Posted on 12/20/2011 12:36:38 PM PST by JustSayNoToNannies
Another screwup in America’s “failed war on drugs”. Holder and his boys are going to be pissed off at Arizona about this. I guess we can expect another lawsuit by the feds. Just throw it on top of the pile.
The drug war is a major contributor to overdose deaths, by leading to highly variable potencies.
And how many of those are tied to Fast & Furious? We may never know.
Holder better get his people in there to see if any of the poor dears rights were violated or feelings hurt.
Until Americans hold the federal government accountable for its malfeasance and corruption, will this kind of atrocity get stopped in America.
"the Sinaloa cartel almost immediately regenerates after one of its cells have been taken down" - sounds like failure to me.
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There, I fixed it.
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Separately, Phoenix agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency had been investigating the ring, so the two joined forces, along with other agencies.
Doug Coleman, acting special agent in charge of the DEA in Arizona, said that he expects further arrests in the case as the investigation continues.
“This is as big a case as gets put together,” he said.
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The 43 search warrants conducted as part of the investigation led to the seizure of 44 guns that included assault rifles, 650 pounds of marijuana, 435 pounds of methamphetamine, 123 pounds of cocaine and 4.5 pounds of heroin. Combined the drugs are estimated to be worth $12.5 million.
Just miss getting Gus Fring.
The cartels’ product is cheap to make, as are the lives of the people who traffic and distribute the drugs. This is likely nothing more than an annoyance (if even that) when compared to the billions of dollars the narcos make every year.
This is nothing more than our so called law enforcement saying “see, we don’t always kick in the wrong door and shoot your dog.”
Seal Team 6 and a moonless Friday evening and the drug war could by over by Sunday.
Precisely. An unknown powder bought in the street can contain 5% heroin to 90% heroin. People often overdose when they unexpectedly get stronger drugs. Not only that, but the illegal drugs are cut with random powders and other drugs. Interactions from contaminants injure more people than overdoses.
Most damage and death from illegal drugs are for these reasons. 100 years ago, the hardest drugs were sold in drug stores with the exact standardized dosage so no accidental overdoses. They were also pure so no damage from contaminants.
Yes, addiction is a danger in some drugs. But when drugs were legal, the treatment for addiction was to keep taking the drug and slowly wean the body off of them. Even if someone was addicted, the drugs were cheap enough for nearly everyone to keep functioning. You would be surprised how many wealthy people use drugs every day without anyone else knowing it. However, their drugs are pure and they can afford them.
Today, the drug war has made many drugs more valuable than gold. A cocaine addiction that a housewife could afford in 1900 would cost 6 figures today. So today, instead of taking their cheap pill from the drug store and getting their fix (like many people with coffee or cigarettes), they go steal a $10,000 air conditioner, fence it for $500 and then give all that cash to criminals for a dangerous product that lasts one day.
The WOD is a ludicrous failure on every single front
How many of Holder’s “Guns for Drugs” were recovered in the non-Federal raid?
So, what is the problem?
The druggie is shown to be irresponsible if he ingests something he has not tested for purity. The fault for the death is the taker, not the provider and certainly not the drug warriors.
To OD and die is to serve as a bad example. Takers beware
The drug war is a major contributor to overdose deaths, by leading to highly variable potencies.
So, what is the problem?
Doug Coleman, acting special agent in charge of the DEA in Arizona, says he thinks overdose deaths are a problem (to which the drug war is a solution). Go argue with him.
What are you smoking? Seal Team 6 can't repeal the law of supply and demand, even on a moonless Friday evening.
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