By Admin Thursday, August 5, 2010
BEIJING—A knife-wielding man rampaged through a kindergarten in the eastern city of Zibo, killing three children and possibly a teacher, and wounding a dozen others in the latest in a string of strikingly similar attacks that have left about 20 people dead, parents on edge and the country grappling for answers.
Chinese authorities blocked news of the Tuesday attack, and it took 24 hours for details to filter out through media sources. The seemingly random attacks have raised questions about the state of mental health treatment in China, and the dislocation caused by two decades of explosive economic growth and dynamic change that has left many bypassed on society’s margins.
Drug consumption not a crime: Colombian courtBy Admin Thursday, September 10, 2009
BOGOTA - Colombia’s Supreme Court ruled that possession of illegal drugs for personal use is not a criminal offence, citing a 1994 decision by the country’s Constitutional Court, Caracol Radio reports.
Crime and Corruption in Venezuela: Its a Chavez ThingBy Admin Tuesday, July 21, 2009
With http://46in08.blogspot.com/2009/05/destruction-of-oil-industry-by-chavez.html” title="theft from above">theft from above is it any surprise their is a collapse in law from below:
An intensifying nationwide crime wave over the past decade has pushed the kidnapping rate in Venezuela past Colombia’s and Mexico’s, with about 2 abductions per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the Interior Ministry.
By Admin Tuesday, July 14, 2009
BOGOTA - FORMER Colombian paramilitaries participating in the Justice and Peace process have admitted to committing nearly 21,000 murders, prosecutors say, warning the number is only the tip of the iceberg.
Army officer killed by landmine in India’s Assam stateBy Admin Monday, July 13, 2009
New Delhi - An Indian army colonel and his driver were killed by a landmine in India’s north-eastern state of Assam on Monday, a news report said. A defence spokesman said the army vehicle hit the mine near the Balipara reserve forests in Sonitpur district, 210 kilometres north of state capital Guwahati, the IANS news agency reported.
Is now the time to legalize pot?By Admin Wednesday, June 17, 2009
By Mike Miliard
The Obama administration, already overtaxed with two foreign campaigns, made headlines when it waved a white flag in a fight much closer to home. Gil Kerlikowske, the White House’s newly-minted director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy — the so-called drug czar — called for an end to the “War on Drugs.”
By Admin Thursday, June 11, 2009
By William Booth, Juan Forero -THE WASHINGTON POST
MEXICO CITY – When anti-narcotics agents first heard that drug cartels were building an armada of submarines to transport cocaine, they thought it was a joke.
By Admin Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By Michael Cutler
I just read two reports that deal with our nation’s ongoing challenges to combat the flood of narcotics flooding into our nation and the proceeds from the drug trade pouring into the coffers of the drug cartels, both in Colombia as well as Mexico.
By Admin Tuesday, June 9, 2009
By Kim Bolan, Canwest News Service
Deep in the jungles of Peru or Colombia, a kilo of cocaine can be bought for as little as $3,000.
By Admin Friday, May 29, 2009
author: Antonella Antonecchia
Drug trafficking, drug abuse, violence, crime: all are problems and have been around for a long time, and has caused disaster in every country of the world.
Not only is there the problem of drug trafficking but the tragedy of teens and children who have gotten taken in by peers, and those who sold the drugs, and have been the victims of death, addiction, and violence.
