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Obama’s Demented Drug Policy

President Barack Obama just says no to legalization of marijuana today (03.26.09) in his first Internet town hall meeting.
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Obama’s Demented Drug Policy

Daily Beast | Apr 19, 2009 | by Radley Balko

The best solution to what’s plaguing Mexico right now is the one topic that will almost assuredly be off the table: legalizing marijuana.
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he most popular question asked on whitehouse.gov was about the legalization of marijuana and the possible economic benefits of such legislation.

Larry Downing/Reuters (03.26.09)

President Barack Obama spoke during an ‘open for questions’ town hall meeting on Thursday. Questions were submitted and voted on by citizens via the internet and answered live by the president.

Mandel Ngan/AFP

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April 19, 2009 at 5:20 pm

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Private-sector Arms Sales to Mexico Sparsely Monitored by State Department

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Private-sector Arms Sales to Mexico Sparsely Monitored by State Department

Narco News | April 5, 2009 | Bill Conroy (see links)

“Large shipments of drugs can come into the Mexican ports or airports…. It’s obvious and logical. The government has to be involved in everything that is corrupt. … You’d have to wipe out the government to wipe out drug trafficking.”

Sandra Avila Beltran, from a recent interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes. . . read more

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With violence soaring, Mexico looks for help from its army

By Sara Miller Llana | Christian Science Monitor MEXICO CITY — Even for Mexicans accustomed to ghastly headlines chronicling the country’s drug-related violence, the current level of killing in Tijuana causes consternation. Some 200 people have been slain in one month. Last weekend turned into one of the city’s deadliest: Nearly 40 were killed, four of whom were children, and nine of them beheaded.

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