18 Million Dollars
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18 Million Dollars
That's how much the cocaine was worth that the police seized from a man in Iredell, NC a couple of hours away from me.
Although I know theres tons more out there, I'm glad its off the streets and that some dealer is out 18 mil.
http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/....2b1e78ec.html
Although I know theres tons more out there, I'm glad its off the streets and that some dealer is out 18 mil.
http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/....2b1e78ec.html
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AMEN.... now let's just pray for $18 million more to be found.
Thanks for the laugh NSW... ya know I tired one of those dancing machines once.. they sure are not as easy as some of the youngsters make them look. But then again, I was laughing the whole time.
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Thanks for the laugh NSW... ya know I tired one of those dancing machines once.. they sure are not as easy as some of the youngsters make them look. But then again, I was laughing the whole time.
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Admitting that I did this reveals that I'm a little psycho--but it was from the days before my discovery of Nar-Anon and detachment, and I thought some of you might be interested, and it might not be such a bad thing if it helps to get drugs off the street. The Drug Enforcement Association is accepting tips online now. I reported my husband's dealer!
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I can't help but think of the joke Mel Gibson delivers in Tequila Sunrise when he hears on the news that the police seized drugs with some astronomical street value ... "Oh yeah? What street is that?" 
I think it's all a game and I think some very big players in the world, people so rich we don't even know who they are, make some very big money on both sides of the drug war. There is too much cash floating around the whole thing from manufacture to interdiction and incarceration ... corruption is rife.
I think it's all a game and I think some very big players in the world, people so rich we don't even know who they are, make some very big money on both sides of the drug war. There is too much cash floating around the whole thing from manufacture to interdiction and incarceration ... corruption is rife.
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(((secretmom))) Thanks! I finally figured out "WHO" you are earlier. I've just been pacing myself on here to avoid issues that are me.
(((wantsout))) I believe there is corruption. If there wasn't, I wouldn't think there'd be so many drugs in prison now.
(((wantsout))) I believe there is corruption. If there wasn't, I wouldn't think there'd be so many drugs in prison now.
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The coca plant issue is very complex. Our government says they are fighting it, but in reality they are abetting it when they want to serve their own purposes (Iran Contra, anyone?) Same goes for the opium fields in Afghanistan (sp?). The other problem is the farmers who grow. They are paid exorbitant amounts to grow coca (or opium). Until a reasonable alternative is found for them to make enough money to put food on their table, the growth of drug plants will continue. They are not users, just farmers. Think about it. If you have 6 children (and FYI, family size in developing nations is a complex issue as well) and you need to feed them, clothe them, and maybe even afford to send a couple of them to school (school isn't free there) and you have two choices: grow corn for 10 US dollars an acre profit (which means your children go hungry and go without medical care), or grow coca for 200 US dollars an acre. What are you going to choose????
The indiscriminate spraying of fields also kills the food plants the farmers grow for their subsistence and the herbicides ( ones that are illegal here in the States, but used THERE by OUR government forces) that are used also sicken children and contaminate drinking water supplies.
The answer is to change who our society views addicition and how it is treated. Also tightening up the borders, both land and sea would help.
The governments, both federal and state, make BILLIONS of dollars off the drug industry. Think about how MANY JOBS are provided by dealers and addicts? From the lawyers and probations officers to the jailers and courthouse clerks. The construction firms that build the prisons right down to the catering service that provides the food supplies. The illegal drug industry is the biggest indirect provider of jobs in the United States, not only for-profit jobs, but NGO's as well. We have more prisons per capita of any developed nation in the world, and it isn't just because we have a large population.
I could go on and on about this, but I will get off my soapbox now.
The indiscriminate spraying of fields also kills the food plants the farmers grow for their subsistence and the herbicides ( ones that are illegal here in the States, but used THERE by OUR government forces) that are used also sicken children and contaminate drinking water supplies.
The answer is to change who our society views addicition and how it is treated. Also tightening up the borders, both land and sea would help.
The governments, both federal and state, make BILLIONS of dollars off the drug industry. Think about how MANY JOBS are provided by dealers and addicts? From the lawyers and probations officers to the jailers and courthouse clerks. The construction firms that build the prisons right down to the catering service that provides the food supplies. The illegal drug industry is the biggest indirect provider of jobs in the United States, not only for-profit jobs, but NGO's as well. We have more prisons per capita of any developed nation in the world, and it isn't just because we have a large population.
I could go on and on about this, but I will get off my soapbox now.
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