The War on Drugs and its Consequences.

Cocaine: The New Front Lines

Colombia’s success in curbing the drug trade has created more opportunities for countries hostile to the United States. What happens when coca farmers and their allies are in charge?  

A true war on crime would eradicate not only the crops but the dealers and users of these drugs in the countries who demand this recreational drug.

In New York state alone, the draconian laws passed under John D. Rockefellar in the late 60′s, incarcerated thousands of young businessmen, including one who just had a baby with a beautiful woman.

To my utter disgust, Beyonce’s husband was recently on the cover of Forbes Magazine.  Thankfully I hadn’t decided yet to extend my subscription when I saw this drug dealer.  The decision to cancel the subscription to Forbes Magazine was very easy.

The irony of spending $8 billion dollars on the war on drugs is that Colombia’s rank as the world’s biggest producer is now in jeopardy.

Peru may have passed Colombia in 2010, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, as the leading producer of Cocaine.

To make matters worse, Ecuador, Venezuela,and Bolivia have become important partners in the war on drugs. They have welcomed cartels to operate freely in their nations.

THE SATURDAY ESSAY JANUARY 14, 2012
Cocaine: The New Front Lines
Colombia’s success in curbing the drug trade has created more opportunities for countries hostile to the United States. What happens when coca farmers and their allies are in charge?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204331304577145101343740004.html

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Who do you trust?

Beware in whom you trust. Hajji Juma Khan an American informer in Afghanistan, was arrested and brought to New York to face charges under the 2006 narco-terrorism law. Incidentally, Mr. Khan, was previously invited to visit Washington, DC in 2006. He informed the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency about the Taliban, Afghan corruption, and drug trafficking. It didn’t matter then to these agencies that Mr. Khan was on his way to becoming Afghanistan’s most important narcotics trafficker. As a paid informer, Mr. Khan received large amounts of cash by our government. In a effort to take over his rivals’ operations, he used these proceeds, to pay off Taliban leaders and corrupt politicians. So trusting was Mr. Khan of his new associates, he hoped his leads would earn him status as a protected American asset.

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