SCN: Correlation between drug use and terrorism

[Joe Mabel]

Well, W. should know. After all, his dad was CIA, and whowhas a greater  cord of 
financing terror with drug money. Sure the two can be related: the CIA aren't 
the only people who understand that selling drugs is a grrat way to finance oer 
illicit activity. Not that all drug sales are terror-related or vice versa, but 
illicit activities tend to cluster - just like interlocking directorates of 
corporations!

Years ago I had a (rather druggie) friend who had bumper stickers made up that 
said "Stop contra aid: boycott cocaine".

I don't advocate (or particularly oppose) drug use but much as I would recommend 
buying locally grown organic produce, I would recommend that if you are going to 
buy drugs, stick to locally grown organic dope. Or grow your own.  Responsible 
consumerism applies just as much when you are living outside the law. And 
there's simply no such thing as "good folks" producing Heroin or cocaine. If you 
are buying that shit, it's just a question of which evils you are supporting, 
and you'll probably never know.

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Joe Mabel

On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Patrick Fisher wrote:

> I can't believe this:
> 
> Drugs and Terror: Understanding the Link and the Impact on America 
> 
> "It's so important for Americans to know that the traffic in drugs
> finances the work of terror, sustaining terrorists, that terrorists use
> drug profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder. If you quit
> drugs, you join the fight against terror in America."
> President George W. Bush 
> 
> There is an undeniable link between acts of terror and illicit drugs. Law
> enforcement officials around the world have long recognized this close
> connection, but a changing world and recent events have made this link
> more relevant in the daily lives of all Americans. The bottom line is
> simple: terror and drug groups are linked in a mutually-beneficial
> relationship by money, tactics, geography and politics. Americans must
> understand that our individual choices about illicit drug use have the
> power to support or undermine our nation's war on terrorism.
>  
> http://www.theantidrug.com/drugs_terror/understanding_impact.html
> 
> There is always some kind of link to anything. Is someone who is hooked
> and loaded on heroin really going to go to this site and get real
> patriotic and quit?
> 
> It's a stretch.
>  Patrick
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