Tag: drug cartels

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July 6, 2013
07/06/2013
“Starbucks of Marijuana” Entrepreneur Jamen Shively Coming to San Francisco Monday

“Starbucks of Marijuana” Entrepreneur Jamen Shively Coming to San Francisco Monday

Jamen Shively, a former Microsoft engineer and creator of the Diego Pellicier ‘premium’ marijuana retail brand, is scheduled to speak Monday at noon at San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake...
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March 6, 2013
03/06/2013
Ex-Heads of Marijuana Prohibition Industry Call on DOJ to Keep Mexican Marijuana Cartels in Business

Ex-Heads of Marijuana Prohibition Industry Call on DOJ to Keep Mexican Marijuana Cartels in Business

Eight former heads of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a joint statement Tuesday, calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to prevent Colorado and Washington from...
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March 1, 2013
03/01/2013
‘Marijuana Cannon’ Used to Fire Drugs over US Border Seized in Mexico

‘Marijuana Cannon’ Used to Fire Drugs over US Border Seized in Mexico

Police in the border city of Mexicali say they have recovered a powerful improvised cannon used to hurl 13 kilogram packets of marijuana across a border fence...
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November 12, 2012
11/12/2012
Marijuana Votes Have Mexicans Talking Legalization

Marijuana Votes Have Mexicans Talking Legalization

04:18pm With US public support for marijuana legalization now at the 50% mark, and state legalization efforts now starting to come to fruition, people are naturally...
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November 8, 2012
11/08/2012
Next Mexican Administration: US Legal Marijuana Vote Changes ‘Rules of the Game’ in Drug War

Next Mexican Administration: US Legal Marijuana Vote Changes ‘Rules of the Game’ in Drug War

The main adviser to Mexico’s president-elect said Wednesday that votes legalizing recreational marijuana in the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado will force Mexico and the United...
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August 17, 2012
08/17/2012
Huge Grow Busted in Colorado 7,000 – 9,000 Plants Seized

Huge Grow Busted in Colorado 7,000 – 9,000 Plants Seized

Between 7,000 and 9,000 plants were seized in Pueblo County when a huge grow was raided on Wednesday, August 15. The huge grow was situated outdoors in...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Is the CIA a drug cartel?

Is the CIA a drug cartel?

A Mexican government official has told reporters that the CIA and other international security forces are not fighting drug traffickers, but rather they are managing the trade that...
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July 9, 2012
07/09/2012
Will Obama Fight Mexico’s Desire to Throw in the Towel On Failed War On Drugs?

Will Obama Fight Mexico’s Desire to Throw in the Towel On Failed War On Drugs?

Even though the US uses both the carrot and the stick in strong arming other nations into supporting the failed war on drugs, nations like Mexico can’t...
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