UPDATE: Check out Phil's book review of De los Maras a los Zetas here. Despite the daily toll of arrests and busts in the United States, America's drug war is waged largely in other countries. Mexico, for example, is likely to see more police killed in a bad weekend than the US will see in an entire year. And in Colombia, the drug war is now part of a messy civil war/war on drugs/war on terrorism with casualties—police, soldiers, guerrillas, paramilitaries, civilians—on a daily basis.

they bring the drugs to the neighborhoods , then brainwash the young that theyNEED consumer items, they are taught by the old heads how to deal, they get caught up in money and violence and then get sent to prison for life so they can exploit theit kids labor for their industries in private and government prisons, with those young slave muscles, so up in arms about abu grab ? what about stock in these private prisons? this is evil.

HELLO ADOLFO HORNA SALUTES TO THEM PRESIDENT OF THE THERAPEUTIC CIVIL ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONALIZED “RIO MARAÑON”, INSTITUTION THAT WORKS IN DRUGSDEPENS IN CHICLAYO - PERU I INVITE TO THE PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS THAT THEY WANT TO REPRESENT IN YOURS CITIES OR COUNTRIES TO US AND TO COLLABORATE WITH THIS AIM, TO WORK AND TO FORM AN ALLIANCE WITHOUT DRUGS.

A new study by the Justice Policy Institute in Washington concluded our policies toward marijuana have not succeeded in a decline in overall use. The study (Efficacy and Impact: The Criminal Justice Response to Marijuana Policy in the United States) highlights the impact of policies in terms of monetary costs and the impact on the use of marijuana and other drugs. The findings should come as no surprise for those of us who follow this issue closely. However, some specific findings are revealing and particularly relevant to Nevada, as the study covers some specific states.