Jan 12 2009
12:29 am
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“ No American city has a closer front-row seat to the bloodshed in the Mexican drug cartel wars than El Paso, which sits across the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Juarez, where more than 1,600 people died in drug-related violence last year. So it comes as little surprise that the birthplace of marijuana prohibition in America wants to start a national conversation on whether to legalize pot as a mean to de-fund the gangsters who’ve all but taken over their sister city across the river.
— Grits for Breakfast
This is a freaking amazing blog. Amazing. It focuses on Texas, but is all over the criminal justice system, related mental health issues, and drug war. Texas is a fascinating case study in all this drug war criminal justice mess - and I find that a lot of the best journalism out there about said topics are about Texas and often from Texan publications. ANYWAY, this is one of my favorite blogs of all time EVER and you should start reading it. Now.
This is a freaking amazing blog. Amazing. It focuses on Texas, but is all over the criminal justice system, related mental health issues, and drug war. Texas is a fascinating case study in all this drug war criminal justice mess - and I find that a lot of the best journalism out there about said topics are about Texas and often from Texan publications. ANYWAY, this is one of my favorite blogs of all time EVER and you should start reading it. Now.
