Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, began his administration in 2000 with a popular festival. Felipe Calderón, who took over in 2006, began his with a show of military force. His affinity for uniforms, army brass bands and public events with the armed forces makes an overt connection between the military and the executive that was unusual in Mexican politics before his presidency.

In January 2007 in Apatzingán, Calderón had his picture taken in military uniform, with a five-star cap and the national emblem. In May, again in Apatzingán, another photo op: officers with armoured vehicles and grenade launchers confronted alleged drug traffickers. But this great publicity stunt worried some – drugs are supposed to be under police, not military, jurisdiction.

guardian.co.uk

Penn and Teller - Bullshit - War On Drugs Subtitle: Croatian

pennandteller.com
Penn & Teller [Wiki]
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! [Wiki]

Team of Israeli scientists developed an innovative system of remote detection of cannabis plants (marijuana drug produced them), and will do from now on the lives of more severe pot growers.

The system includes a unique camera, that can detect cannabis plants from a height of 500 meters, so you can mount the police service aircraft.

Forensic experts from the Department (Maz"p) of the Israel Police and the International Organization of Experts (a branch of the UN) to combat drug has been showing great interest in the system. It was developed by Dr. Naftali

Goldshlger, a senior scientist at the study of erosion of the Ministry of Agriculture in Emek Hefer, and Prof. Eyal Ben-Dor, head of the remote sensing in the Department of Geography at Tel Aviv University, master's thesis on the basis of Ilan Azaria.

The system can detect suspicious plant yards, balcony pots or window boxes and in the future you can cut through surfaces such as sheds. Dr. Goldshlger: "We were surprised that technology, used mainly to examine the exact amount of water required to irrigate plants, can contribute much to the Anti-Drug."

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המצאה ישראלית: מצלמה לאיתור קנביס

iskander323
Interesting stuff and good find, i couldn't translate the page but hay-ho not a problem i went looking and found DETECTION OF CANNABIS PLANTS BY HYPER-SPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING MEANS [pdf]

Une équipe de scientifiques israéliens viennent de mettre au point un système visant à détecter ou sont produits les plans de cannabis à travers le pays. L’objectif étant de faire cesser le trafic de marijuana. La caméra, développée uniquement avec des technologies israéliennes, arrive à détecter une plante de cannabis à 500m de distance!

jssnews.com

More than $3 billion in cash has been openly flown out of Kabul International Airport in the past three years, a sum so large that U.S. investigators believe top Afghan officials and their associates are sending billions of diverted U.S. aid and logistics dollars and drug money to financial safe havens abroad.

wsj.com

Nach UNODC-Schätzungen greifen etwa 30 bis 40 Millionen Menschen zu synthetischen Amphetamin-basierten Stoffen - Tendenz steigend. Die Zahl werde bald die von Heroin- und Kokain-Konsumenten zusammengenommen übertreffen. Auch der Missbrauch von rezeptpflichtigen Medikamenten ist stark zunehmend. "Wir werden das globale Drogenproblem nicht lösen, indem wir einfach die Süchtigen von Kokain und Heroin weg hin zu anderen abhängig machenden Stoffen treiben - und es gibt unbegrenzte Mengen davon, in Labors der Mafia zu verschwindend geringen Kosten hergestellt", warnte UNODC-Direktor Antonio Maria Costa.

derstandard.at
spiegel.de

Gute Nachricht zum Internationalen Tag gegen Drogenmissbrauch und illegalen Drogenhandel am Samstag (26. Juni): Die Häufigkeit von injizierendem Drogenkonsum ist in Europa stabil bis rückläufig. Dies hat ein neuer Bericht der europäischen Drogenbeobachtungsstelle (EMCDDA bzw. EBDD) in Lissabon ergeben.

derstandard.at

Schwerpunkthemen sind die Unterversorgung mit schmerzlindernden Medikamenten in den Entwicklungsländern, die Überversorgung mit psychotropischen Substanzen in den Industriestaaten, der zunehmende Missbrauch von Cannabis, der Erfolg der “Aktion Purpur“ gegen wichtige chemische Vorläufersubstanzen und das Problem der “Fixerstuben“

unric.org