SCN: Correlation between drug use and terrorism

[patrick fisher]

Then it must be treason to be a junkie.

P


--- Joe Mabel <jmabel at speakeasy.org> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> --------------------
> 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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