7.6 tons of cocaine was seized in Peru recently. That’s somewhat important.
It’s not important in the context of “stopping the drug trade” — that’s not actually going to happen — but it is important in terms of this:
Drug War
Mandatory minimums are getting reconsidered, yes, but they partially only came about because Johnny St. Valentine Brown Jr. lied under oath
This isn’t a new story, but I just came across it and it seemed fairly interesting. Mandatory minimums may be on the way out, but one of the reasons they ever emerged in the first place was because of a massive perjury… Continue Reading
This one quote might summarize some of what’s wrong with the world
Via an NPR article on opium trading: “We understand that opium is bad,” he says. “All drugs are bad. But, it’s difficult for us seeing a neighbor with a new car when we are riding bicycles. So, we have to… Continue Reading