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US AZ: PUB LTE: How Far Up Does Corruption Go In The US?

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n015/a05.html
Newshawk: Kirk
Votes: 1
Pubdate: Fri, 06 Jan 2012
Source: East Valley Tribune (AZ)
Copyright: 2012 Kirk Muse
Contact: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/opinion/submit_a_letter/
Website: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2708
Author: Kirk Muse

HOW FAR UP DOES CORRUPTION GO IN THE U.S.?

In Ken Burns' outstanding PBS documentary Prohibition, it was revealed that alcohol prohibition corrupted all levels of our government -- all the way up to the Warren G.  Harding White House.  The alcohol cartels had hundreds of politicians on their payroll.

Is it unreasonable to suspect that the drug cartels of today are following in the footsteps of the alcohol cartels? It's obvious that medical marijuana dispensaries were making a major dent in the income of the Mexican drug cartels.

Would a $10 million bribe motivate Obama to change his policy regarding medical marijuana? We will never know.  But I certainly suspect so.

Kirk Muse

Mesa


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