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Mexico ( Border drug to look out for " Grass Mary " the new High ) Salvia Divinorum

Tuesday August 27, 2013Published at 11:52 am EST, August 27, 2013

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Thomas sat at a table where he placed a small bag containing the drug. He pulled the product, a fine powder of dark green and divided it into three parts, took one of them and put it on the pipe, then lit it.
In less than 40 seconds after smoking the drug, its effects begin to take effect. The feeling being described as between psychosis and a release of adrenaline.
Sweat began to sprout from his forehead and neck, his voice became serious and his hands touched the texture of the board and trying to calm himself.

This plant, known as “Salvia divinorum” is also called “Grass Mary” or “herb of the gods” which causes hallucinations and euphoria, with its active substance “salvinorin A” acting on the nervous system.
Health Authorities in Mexico state that so far do not have any record of addiction or consequences such as death by consuming this substance.

Similarly, Jocelyn Talamantes, coordinator of Care for Addiction states that there is no record of salvia users in her knowledge.
“From 2011 to 2013 we continue with the same conditions. The greatest social impact drug is heroin. The 20 to 30 percent of patients who are admitted using two or more drugs, and start with Alcohol and marijuana, “he says.
The official adds that although she knows about the existence of sage, though,  it is generally used for medicinal purposes.
Although this substance is still regarded as “underground” it can be purchased ranging from $20 to $ 35 in El Paso, while in Ciudad Juarez is sold in packages of 250 to 300 pesos .

Consumption of this herb has became popular among young people, mostly college age ranging from 20 to 30 years and has been seen in El Paso.

“We are the first smart shop in Mexico dedicated to the sale and distribution of botanical products of the highest quality, both in Mexico and around the world. Being our specialty Salvia Divinorum “. Buyers have the option of paying with cards such as MasterCard , Visa and American Express or, make cash deposits, as the consumption of salvia is legal so far in Mexico. “

TUCSON Az ( Murder charges dropped, victim's family outraged - Suspect On probation for dumping dead body ) Wtf ?

Posted: Aug 27, 2013 6:09 PM by Lupita Murillo    

Updated: Aug 27, 2013 6:24 PM

    

                    Andrew  Liska

    

TUCSON - Murder charges are dropped against 21-year-old Zechary Mazitis. He was arrested two weeks ago for the shooting death of Andrew Liska last November. The Liska family is outraged.
Even though the charges were dropped, Mazitis remains in the Pima County Jail on a probation violation involving another homicide with similar circumstances.
"Its very devastating to realize someone could get away with murder twice," says Crystal Wainwright . She's the victim's sister.
On July 9, 2011, Tucson police found the body of Rodrigo Gonzales dumped in the middle of the road near Ft. Lowell and Campbell. Investigators say it was a drug deal gone bad and Mazitis acted in self defense when he shot and killed Rodriguez. He pleaded guilty to abandoning a dead body and was given three years probation.
Fast forward to November 2012 and Andrew Liska. His sister Crystal Wainwright tells News 4, "It was a drug deal gone bad. But my brother didn't deserve to die over it. He used excessive force, it was overkill he shot six times he pulled my brother out and left him in the middle road to die."
The County Attorney's office says, they dismissed the charges without prejudice which means they can be refiled at a later date. Wainwright says, "So there is hope, it's still very scary to know that this case may be closed forever and that Mazitas is allowed to go out there and do whatever while my brother is in the ground."
Andrew Liska's family says they can't imagine how Zechary Mazitis can look at himself in the mirror. "Knowing that he's done that to people and families , that he's destroyed lives. It's just heartbreaking, to know that the police and the laws we have here in Arizona are not able to put him away for anything. "
News 4 Tucson requested an interview with Mazitis. He told the corrections officer he needed to clear it with his attorney first. No one has called back

Argentina ( Drug Dealers use pigeons to distribute marijuana across Argentina )

Drug dealers who used carrier pigeons to distribute marijuana across Argentina have been arrested.
Prosecutors say the dealers made up to 20 deliveries a day to a distributor in Lomas de Zamora, who would collect the drug from pouches on the birds’ legs.
Police began to investigate after finding one of the pigeons lost and disorientated with drugs strapped to its leg.

Drug dealers who used carrier pigeons to distribute marijuana across Argentina have been arrested

A spokesman said: ‘It was released and we were able to  follow it. Then it was a question of waiting and following again.’
Three men were arrested at  a makeshift cannabis farm.

 

In 2011, Colombian drugs gangs reportedly strapped a package containing 1.6 ounces of the drug to a pigeon and pointed it in the direction of the jail in Bucaramanga.
But the excess baggage proved too much for it. The bird crash-landed and was captured by two policemen who found it flapping helplessly near the prison.


 

Colombia ( Lightning Strike Kills 2 Brothers Playing Soccer on Colombian Beach )

BOGOTA – Two brothers playing soccer on a beach in the northern Colombian city of Cartagena were killed by lightning and another person was injured, police said.

Armando Jose and Domingo Lopez died while playing soccer Saturday on the beaches of Cartagena’s Marbella district, media reports said.

Domingo Lopez was taken to a hospital, but doctors were unable to save him because of the severity of his injuries.

The other man injured in the lightning strike was treated and went home.

CARACAS ( 2 Colombian citizens charged with trying to Kill the President )

Two Colombian citizens were arrested Thursday near Caracas carrying rifles “with laser sights,” Venezuela’s Interior Minister Gen. Miguel Angel Rodriguez said

CARACAS – Venezuela’s leftist government announced Monday the arrest of two foreign nationals who planned to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro in a plot involving former Colombian head of state Alvaro Uribe.

Colombian citizens Victor Gueche, 18, and Erik Huertas, 18, were nabbed last Thursday near Caracas carrying rifles “with laser sights,” Venezuela’s interior minister, Gen. Miguel Angel Rodriguez, told a press conference.

Also found were munitions and a photo of Maduro posing with the speaker of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello.

“Alvaro Uribe Velez undoubtedly knows all about what is happening. Everyone knows he is a man with control over drug-trafficking groups, and we’re not surprised at all that he is, directly or through operators,” one of those involved, the minister said.

Those in custody are part of a gang of 10 “hired killers with great experience,” Rodriguez said, adding that Colombian intelligence officials gave him the names of the gunmen during his recent visit to Bogota.

Cabello spoke out last month about an alleged assassination plot directed by Uribe, former Honduran strongman Roberto Micheletti and Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles, and disposing of more than $2.5 million in cash.

“The brains behind this organization is Posada Carriles,” Rodriguez said Monday, referring to the U.S. Army veteran and erstwhile CIA operative who now lives in Miami.

Posada Carriles, once the head of Venezuela’s secret police, is wanted by Caracas for the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that left 73 people dead.

Relations between neighbors Venezuela and Colombia reached a nadir in the final months of Uribe’s 2002-2010 tenure, but improved under his successor, Juan Manuel Santos.

Caracas, however, took umbrage a few months ago when Santos received Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles, who refuses to accept his loss to Maduro in a special election to replace the late Hugo Chavez as president.

But the tension dissipated after Santos and Maduro held a summit on the shared border.

So far this year, the Venezuelan government has reported several plots and attempts to kill Maduro involving Salvadoran and Colombian mercenaries. EFE