MICHOACAN COCAINE NOT GOOD FOR YOU
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Cambio de Michoacán (Morelia, Michoacán) 7-12-10

Cocaine sold in Michoacán diluted with talcum powder and flour

Talcum and flour are part of the ingredients contained in cocaine consumed in this state, according to the Department of Chemical and Genetic Forensics in the State Attorney’s General’s Office.

Silvia Morelia Gutierrez and Martha Guzman Castaneda, of the Department of Chemical and Genetic Forensics, found that cocaine seized by state authorities is not 100 percent pure but is diluted with a variety of other substances such as talcum and flour and is highly dangerous to the health of consumers.

Also the Department of Chemical and Genetic Forensics found that the marijuana drug market also utilizes processes that use and sell all of the plant which diminishes the quality, potency and value of the product. For example, selective consumers prefer to smoke just the flower of the plant, but the more common consumers smoke the stems, leaves and seeds.

http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/ver ... ?id=129065

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Correo (Leon, Guanajuato) 7-12-10

In search of a peaceful home

Porvenir, Chihuahua – It has been 100 years since the Revolution expelled

many Mexicans and now thousands flee the narcotraffickers. A house with blue walls, but no roof, welcomes whoever arrives at Porvenir, Chihuahua. Until recently, the house was occupied but now looks like a blacksmith’s shop, only with doors and windows.

This isn’t the only building like this one. In this town in the Juarez Valley, burned homes predominate. Residents left their furniture, clothing and their history. They left out of fear. Those that remain seldom leave their homes. For them, the town has changed to a place of sadness and desolation. One gazes at Porvenir with trembling.

The burned homes form a stark image. They stand silent. The people were displaced by violence--that violence employed by narcotraffickers. It has changed the face of many regions.

People and entire families have been kidnapped and extorted. Confrontations between cartels and protective forces have caught society in a cross-fire in zones controlled by criminals.

In the area of Ciudad Juarez and the entire Juarez Valley, there is talk of more or less 100,000 displaced persons, according to Defender of Human Rights-Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson.

Statistics of the El Paso, Texas, Police Department, indicate that around 30,000 Mexicans have crossed the border into the United States in the last few years because of the violence.

The Juarez Valley, a rural area east of Ciudad Juarez, is one of the areas where displacement due to violence is most evident. In 2007 there were nearly 22,000 residents. Now there are few.

Rodolfo Rubio Salas, Investigator from the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, says, “It is very difficult to say. We have found many abandoned homes. In some villages, 40% to 50% of the people have gone.â€