africa is apparently the new hub for drug cartels the new york times reports the american counter-narcotics assistance for west africa totaled about fifty million dollars over the past two years and according to the state department that's destined to increase and now the u.s. has reportedly started training an elite group of counter narcotics police in ghana and all this is happening as gone as going through a transition of power a similar unit also planned in kenya the team will reportedly use a training model that's similar to the programs used in central america and mexico and another one of these elite training forces is planned in nigeria it's hoped the officers can combat the latin america drug cartels that are allegedly using africa to smuggle cocaine and to europe now all of this is happening as critics argue that the war on drugs is a downright failure they say the war is costly and largely ineffective and is just

in the days prior to the incident, sgt manning learned the resident of 60 kashmir, was dealing narcotics out of the residents. they conducted an investigation and learn a resident of 60 kashmir was robert hackert, a man with a history of violence in numerous felony convictions. on the morning of february 16, a team of officers who set up outside the apartment to conduct a probation search. once it was determined that sector was in sight, the officer's watch for several hours as this aspect -- suspects came and left sparking a suspicion that he was engaged in narcotics trafficking that day. there was a female suspect that the brought to children inside the suspected drug house. at 10:30 hours he emerged from the front door and had a cell phone conversation before going back inside. at 11:30 a male subjects and to the house and officers took the time of advantage to make their approach to the front door and yelled out police, a provision search and enter the residence. manning encountered heckert walking down a hallway toward him. manning sa anw a concerning said. he sought a loaded gun in

military plugs one hole in the war on drugs five more leaks spring up it looks like the narcotics war is stretching all the way to africa so is the never ending cycle that's draining the u.s. of money and resources well question more. thursday july twenty sixth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r t. well campaign season is in full swing and president obama now has six months to fulfill his election promises and he made a lot of the for. reforming the health care system to getting the unemployment level below four percent to reversing the bush tax cuts to closing guantanamo a lot of them just didn't get just straight out did not happen so i mean in this divisive political climate obama's opponents are quick to pounce on him for promises unfulfilled much of it is highlighted in the book the amateur which takes an in-depth behind the scenes look at president obama and his administration it soared to the top of the new york times bestseller list and is also generating quite a bit of controversy the author of that book joins us now edward klein. edward welcom

at that point he's introduced narcotics into the institute.nately for him, we had staff in the area monitoring the video cameras, we watched this as it unfolded we were able to apprehend him and his visitor. >> for this attempt to smuggle one ounce of marijuana into prison, he was placed into administrative segregation. >> some women are attracted to the bad boys. these are the real bad boys. and the inmates in prison be, they just use these people. it's not about love or anything like that, they just use them. it's the story of their lives. >> for some, destroying the life of a loved one is offset by the profits generated by drug trafficking behind bars. >> one gram of black tar heroin on the street will cost somewhere between 40 and 80 dollars, once it comes inside prison it can go for as much as $800. and a gram is very easy to get in. >> a demand along with the lure of easy money, has drugs flooding into prisons. pitting inmates and corrections officials in a constant game of cat and mouse. often played in the prison mailroom. >> they go t

two-thirds are in the trade of narcotics. i spoke to a lady about showing me an e-mail. the lady was talking about this, and i follow up on my self on this. and we need to get more people out on the street. we cannot tie them up. and i think the pills -- the problem with the pills is a different animal altogether. laws have not changed to address some of the problems on the pills. there is a stigma with needles now, so i think -- i will not go in that there is a plan where we will partner with the agency. i will not go into particulars now, but to address that, the pill problem. and we have done as much as we can do at our level with the vrt and narcotics level, and the liaison with the dea, but we're working on something to address the pill prescription level. the outside influences and where they're coming in from. some of them it is not the individual with the pain management programs. it is someone bringing in a lot. it is a very lucrative business. >> i understand that. very heartening to hear there is a larger plan attacking this. the safe passage program is so imp

