Cocaine Addiction: Cocaine Road From Colombia to Columbus
Lots of articles this week about drug addiction, mainly because the week has been dubbed “Red Ribbon Week” to recognize those fallen in battle during the “War on Drugs.” Hmmmm…
Why is this “War” still going on? The Drug Cartels continue to get rich, and the agencies tasked with running the war have perpetually expanding budgets.
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Cocaine Addiction: Red Ribbon Week: The cocaine road – from Colombia to Columbus
 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer |
Red Ribbon Week: The cocaine road – from Colombia to Columbus
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer But cocaine finds a way, from the farmer’s field to the dealer’s corner. And between the farmer trying to feed his family and the crackhead feeding his addiction, a lot of people make a lot of money. |
Cocaine Addiction: Music legend Sly Stone ‘checks into rehab for crack cocaine addiction
 Daily Mail |
Music legend Sly Stone ‘checks into rehab for crack cocaine addiction treatment’
Daily Mail But it looks like his comeback will not be happening any time soon, as it has emerged he has gone into rehab for crack cocaine addiction. According to RadarOnline the former Sly and The Family Stone frontman has checked into a facility in plush Malibu. |
This really is big news, and it’s a shame the U.S. government is not more pro-active in this group.
World Leaders Call for Ending Drug War
MPP’s Robert Capecchi talks about the Global Commision on Drug Policy report on FOX9 in the Twin Cities.
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From the executive summary of the report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy:
The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world.
Fifty years after the initiation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and 40 years after President Nixon launched the US government’s war on drugs, fundamental reforms in national and global drug control policies are urgently needed.
Vast expenditures on criminalization and repressive measures directed at producers, traffickers and consumers of illegal drugs have clearly failed to effectively curtail supply or consumption. Apparent victories in eliminating one source or trafficking organization are negated almost instantly by the emergence of other sources and traffickers.
Repressive efforts directed at consumers impede public health measures to reduce HIV/AIDS, overdose fatalities and other harmful consequences of drug use. Government expenditures on futile supply reduction strategies and incarceration displace more cost-effective and evidence-based investments in demand and harm reduction.
GLOBAL COMMISSION ON DRUG POLICY COMMISSIONERS
Asma Jahangir, human rights activist, former UN Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary, Extrajudicial and Summary Executions, Pakistan Carlos Fuentes, writer and public intellectual, Mexico César Gaviria
- Bolivia Withdraws from UN Treaty That Limits Chewing Coca Leaf (indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com)
- Researcher Makes a Career Developing Cocaine Vaccine, But Pharmaceutical Companies Won’t Produce It (singularityhub.com)
- Cocaine Withdrawal: Can Marijuana Help Cure Cocaine Withdrawel Symptoms (methadoneclinicdirectory.com)
