2014 Opiates are now the leading cause of accidental deaths, surpassing car crashes and alcohol.
http://elitedaily.com/news/world/prescription-painkillers-overtake-car-crashes-leading-accidental-death-us/
Banks Laundering Cartel Drug Money -Rampant
http://www.globalresearch.ca/money-laundering-and-the-drug-trade-the-role-of-the-banks/5334205
2012 Where the Mob Keeps Its Money
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/opinion/sunday/where-the-mob-keeps-its-money.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
2012 Most Educated People Understand that Major Trafficking Doesnt Happen Without Government Complicity
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137529/moises-naim/mafia-states
2014 Marketing Heroin chic is alive and well.
http://www.thefix.com/content/urban-outfitters-pinpoints-hairroin-salons-free-hypodermic-pens
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 100 people in the United States die from drug overdoses every day, and death rates as a result of drug overdoses have more than tripled since 1990. It has surpassed alcohol and car accidents in accidental deaths. The CDC also reports that nearly three out of four prescription drug overdoses are caused by opiates.
If this were an STD causing these deaths on homosexuals it would be scandalous. Instead, thousands of anonymous families have been devastated by the destruction and eventual loss of lives of loved ones, that started with a trusted doctor. The few elite, the people lining political pockets, funding research, mass media/advertising biggest customer, etc. are making $billions, and apparently that is all that matters.
The Drug Story by Morris A. Bealle, is free and available online. Knowledge is power.The Deceptive Stories of a Legalization Success countries are Simply Cons Cooking the Books.
https://fullfact.org/factchecks/Portugal_decriminalisation_drugs_effects-3276
Pot seen as reason for rise in Denver homeless
http://news.yahoo.com/pot-seen-reason-rise-denver-homeless-175115981.html
Despite problems, media has shamelessly been touting the benefits of Marijuana.
What message does this send to children CNN?
http://www.ibtimes.com/cnn-reporter-high-during-live-shot-anderson-cooper-questions-randi-kayes-giggly-pot-report-1542209
July 15, 2014
Abattis Makes History as First Marijuana Stock to List on Prestigious OTCQX
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/abattis-makes-history-as-first-marijuana-stock-to-list-on-prestigious-otcqx-2014-07-15
House Votes to Allow Marijuana Related Banking 7/16/2014
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/house-supports-easier-marijuana-related-banking-24588337
Wall Street Banks are illegally Laundering Drug Money with Impunity.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/money-laundering-and-the-drug-trade-the-role-of-the-banks/5334205
Wall Street has given more to Obamas Political Campaign than Any Other Politician in History.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&=&v=zt3vwWfP-EA
'the black market's survival has less to do with taxes than with a shortage of legal stores.
'Colorado has more than 160 state-licensed stores, but they remain concentrated in the Denver area. Many towns don't have any.
'"When there are more stores and more products in the stores and prices settle down, then we'll see," Kleiman said. "I would be very surprised if the illicit market can compete at all."'