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May 03, 2013
Money-laundering issues at U.S. and UK financial firms shed light on role of rich nations and elite banks in the offshore world.
In the summer of 2009, Jennifer Sharkey was moving in select company. As a Manhattan-based vice president at JPMorgan...
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April 30, 2013
Still think it’s a ‘conspiracy theory’ that the largest mega banks are profiting off of the drug trade, or even the activity of terror groups? A little-known NBC report from 2012 actually confirms it.
In fact, one 2012 NBC...
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April 29, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president —...
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April 18, 2013
Afghanistan's drugs trade is flourishing - despite the eleven years that have passed since the U.S. kicked off its Operation Enduring Freedom. Even with the Taliban forced from power, the illicit industry's still killing thousands of people...
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March 25, 2013
Riding the high of his win in last week's CPAC straw poll, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) addressed a different kind of high on Sunday.
In an interview with Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace, Paul was asked why he advocates for more lenient marijuana...
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March 12, 2013
This week, representatives from many nations will gather at the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna to determine the appropriate course of the international response to illicit drugs. Delegates will debate...
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March 12, 2013
Almost 21 tons of heroin have been seized in an operation in eastern Afghanistan , the head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) said on Tuesday.
“An operation was carried out yesterday in the province of Nangarhar, during...
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March 11, 2013
How Hemp Threatens the Corporatocracy
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March 08, 2013
Appearing at a Senate Banking Committee hearing Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) grilled officials from the Treasury Department over why criminal charges were not filed against officials at HSBC who helped launder hundreds of millions of...
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March 07, 2013
The most basic instinct of humans is self-preservation and keeping free from personal harm. So when you have a nation where police arrest more people for marijuana possession than for violent crime, it would appear that protecting citizens...
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March 07, 2013
DENVER - A state representative took his own DNA sample at a news conference Tuesday announcing a proposal that would require people convicted of misdemeanors to submit samples for a database.
"DNA is a tool that works and expanding will make...
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March 06, 2013
Nine former Drug Enforcement Agency administrators urged Attorney General Holder today to sue Colorado and Washington in order to nullify the recently passed marijuana legalization ballot measures in those states.
Coincidentally, the letter was...
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March 05, 2013
A United Nations-based drug agency urged the United States government on Tuesday to challenge the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington, saying the state laws violate international drug treaties.
The International...
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March 02, 2013
As of now, Congress is struggling with figuring out how to cut $85 billion from their budget, considering cuts in Medicaire, Medicaid, Education, and even Defense spending. But instead of cutting these programs, politicians should consider...
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February 28, 2013
Kent police have arrested a Puyallup man for supposedly driving under the influence of marijuana, based on the fact that the man's tongue appeared to have a 'green film.'
“As soon as the officer came to the vehicle, he asked...
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February 26, 2013
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) released the following statement on the introduction of HR 689, the States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act:
Along with a bipartisan group of cosponsors, I am introducing the States' Medical...
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February 18, 2013
What’s the big deal about this, you say? Well, for starters, DMT is manufactured inside your own brain. As explained by Scientific American:
DMT is the only psychedelic known to occur naturally in the human body. In 1972, the Nobel...
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February 04, 2013
The crew members aboard the USS Underwood could see through their night goggles what was happening on the fleeing go-fast boat: Someone was dumping bales.
When the Navy guided-missile frigate later dropped anchor in Panamanian waters on that sunny...
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January 18, 2013
The U.S. military is getting ready to send its elite troops to help in the fight against Mexico’s drug lords. American special operations forces will expand their training of Mexican commando teams, teaching them to hunt cartel chieftains like...
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December 19, 2012
Although no one seems to be able to initiate a change, there is widespread acknowledgement that US-backed drug war policies in Mexico have worsened the security situation, enabled human rights abuses by the government, and has not put a dent in the...
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