Film: A Perversion of Justice
Perversion of Justice tells the story of Hamedah Hasan who is currently serving two life sentences in prison because she wired money for a family member who was selling drugs.
Since her incarceration, Hasan has received an education and is working to gain release from prison. Perversion of Justice explores the how the justice system works and where it fails.
DEA Treasurer: "There Will Be Less Drug Enforcement Going On"
It might be time for all you hippies to stop worrying and learn to love the War in Iraq. Via Time.com:
Ironically, the same foreign policies that have necessitated DEA cutbacks have also caused this:
Roll up your sleeves, folks. It's about to get crazy up in here.
Seriously though, faithful readers, please stay away from the Afghani heroin. We're primarily a web-based organization and I've heard that stuff can make you sell your computer. We need you to respond to our action alerts, write LTE's, and hopefully donate when you can.
Instead of getting jacked up on junk from Jalalabad, let's celebrate the DEA's hiring freeze by sending them job applications.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), which annually loses some 3% of its 5,000 agents to attrition, has a two-year hiring freeze because of budget cuts to U.S. programs. DEA bean counters say they would need an additional $12 million to maintain current agent levels. The DEA's overseas funding has increased, but overall, DEA chief financial officer Frank Kalder admits, "there will be less drug enforcement going on. There's no getting around that."
Ironically, the same foreign policies that have necessitated DEA cutbacks have also caused this:
The White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy estimates that opium production in Afghanistan, which not only provides 90% of the heroin consumed globally but also funds Taliban activities, rose 61% last year over 2005. Some 670 tons of heroin are expected to flood the market, and that should slash the street price of a kilo of Southwest Asian heroin, now about $90,000 in Los Angeles.
Roll up your sleeves, folks. It's about to get crazy up in here.
Seriously though, faithful readers, please stay away from the Afghani heroin. We're primarily a web-based organization and I've heard that stuff can make you sell your computer. We need you to respond to our action alerts, write LTE's, and hopefully donate when you can.
Instead of getting jacked up on junk from Jalalabad, let's celebrate the DEA's hiring freeze by sending them job applications.
Prisoner Advocacy: Sample letters in Support of Tyrone Brown
[This post comes courtesy of our friends at November Coalition Foundation]
Hello Friends:
Below is a sample letter that can be sent to members of the Board of Appeals (Texas) on behalf on Ty Brown as presented by the Save Mr. Brown.com group:
Law Enforcement: Faced With Rising Murder Rates, Newark and New Orleans Turn to Repressive Drug War Strategies
Faced with rising crime and murder rates, city officials in Newark and New Orleans are blaming drugs and using more of the same old same old to try to crack down.
Newsbrief: White House Announces Dates, Locations for 2007 Regional Student Drug Testing Summits
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy will once again sponsor a series of regional summits to encourage middle-school and high-school administrators to enact federally sponsored random student drug testing -- but you can go too.
Feature: More Cops Died Directing Traffic Than Waging the Drug War Last Year
Police portray themselves as up against dangerous criminals as they fight the war on drugs, but you might be surprised...
Job Listing: Program Coordinator, Public Health Program, OSI-Budapest
Work on harm reduction in Hungary!
Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
Law Enforcement: DEA Lax on Handling Seized Cash, Audit Finds
DEA agents seize hundreds of millions of dollars a year in drug busts, but a Justice Department audit finds the agency is pretty lax in its handling of all that cash.