Category Archives: War On Drugs

Roll Up!

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Roll ‘Em If You Got ‘Em

What happened to Milwaukee’s War on Blunt Wraps and ….

Some time ago Common Council President/Alderman Willie Hines banned the sale of drug paraphernalia by local gas stations, corner stores, and local businesses. Today you can find these products everywhere you turn so I wonder what happened to that ban and why now are blunt wraps and designer drugs in the convenience stores with little to no restrictions on them. Many places you go, you can find someone smoking their swisher sweet blunts right out in public with or sans weed. I thought we were working on stopping the promotion of drug use which included things that imply drug use?

Some of this goes to the fact that in America illegal drugs make up $100 BILLION of our economy. That means if we really made an effort to just say no and stop the sale and use of illegal drugs, our economy would cease to exist. I had heard Frederick Alexander Meade talk about this fact on Earl Ingram’s show. WOW $100 BILLION. This is too much for us common folk to wrap our heads around and certainly too much money to do anything about without getting killed. Most of us have seen the news and media surrounding Mexican borders and the innocent blood being shed for the safe passage of these drugs into our country. Who are we to stop such a powerful industry if our elected can’t? Look what happened to Hillary Clinton when she tried to warn us of the dangers, they put a hit out on her.  None the less we live directly in the results of this drug induced culture every single day. As tax payers we pay in one way or the other and AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), NA (Narcotics Anonymous) and other such cults are big business pushers that may or may not help. Who cares, it won’t stop and addiction/recovery are also big business. Why do you think AA and NA have few rivals for all of these years even though there are proven drugs in other countries that are actually helping addicts get the monkey off their backs successfully? To most of us this side of the pond those medicines are not insured and expensive but available for a price.

Getting back to Milwaukee, some of this goes to the fact that police did not deal with the original ban and never really enforced it. It became an afterthought. But Lord forbid you smoke in a bar or restaurant, or talk on a cell while driving, or don’t buckle up and you will end up a feature story on some local news story hidden video series with a big fine, ticket and criminal record.

The rest of this is we simply stopped caring as a community. Honestly we got bigger fish to fry and this should have been a simple task. If you want to own and operate in Milwaukee, your business must not sell blunt wraps and drug paraphernalia. PERIOD! But now I see blunt wraps sold as far as Brookfield, so that tells me we have no chance of stopping it here in the city. Although I still contend it should not be that damn difficult. We have hotlines for everything else under the sun.

So why are we selling blunt wraps and all the fixings for drug use in the inner city?

We still patronize these places because they are convenient. We gave up supporting our own businesses because they were priced out or were bad businesses in terms of customer service or management. The new owners are not of our country or community and could care less about the after effects of their sales. They go off to Mequon or wherever and call it day. They offer a ton of stuff, real cheap prices, and can now take Qwest and WIC and all the government aid you can support any business on. Had some of our businesses lived to see Qwest and WIC programs they might have been able to contend, but now they are gone.

Is it time to revisit the ban and add these items to the list, or should it be okay to sell items we all know are commonly used for drug use and expect the community to rise above this? Our kids are going into these shops and they are not dumb, they know what the stuff is used for and admire it and wait for their turn to participate in this exchange. Should our current mayor take a walk into a corner store and see what all qualifies as a “tobacco product” in Milwaukee? Wouldn’t it be nice to see him in the inner city not for a photo op but for something that is not a direct result of violence or giving/receiving an award but walking around the “hood” to stop and take in the city from our vantage point? Former mayor, John Norquist used to ride the bus A LOT, this mayor, only when a camera is around.

Funny when other communities piped up about stores like Starship and its sales of drug paraphernalia no one disagreed and the stores complied. Seems like the inner city stores operate under a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. I think it is far past time to take back our corners!!

 

Peace Family,

WW

One Year Jail Sentence: Example Of White Privilege?