and we have done as much as we can do at our level with the vrt and narcotics level, and the liaison with the dea, but we're working on something to address the pill prescription level. the outside influences and where they're coming in from. some of them it is not the individual with the pain management programs. it is someone bringing in a lot. it is a very lucrative business. >> i understand that. very heartening to hear there is a larger plan attacking this. the safe passage program is so impressive, and safe in general that it seems it would be terrific to get more community involvement in keeping eyes open as to who is new in the community that is coming in. and >>>> it is a group project e a cheap getting better nation'ir the -- he makes fun of me because i have said slide in my pocket. i'm going green. it is important to realize you have to stretch these resources. kelly more donating paid for the project. a lot of it has to do with the groundwork that the community members gave up. and it is important to realize you have to work with us. it does not take one person, but a lo

what they found was three empty syringes bearing fentanyl, a very powerful narcotic, found on his person. an empty morphine sulphate syringe and needle were later found in his locker. they then asked him to take a drug test and he did and it said the drug test found fentanyl and other opiates in his system. i think it's important to note this was in 2008. so if this is true, that is very disturbing that they knew this in 2008 and yet he went on to work in other hospitals for years. >> do we know anything about this guy besides the fact that he's obviously crazy? and appears from all of this to be a drug addict. >> and how is he able to keep hopping from hospital to hospital? don't you track something like that and think, okay. something is wrong here? why does he keep moving from job to job? >> if it's true that this hospital in 2008 knew that he was testing positive.

most of the time this is on the high end of the amount of narcotics we see people in possession of. sometimes people have two or three sweetener packages on them and we call them drug dealers, you know. that's why we call it a war on crumbs because the amounts we are talking about are mine us schedule. -- minnesota us schedule. the fact -- are miniscule. and based on less than a packet of sweetener, to me is outrageous. and to me this is a positive first step, in my opinion, because at least you remove some of the stigma attached to this type of issue which in my opinion should be a public health issue. it's a public health issue for a certain segment of the community and should be a public health community issue for everybody. [applause] >> tal, let me follow up and just say opponents of mark leno's measure would say it's not the amount of drug that somebody is in possession of, the fact that they're using drugs indicates they've got to find a way to supply themselves with ongoing, you know, sources of drugs or by taking the drugs, they're going to place themselves in a state that

we have a suspect attempting to introduce narcotics into the institution. as you can see, he's looking around. there's another inmate. the inmate directly in front of him is attempting to block the cameras. there's another inmate, the inmate directly in front of him is attempting to block the cameras. unfortunately for him we had staff, isu staff in the area. as you can see he's halfway off the chair. that's what kind of piqued the curiosity of my officers. the way the individual is sitting. the suspect is looking around very nervously. as you can see, his right hand there is on an orange bindle. within a matter of seconds that bindle will be secreted in his rectum. the orange package there was approximately one ounce of marijuana. we watched this as it unfolded. we were able to apprehend him and his visitor. she was booked into kern valley jail, and he was placed in administrative segregation for introduction of narcotics into kern valley state prison. >> on this morning, sergeant alvarez and his team are conducting a routine search of the prison laundry a

the counter drug program has seen some recent success they made huge steps in adding the flow of narcotics passing through honduras but the commando style. agents participated in at least three deadly operations this alongside a squad of hundred police officers it has been hotly contested by the media now the reason for the urgency relates right back to the war on terror al qaeda and similar groups are largely funded by the legal drug trade in small impoverished nations are especially susceptible to their influence so in the end the war on terror remains just with a different name. well the fast food joint chick fil a facing huge backlash this after the c.e.o. . professed his anti gay marriage views now mayor rahm emanuel says these views aren't consistent with the views of the city of chicago similar backlash in boston now government leaders want them to block the fast food joint from expanding in the cities but wait a minute is this a decision government leaders should make earlier i was joined by mike riggs associate editor for reason dot com i asked them if government officials should

my officer p hunt, i'm a member of the canine unit, narcotic unit.oday we're going to do a narcotic serve where we board the bus and looking for any type of illegal substance, crack, cocaine, marijuana, heroin. if you have it, people, now is the time to put it on the floor or see that amnesty box, deposit it in that box over there. >> when leaving the bus to enter the jail facility, visitors are not only given a blunt warning about contraband, they're handed a number to correspond with their seat. then a drug sniffing dog boards the bus. >> my dog boards that bus and starts scratching seat number 3. i'm going to look over and see that's who we must search. >> got balloons. >> beautifulment. >> right here, we found two empty balloons. now, a lot of people, what they like to do, stuff either the marijuana, the cocaine, the crack cocaine inside these balloons. you have seat number ten and 11. as of right now, i'm going to request for the visiting officer to search who was at seat number 10 and 11. they may still have something on them. >> an off camera

