Drug War 101: 5 Things You Should Watch or Read
Drug War 101: 5 Things You Should Watch or Read – “Coz the war on drugs, is just a war on us And the wrong time to see it is when you in them cuffs” — Stic.man of Dead Prez end the warI have no reason to think that my voice will be any louder or more clear than countless others trying to bring attention to the horrible War on Drugs this country has waged on its citizens. Since the banning of opium at the turn of the century, then cocaine and hemp, (well before Tricky Dick Nixon coined the term) the War on Drugs has been the epitome of everything that is wrong about this country. The war on drugs is unethical, unequal, inhumane, un-christlike, unsuccessful, unscientific, and a bunch of “un’s” and “in’s” the English language hasn’t invented yet. “Why is this my war?” your say, “Why should I care? This is why we hire police and correctional officers. To take care of bad people so we don’t have to deal with them.” I want to beg with you. I want to plead with you, to see the humanity of your fellow Americans. I figure recognizing the humanity of the Afghans and Latino’s involved in the cocaine and poppy trade is too much for xenophobic Americans, but I’m still baffled as to how we can’t see the human toll when it hits black people in DC on crack, or white people in Nebraska on meth. The “War on Drugs” rhetoric has convinced us that these communities deserve to be fatherless and poor due to their own sinfulness. I have nothing new to add to the End the Drug War argument, but I do realize this is a brand new concept for many …
Day's record for Thursday, Jan. 31
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Mikayla M. Jepson, 19, Grand Island, pleaded no contest to burglary for a Jan. 10, 2012, incident. A charge of unauthorized use of a financial transaction device was dismissed for a Dec. 30, 2011, incident. She will enter the Central Nebraska Drug …
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Cops briefs, Feb. 6
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police cited and released a Schramm Hall resident Friday for possession of less than 1 oz. of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Around … Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
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Robot Competition Held in Sergeant Bluff, IA
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Jon Holloway was charged Wednesday with reckless use of a firearmMore>>. Two animal abuse charges were dismissed, because it's technically not … By Johnathan Mack [email protected] If you like cigars, there's a new lounge in South Sioux City, NE that …
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