“[T]ake the war on drugs. The average American says, "The war on drugs has been beneficial." The rest of us see reality. This war has destroyed thousands of Americans. It is also a pretext for government agents to rob innocent people in airports and on the highways - they seize and confiscate large amounts of cash and say to their victims: "Sue us if you don't like it." And more and more judges, politicians, intelligence agents, and law-enforcement officers are on the take - as dependent on the drug-war largess as the drug lords themselves.” PeopleIfsHas BeensWarRealityGovernmentLawLordJudgingAmountPoliticianDrugVictimAverageInnocentDestroyedAgentsDependentOfficersCashLaw EnforcementEnforcementHighwaysAirportsBeneficialWar On DrugsPretext Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“I'm not guilty. You're the one that's guilty. The lawmakers, the politicians, the Colombian drug lords, all you who lobby against making drugs legal. Just like you did with alcohol during Prohibition. You're the one who's guilty. I mean, c'mon, let's kick the ballistics here: ain't no Uzi's made in Harlem. Not one of us in here owns a poppy field. This thing is bigger than Nino Brown. This is big business. This is the American way.” WayMeanMadeBigsLordFieldsLike YouPoliticianDrugBiggerAlcoholGuiltyKicksBrownProhibitionBig BusinessHarlemPoppiesNot GuiltyLawmakersBallistics Author:Wesley Snipes
“While man can still his body keep Wine or love drug him to sleep, Waking he thanks the Lord that he Has body and its stupidity.” MenStillsBodySleepLordDrugWineStupidityThanksWaking Book:The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats Source: The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats
“Mexico is offering a $3.8 million reward for information leading to the capture of the escaped billionaire drug lord, El Chapo. Mexico said they'll get the money by borrowing it from El Chapo.” SaidLordMillionsInformationDrugRewardsCaptureMexicoOfferingBillionaireBorrowing Author:Conan O'Brien
“Mexico's No. 1 drug lord has escaped from prison and may be headed to the U.S. So Donald Trump was wrong. They ARE sending us their best.” MayLordTrumpDrugPrisonMexico Author:Conan O'Brien
“The drug lord is on the run. His name is El Chapo. Donald Trump is in a Twitter feud with this Mexican drug lord. It's historic - the first time Americans have ever sided with a Mexican drug lord.” FirstsRunningNamesLordTrumpDrugFirst TimeHistoricMexicanFeuds Author:Conan O'Brien
“When I was in prison, a Colombian drug lord, offered me $5 million in cash to manipulate a computer system so that he would be released. I turned him down.” Would BeLordMillionsDrugComputerPrisonCashManipulateComputer Systems Author:Kevin Mitnick
“Colombia is a different country today. The state is now present in every single corner, the drug lords are in jail or dead. So we have the means to guarantee the security of FARC politicians.” MeanDifferentCountryStatesTodayLordSecurityPoliticianDrugCornersGuaranteesJailColombiaDifferent Countries Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“For many years, they said the drug lords in Colombia were unbeatable, but all the same, we've eliminated all the big capos (as the drug lords are called in Colombia). The homicide rate is as low as it was 40 years ago and the kidnapping rate has dropped to the level of 1964. Now we'll be able to bring down the street criminals specializing in extortion and robbery.” YearsSaidBigsAbleLevelsLordStreetsDrugLowsYears AgoRateCriminalsThey SaidColombiaRobberyKidnappingHomicideUnbeatableExtortion Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“I cracked a child prostitution ring - I'd worked with three vice cops every day for months, out on the street, in the cold, trying to track down the pervs and the young girls being prostituted.We finally got the convictions.Six or seven months later, I was working, and I glanced up at the TV, and it was a report on a federal case.It was all three of them, in federal court, in handcuffs. Every time they busted a drug lord or a doper, they'd take all their money and their jewelry and flat screens before sending them to jail. They had been stealing from dopers for years!” TryingYearsChildrenYoungGirlThreeLordCasesStreetsTvsMonthsColdDrugSixCourtSevenTrackVicesConvictionScreensRingsStealingReportsFlatsJailCopProstitutionJewelryCrackedBustedHandcuffsSeven MonthsPervs Author:Nancy Grace
“Hiro watches the large, radioactive, spear-throwing killer drug lord ride his motorcycle into Chinatown. Which is the same as riding it into China, as far as chasing him down is concerned.” LordWatchesDrugConcernedChinaThrowingKillersRidingChasingMotorcycleSpearsChinatown Book:Snow Crash Source: Snow Crash
“A werewolf tossed me against a giant packing crate while I was trying to rescue a frightened young girl who'd been kidnapped by an evil witch and a drug lord.” TryingYoungGirlEvilLordDrugExcuseGiantsFrightenedWitchRescueWerewolfPackingKidnapped Book:Moon Called Source: Moon Called