tonight we are not going to take up the question of whether drugs or narcotics should be legalized. what we want to look at is the affect of criminalization and the sanctions that have been placed on narcotics use and abuse. we want to hear what these things have done to our communities. i worked as a prosecutor in san francisco, and i feel privileged to do so, given the fact that i was hired by harris and that i continue to have the pleasure to work with the district attorney. both of these leaders have progressive visions about what crime is and how to deal with it in a community as diverse as san francisco. we are talking about a war on drugs tonight, and that is a federal creation, but it means different things to different people, and that is one thing we are going to talk about tonight. we all understand while drug use is pretty much the same across many demographics, enforcement tends to fall most heavily on communities of color and communities that have not been in the majority. we need to look at that, and we need to understand what those negative affects have been, so one

two-thirds of robberies are narcotics-related. the other day pretty good, watching electronic devices. it is about 10.47% so far this year. starting to it is starting to creep up a little bit. we are careful with it. this prescription and illegal drugs and narcotics sales. we were pretty good at bringing down prescription pills in this area. we posted signs. you see them around the neighborhood, regarding the drug-free zone. we are really tough on that. we've met with one of the state officials last year. we tried to get them to tweak that 1980 law, but not yet. they are just still working on that in sacramento. they have bigger fish to fry with the budget now, but we're working on that. that is the problem with the pills. there are a lot of people in this area on pain management programs, and we are not trying to get the guy who has got 30 pills in his bottle for the month and is going to try to sell two or three to buy food or cigarettes or alcohol. it is the person that is selling 400 pills or 50 or 60 pills for $4,000. i hate

. >> my last question is, there are not narcotics arrest members here. to m.j.'s point about crack smoking. >> we were higher than the average. we have dipped down below that. we are between 4 and 6% from last year. we're down a little bit because of staffing. it spikes if we do an operation. we are lucky enough to get a grant, capt. murphy. we are funneling that. i am a little frugal, so we tried to use that to get the most bang for the buck. we have some overtime we are using this weekend. i thought it would be more appropriate to upgrade the security baseline. we will use it with foot patrols. i asked officers if they thought it would be better to have foot patrols in certain areas for uniform visibility. we have a luxury with some of the lieutenants that will come down. they will come and check with the station and check with me, officer cortes, and they will say what areas we want them to hit. we cannot have the same planes close guys because they get to recognizing them. -- plain clothes guys because they start to recognize them unfortunately they moved to

we both are medically dependent on narcotics. our doctor is fearful of adequately treating our pain because it is like the fed is dictating our medical care long distance. it seems that my doctor should be allowed to treat me without fear of the government interfering. since they are not my doctor, how can they determined what i do or don't need to? guest: thanks for your call. the patient and doctor really need to be paying attention and talking with each other. i think the general strength of looking at this is the doctrine is to work closely as to what the appropriate medication is. in this to pay attention to that for the patient, making sure if the person becomes dependent that they're paying attention to how they manage that issue. as doctors, we also need to pay attention that that medication does not have other problems that were it -- will interfere with their treatment. it really is a patient/doctor relationship of critical importance. as a public health approach, we're trying to create an environment where doctors and

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the years of glorify narcotics trafficking and they are looking at the aftermath of what the results have been. i hope i have answered your question. >> since you were a border enforcement for three decades you were in the job in 1986 when the great big immigration compromise was passed through congress. it is discussed a lot as immigration policy is talked about. you saw the effect of it. did the 1986 immigration reform act change things and if so in what ways? >> one thing about the immigration reform and control act of 1986 is it allows a couple village people that were in the country illegally to legalized. i think there was our failure from our political leaders to follow up on that because the fog was if we increase border resources by increasing the border patrol which we needed to do because back then we had 1800 agents along the border and we have 20,000 border patrol agents protecting our country, that was needed but that was more than that was needed. sins than, as we tighten up our border security individuals come into the country knew that once they made it past the bord