DRUGS LEGAL AND NOT

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-05/china-nominates-occupy-era-police-chief-for-un-post-scmp-says


China has nominated former Hong Kong police chief Andy Tsang Wai-hung as the director-general of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and the executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).// Please pay attention to this nomination.
China nominated a former Hong Kong police chief to lead the UN’s drug crimes division, the first time it has sought a global post since detaining Interpol’s chief last year.

The effort to install Andy Tsang Wai-hung, who oversaw the department during the 2014 Occupy Central protests, is a
sign of China’s support for multilateralism and the United Nations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Wednesday. The move had been reported earlier in the day by the South China Morning Post.

“China is ready to make a greater contribution in cracking down on cross-national organized crime and to cooperate in drug control,” Geng said.

Tsang, 61, was in Vienna last month to canvas for votes to lead the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the South China Morning Post said, citing a person with knowledge of the situation. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was expected to select the new executive director in a few months, replacing Russia’s Yury Fedotov.
The push may raise eyebrows after China’s detention of former Interpol President Meng Hongwei last year during a trip home from his base in France. The move brought questions about China’s respect for international norms and its opaque legal system. Authorities have since expelled Meng from the Communist Party and charged him with bribery.
China is also among a handful of nations that put people to death for drug-related offenses, including foreigners. 
In January, China sentenced Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg to death for drug trafficking, drawing claims of a political motivation as Ottawa and Beijing spar over the U.S. extradition case against a top Huawei Technologies Co. executive.
Tsang’s nomination could also be controversial for his management of the Occupy protests, during which tear gas was used on pro-democracy demonstrators. That shone a spotlight on government efforts to clamp down on activists in the former British colony. The gatherings of mostly students were dubbed the “Umbrella Movement” after they used umbrellas to shield themselves from police pepper spray.

https://khn.org/morning-breakout/america-was-saturated-with-76-billion-pain-pills-for-half-a-decade-as-the-opioid-epidemic-spun-out-of-control/

America Was Saturated With 76 Billion Pain Pills For Half A Decade As The Opioid Epidemic Spun Out Of Control


The new details come from a database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration that tracks the path of every single pain pill sold in the United States. They show that just six companies distributed 75 percent of the pills during this period. The companies say they were working to supply the needs of patients with legitimate prescriptions desperate for pain relief, but they are now facing thousands of suits over their actions. The information was released following a yearlong legal battle by The Washington Post and HD Media, publisher of the Charleston Gazette-Mail in West Virginia.



More at link.

https://twitter.com/nahtannahc/status/1165706115587264512

Proof the Chinese hacked a White House Petition !


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https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2019/08/23/fentanyl-flowed-through-us-postal-service-vehicles-crossing-southern-border/?noredirect=on


SHIPPING FENTANYL IN THROUGH THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.

Link below that works. If you get nagged about ad blockers remember that F9 is your friend. (in Firefox anyway)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2019/08/23/fentanyl-flowed-through-us-postal-service-vehicles-crossing-southern-border/

From the article: happenings in my little slice of paradise.

WAPO wrote:

The San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego is the busiest border crossing in the Western Hemisphere. Every day, more than 90,000 people — including 70,000 passengers in 45,000 cars — walk or drive across the border where U.S. Interstate 5 begins just north of Tijuana.

San Ysidro also is one of the biggest gateways for illicit drugs into the United States. Mexican cartels smuggle across, in ever-increasing quantities, fentanyl powder mixed with heroin or pressed into counterfeit prescription pills.

CBP’s Overacker testified in July that his agency seized about two pounds of fentanyl in 2013. Last year, the agency seized more than 2,100 pounds, most of it at the southwest border.

“Through June of this year, we have already seized as much as we did last year,” Overacker testified at the hearing before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on efforts to stop fentanyl from entering the country.

President Trump maintains that a wall along the southwest border will stem the flow because agents are seizing large amounts of fentanyl being smuggled between ports of entry. But CBP officials say the vast majority of fentanyl is seized from vehicles driving through official crossings.

"Link below that works."


I wonder what went wrong. I took it directly from the site,
and just tried the link I posted again and it worked again.
   Beats me...

Dove wrote:

"Link below that works."


I wonder what went wrong. I took it directly from the site,
and just tried the link I posted again and it worked again.
   Beats me...

See that little peace off the end of your link? That's the problem. It redirects to a page not found message. Remember what I've told you - everything from question mark on at the end of links can be deleted. They're mostly trouble.


?noredirect=on

I see...   heehee.   I just tried the link I posted for a 3rd time....and the article loads right up.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2019/08/23/fentanyl-flowed-through-us-postal-service-vehicles-crossing-southern-border/?noredirect=on

It's hard to remember to fix something that ain't broke when I look at it    BUT I'LL TRY MY DARNEDEST!!    If I spot any fritzy stuff at the end or something.