriger Mann muss sich in Nigeria für den Besitz illegaler Drogen verantworten. Der Greis weist sämtliche Vorwürfe von sich.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 22, 2009 at 12:55:00 PM CET
Dispensers of Marijuana Find Relief in Policy Shift
The air inside the Los Angeles Patients and Caregivers Group was pungent with the aroma of premium hydroponic marijuana, but the proprietor, Don Duncan, said on Thursday that he was breathing a bit easier.
A day before, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. had said that the federal authorities would no longer take action against medical marijuana dispensaries if they were in compliance with state and local laws.
While 13 states, including California, have laws allowing medical use of marijuana, they had not been recognized by the federal government. One of Mr. Duncan’s two marijuana dispensaries was a target, in 2007, of one of the scores of raids involving medical marijuana that the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted in Los Angeles during the Bush administration.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 21, 2009 at 12:49:00 PM CET
28 Kilo Kokain in Bananenkisten sichergestellt
Überraschung im Supermarkt: Zwei Bananenkisten mit mehr als 28 Kilogramm Kokain sind versehentlich im bayerischen Illertissen gelandet. Eine Mitarbeiterin eines Supermarktes entdeckte in der Ware aus Kolumbien das in 26 gelbe Päckchen eingewickelte Rauschgift. Offenbar ist den Schmugglern ein Fehler unterlaufen.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 21, 2009 at 12:43:00 PM CET
20 kilos of cocaine plates arrive in Barcelona
It was an entire 42-piece crockery set, with plates, bowls, cups and saucers fit to honour any group of diners – especially if they had a serious drug habit.
Spanish police have seized a 20kg (44lb) consignment of crockery sent from Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city, to Barcelona, via London, after discovering that it was made out of compressed cocaine.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 20, 2009 at 10:29:00 AM CET
Mexican Reporter: ‘Standing Up To Drug Lord Is Suicidal’
It took some time, but the border drug wars are finally on the nation's radar.
Congressional hearings are taking place about the subject, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Mexico next week.
A Mexican reporter close to the issue for decades told 10News that winning the drug war is not that simple.
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