After authorities uncovered a body and arrested cartel members at a ranch in the state of Jalisco in Mexico, the investigation seemed to come to a stop. Months later, families searching for missing relatives took a look for themselves. Read more from @AssociatedPress about what they found.
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THE NEW TALKING POINT:
"This isn't a #TradeWar, it's a #DrugWar."
#Lutnick made this point on #MtP, and then Economic Director #Hasset flat out said it on ABC's #ThisWeek.
They are starting to realize #DonnieDumbass' #tariffs are going to RAISE prices and spike #inflation after running on the promise they would do the opposite, so they are test-flying a new justification for their disastrous #TradePolicy: #Fentanyl (despite how little comes from #Canada.)
Another excellent piece out of @TexasObserver on the Drug War in Texas.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-war-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/
>Oliverson said the bill only applied to fentanyl “because it is that much more dangerous, because it is that much more powerful. … People say to me, ‘I don’t like the idea of giving people test strips because it gives them confidence in the illegal drugs that they’re buying, and I want to discourage people from using illegal drugs,’” he said. “Well, I want to discourage people from using illegal drugs too, but having them insta-killed by a mislabeled pill that they bought, the first time they took it, is not an effective strategy for recovery.”
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>While other drug-checking legislation failed that session, Oliverson’s bill passed the House 143-2—but it never received a hearing in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. “They just could not get over the idea that you are making it safer for people to use illegal drugs and that we shouldn’t make it safe for people to use illegal drugs,” Oliverson said, “because they shouldn’t be using illegal drugs at all.”
The Texas Observer · How Texas’ War on Drug Users Fueled an Austin Overdose DisasterA mass casualty event last spring lays bare the state’s backward approach to the ongoing crisis spurred by fentanyl and other super-potent substances.
Donald #Trump declares war on Drug Cartels: “We will show no mercy on the cartels”
Sounds macho, strong and imperial.
Wait until #Mexico is destabilized, subsequently descend into a bonafide narco state.
You:ll have Narcos, locals and #migrants barnstorming into the borders!
#narcostate #drugwar #drugcartels #immigration #illegalstreaming #boarderpatrol #iCE #gopcrimes #gopclownshow #uspol #
You cannot win the #DrugWar because it's impossible to do!
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I dipped out of the city council meeting to watch the I-137 community forum, was pretty obvious how this was gonna play out.
The council has passed the SODA/SOAP bills which makes looking like a homeless person, a sex worker, or drug user in Seattle a reason a cop can stop you.
You can be banned from neighborhoods and fined $5k for existing in the wrong places.
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@janisf -- If you want to see how the Democrats are just mouthpieces for the status quo, just look at Clinton and Obama and how they handled #cannabis and #legalization and how they maintained the #DrugWar while they "got away" with their own usage.
We STILL have people in prison for breaking outdated drug laws doing things that are LEGAL now. #Free420POWs
#MANILA, #Philippines — The prosecutor from the #InternationalCriminalCourt (ICC) can come to the #Philippines and interview suspects in the #DrugWar killings during the #Duterte administration, Solicitor General #MenardoGuevarra said on Tuesday. #EJK
However, he said the Philippine government is not bound legally to assist the #ICC.
PH gov’t can’t stop ICC from probing drug war suspects – SolGen
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/244080/ph-govt-cant-stop-icc-from-probing-drug-war-suspects-solgen#ixzz8hRxcOCH8
INQUIRER.net · PH gov’t can’t stop ICC from probing drug war suspects – SolGen
#MANILA – When #RodrigoDuterte was running for president eight years ago, he vowed to order the #police and the #military to find #DrugUsers and #DrugTraffickers to kill them. He said he would offer them immunity. In the months after, #PoliceOfficers and #Vigilantes mercilessly gunned down tens of thousands of people in #SummaryExecutions.
Years later, #Philippines reckons with #Duterte’s brutal #DrugWar
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/29/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-duterte-drug-war/
The Japan Times · Years later, Philippines reckons with Duterte’s brutal drug war
#Datasets obtained and analyzed by Rappler show how the drug war pushed an already overwhelmed #PrisonSystem to its breaking point. #JailPopulations soared beyond the 100,000 mark, and drug defendants – and other defendants who became collateral damage – were held hostage by delayed trials. #Philippines
#Duterte’s #DrugWar pushes #prisons to a breaking point
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/duterte-drug-war-pushes-prisons-breaking-point/
I wonder how President Joe Biden views Free Palestine protesters?
He wouldn't criminalize people just for funnzies, right?
IG: @aamerrahman
IG: @irish4palestine
Talks began in 2015 under then Philippine President #BenignoAquino but stalled two years later under his successor #RodrigoDuterte, whose deadly #DrugWar strained diplomatic relations with the West and sparked an international probe.
#EU and #Philippines relaunch #FreeTrade talks
https://business.inquirer.net/450932/eu-and-philippines-relaunch-free-trade-talks
MSN link: https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other/eu-and-philippines-relaunch-free-trade-talks/ar-BB1k6eB7
INQUIRER.net · EU and Philippines relaunch free trade talks
#decriminalize #cannabis #drugwar
Not 14, but 22+ years later...
Portugal did this July, 2001.
#Marcos, if he was serious, should have explicitly vowed to give justice to #Duterte’s victims even at the start of his presidency in 2022. Right now, Lina and other widows feel like pawns in a chess game dominated by politicians who are trying to survive until the next elections. #Philippines
#DrugWar widow fears being used as a weapon in Marcos-Duterte rift
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/drug-war-widow-fears-used-weapon-marcos-jr-sara-rodrigo-duterte-rift/
#DrugLegalization Handbook
By:
- Reason Foundation
- National Coalition for Drug Legalization
- Students for Sensible Drug Policy
- Law Enforcement Action Partnership
https://reason.org/policy-study/the-drug-legalization-handbook/
Reason Foundation · Drug Legalization Handbook - Reason Foundation"America needs to recognize that we will not see a reduction in violent crimes until we legalize drugs. All drugs."