Anthony Placido, Drug Enforcement Administration Intelligence Program

Anthony Placido called the drug trade a poison for profit business, one that would not go away by decriminalizing the use of marijuana and other substances. These cartels are a class of professional predators. They wont become white collar workers.

Placidos perspective was one of three points of view expressed by panelists at the Global Public Policy forum on the U.S. War on Drugs hosted by the University of Texas at El Paso. The other two panelists presented opposing views favorable to the decriminalization of drugs, mainly of marijuana. The panel, made up of David Courtwright, Craig Reinerman, a professor of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of California and Placido debated how to apply the U.S. war on drugs to help ameliorate the drug war in a city less than a mile away —Juárez, México— the site of one of the deadliest drug-fueled wars in the world.

Read full story by Patricia Martinez: http://www.borderzine.com/2009/10/intelligence-specialist-and-scholars-divide...

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