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Patrick Moen and Paul Schmidt left the Oregon DEA to work … in the medical marijuana industry?

If you like this article or others on here, scroll on down to the bottom and share it up a bit. Patrick Moen, a DEA agent in Oregon, quit his job in late 2013 and now works for Privateer Holdings,… Continue Reading →

Is Chicago safer, or is it a mirage?

Chicago has been almost the one-word association for U.S. violence over the past 30 months, but their 2013 data seems promising: crime’s down 16 percent and homicides are down 18 percent. New York, Houston, and Los Angeles also saw pretty significant… Continue Reading →

So, Walter White may have been in North Korea as opposed to Albuquerque

$60K per kilogram, from North Korea to NYC. The total haul was 100 kilograms, and the root of it is sketchy — North Korea purportedly burned all their meth labs, but are still producing and the new levels are extremely pure, Heisenberg-level -ish… 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 →

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A ton of interesting things are happening in Maine right now

We’ve previously talked about Michaud vs. LePage in 2014, but a ton of interesting things are happening in Maine right now. First, check out the video above (from PBS NewsHour); Maine is the first state to allow prescription drug imports from… Continue Reading →

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It’s somewhat of a shame that Rob Ford’s end of days are approaching

I’m not a very big fan of crack (nor should anyone be). I’ve never touched the stuff myself, nor would I have any real inclination to, especially since it’s the face of urban blight. I especially since it’s bad when public… Continue Reading →

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Ross Ulbricht, or ‘Dread Pirate Roberts,’ is the real-life Walter White

No, he didn’t get cancer and start cooking meth. But in the grand scheme of what it means to ‘break bad’ — and Jesse Pinkman’s eternal question, which is ‘Can that really be done?’ — Ross Ulbricht did it all.  We still… Continue Reading →

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El Chapo should probably be listed among the most powerful people in the world

Here is Forbes’ list of the 100 most powerful people in the world; the big news here is that Putin unseated Obama at No. 1. That shouldn’t really be big news: Russia is about to be at the forefront of… Continue Reading →