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From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Madeline Kudlata, 18, of Mequon was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail, with release privileges to attend Marquette, as a condition of five years probation. If she violates that or other conditions, she could go to prison for two years, and as many as five, under a sentence imposed, and stayed, by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Kevin Martens after a daylong hearing of emotional testimony from family on both sides.

Sydney Tabakin died Sept. 18 after Kudlata lost control on the ramp to northbound U.S. 41 from eastbound I-94. Kudlata and a front-seat passenger were not seriously injured. Tabakin was riding in the back seat without a seat belt.

In April, Kudlata pleaded no contest to homicide by negligent operation of a motor vehicle. She was initially ticketed for driving too fast for conditions and having an open container of alcohol in her car, but was charged with the felony in January.

Witnesses told investigators that Kudlata was disposing of liquor bottles at the scene. A blood test showed traces of marijuana, but no alcohol. Tabakin had no alcohol or illicit drugs in her system.

Tabakin’s parents and uncle spoke eloquently about Sydney’s vivacious, talented and determined character, and of their own despondence and continuing grief over her loss.

Her father, Neil Tabakin, told the judge how he and his wife initially hugged and embraced Kudlata, and forgave her for what at first appeared to be a simple accident, before they learned Kudlata had smoked marijuana, tried to hide evidence, swerved from a middle lane, partied in the weeks after the crash, and even posted photos on Facebook.

He thanked the community for its support and the stranger who tried to help his daughter as she bled on the pavement.

“I’m thankful someone held Sydney while she was dying,” he said, after pointing out that Kudlata did not.

Tabakin spoke of his daughter’s many dance recitals, competitions and performances, and said his favorite dance is the one he’ll never see – at her wedding.

He requested a prison term, calling jail an insult to his daughter’s memory.

She must report on June 25, the day after she registers for classes at Marquette. Martens also ordered that she remain sober, pay $37,000 in restitution and perform 300 hours of community service.

My Take:

This girl was high on marijuana and was seen disposing of open alcohol bottles at the scene of the accident while her supposed best friend laid dying on the pavement…yet is only sentenced to one year in jail…and will only serve this sentence in between going to college at Marquette. Is our judicial system really this weak? Or is this a case of white privilege (read up on it, it’s real) where everyone pities the 18-year old white girl from Mequon…doesn’t want her to become a prison statistic, but live her life to the fullest–an opportunity her friend will never have. It was even noted that she partied and posted pictures of herself enjoying life weeks after the crash. The father of the deceased asked that this girl be sent to prison, but the judge refused. Is this a slap in the face of the victim & her family, or is this a just sentence? Would this sentence be different if it involved minorites from the inner city?

Video Doc: Milwaukee At It’s Worse pt. V

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How ignorant are WE BLACK MEN to show ourselves on video with illegal drugs and bragging about it?

This speaks for itself… come on Black Men, why disrespect our Black Women. And Black Women… why are you allowing yourself to be handled and treated like this.

Oh yeah, White Folks act a fool too… check out this clip from something that jumped off at Bar Louie downtown. Did you hear about this?

War On Drugs: Deadly, Ultra-Pure Heroin Hits US

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(AP) – 21 hours ago

WINFIELD, Mo. — Mexican drug smugglers are increasingly peddling a form of ultra-potent heroin that sells for as little as $10 a bag and is so pure it can kill unsuspecting users instantly, sometimes before they even remove the syringe from their veins.

An Associated Press review of drug overdose data shows that so-called “black tar” heroin – named for its dark, gooey consistency – and other forms of the drug are contributing to a spike in overdose deaths across the nation and attracting a new generation of users who are caught off guard by its potency.

“We found people who snorted it lying face-down with the straw lying next to them,” said Patrick O’Neil, coroner in suburban Chicago’s Will County, where annual heroin deaths have nearly tripled – from 10 to 29 – since 2006. “It’s so potent that we occasionally find the needle in the arm at the death scene.”

Authorities are concerned that the potency and price of the heroin from Mexico and Colombia could widen the drug’s appeal, just as crack did for cocaine decades ago.

Read the complete article here.