Former Cook County prosecutor, author, former speaker and Board Director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).
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Trump says, he’s president so he can do as he pleases. Disagree? “You’re fired!” Not an employee? “DOGE has your personal information. So I have your personal information. The names and addresses of your kids, your mortgage and income tax records, your health information. I know where you work…”
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Drug Truth Network with Dean Becker, Eric Sterling and James Gierach, drugtruth.net/index.php/no...
Every Author Wants Everyone to Read Their Book. I am no exception, but I have lowered My Expectations. I just want everyone to read the “Chapter Headings and Subheadings” of my book. So weekly for the next 25 Weeks, I will post on social media One Chapter Heading & Its Subtitles. August 31, 2025
Melt ICE!
Every Author Wants Everyone to Read Their Book. I am no exception, but I have lowered My Expectations. I just want everyone to read the “Chapter Headings and Subheadings” of my book. So weekly for the next 25 Weeks, I will post on social media One Chapter Heading & Its Subtitles. August 31, 2025
Why is immigration such a problem that ICE needs to come to Chicago (and maybe the National Guard, too)?
Immigration is one of a dozen drug war-driven crises that can only be dramatically addressed with drug legalization of all commonly used illegal drugs.
We need a rational, thoughtful solution to 800,000 migrants coming to America to escape drug-gang violence from El Salvadoran, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Vindictive Trump Ruining Careers apple.news/A0EEfjaATSea...
Five-star reading from a safe distance.
youtu.be/5X6kFDw5rSg?... Ukraine, Putin, Trump.
Beautiful.
Starvation in Gaza divides many Jewish Americans - NBC News
Trump can continue to withhold billions in foreign aid, court rules - NPR
If only America’s president would “Make America Good Again.”
Shame on Johnson
With summit looming, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he won't cede land to Russia - NPR
Trump’s “Great” America
'Rage Against the Regime' protests planned against Trump - USA TODAY
Netanyahu’s Gaza (Some MAGAtites can’t stand it) apple.news/AThizIpArQFS...
Netanyahu’s Gaza, ICC Arrest Warrant, Two-State Solution
How powerful is Jeffrey Epstein? He literally just shut down Congress! Unimaginable- I don’t know if this has ever happened before. It’s impossible to articulate how far we have fallen, and how completely corrupt our government is, because of everything Trump does.
Trump supporters: Is this ok with you?
Men freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say - The Guardian
In landmark opinion, the World Court says climate change is an “existential threat” - Reuters
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Gierach: “Drug cartels never die, confess or surrender. Drug cartels morph, renew, change names, divide and acquire new leaders who stand in the successors’ line, but there is never hope during ‘The Drug War Era’ for the demise of a drug cartel.”
Not easy to build lasting peace with drug prohibition-crises on every block & in every community. Drug prohibition means more guns, gangs & violence. More drug use and more drugs too, the secret & bad consequence of drug prohibition. I say that as a former Chg. homicide prosecutor (Branch 66).
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Russia brushes off talks after largest assault on Ukraine - AFP News
End drug prohibition to stop gun violence and reduce the need to own a gun for “self-defense.”
I’m glad homicides and violent crime are down. I think job programs, social spending and anti-violence programs help. Yet, I note that violent crime is cyclical, and lasting peace is impossible as long as drug prohibition reigns, tempting kids and causing violence.
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to consider amendments to a spending bill this week that would authorize doctors to issue medical marijuana recommendations to military veterans and support psychedelics research and access. #DrugSky www.marijuanamoment.net/house-to-vot...
If you want to kill democracy and become a dictator, you must destroy higher education, because it will always be seen as a threat. Trump is winning & America is losing- incredibly devastating. Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
Chicago Tribune, June 29, 2025
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Government data now confirms what early advocates envisioned: legal cannabis is reshaping public policy. The numbers tell a clear story, one grounded in billions in state tax revenue and a measurable decline in teen marijuana use. #Drugsky #Cannabis www.forbes.com/sites/javier...
2,000 additional National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles, Pentagon says - CBS News Ludicrous!
Drug prohibition was as great a factor as any other factor to gun violence. Legalize drugs!
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Damn…
Drug-prohibition policy means more drugs, use, addiction and overdose. www.amazon.com/Silver-Bulle...
Trump: America’s Nemesis
ICE is melting us and torching our values. open.substack.com/pub/stephend...
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Democrats outraged with Homeland Security after Nadler staffer handcuffed - The Hill
Trump’s Hoover Pardon: The Perfect Drug War Joke www.tumblr.com/jamesgierach...
Legalize all commonly used drugs. Read why here.
Trump the Horrible Continues To Bite apple.news/A3VAMk118TNS...
@arneduncan.bsky.social I’d like to send you my book. If you’ll read it, I’ll send it. A gift, no charge. www.amazon.com/Silver-Bulle... Need an address. Email: drugnews1@yahoo.com Jim Gierach
Evil Trump Is, Evil Trump Does apple.news/A3VAMk118TNS...
No notes. Just taken from her heart and mind. Goodness personified. www.threads.com/@embosso/pos...
Who is the greatest modern-day hater? Netanyahu of Palestinians, Putin of Ukrainians, or Trump of immigrants? Who is the wealthiest among them? Which one is not a war criminal? Which three make the world a much worse place?
At a time of chaos, craziness and intentional destruction, this is fantastic news!! www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Puntin isn’t paying much attention to Trump once he cutoff aid to Ukraine. Trump, give Putin 7 days to pull out of Ukraine or on the 10th day, ADMIT UKRAINE TO NATO.
It’s a trade off for the support of those people who thought (and think) forced vaccinations, closed schools, businesses and even Covid itself was a joke. Popularity and votes over science and heath. Drill baby drill, drug war, what climate change…votes are more import than reality.
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What the Constitution, Supreme Court say about 'due process' for deportees: ANALYSIS - ABC News
Lol. Trump is a tragedy and a joke.
Trump the Tyrant apple.news/AwRycX2zgQ8O...
Trump the Atrocious apple.news/AcI0RzZKDQqa...
The World War on Drugs Failed. READ ALL ABOUT IT. youtu.be/3tcAJTWXMZo?...
Sen. Dick Durbin served & serves Illinois with honesty and distinction. Nevertheless (like nearly all pols), he has also been a servant of the War on Drugs, the most harmful public policy in the history of mankind. From Drug War Bonds to mass incarceration, prohibition causes endless crises.
Trump Kicks $73.2 Million Social Security Recipients. More kicks to come.
Agreed But—Sen. Durbin was a DRUG WAR SUPPORTER, his greatest failing. He supported the sale of “Drug War Bonds.” His drug-war (drug prohibition) stance effectively supported mass incarceration, racism, guns, gangs, violence, increased drug invention, availability, use, addiction, overdose & death.
No one likes chaos No one likes tariffs No one likes their retirement savings disappearing No one likes people being disappeared by the government, and sent to horrific prisons in foreign countries No one has seen anything like all of this before…
The Good Easter News
Trump and his Brutes & Bullied Consistently Make the Wrong Choice, apple.news/AAoABoZ4AQLm...
The Booming Biden Economy, Now the Trump Crashing Economy (Big Mouth, Loose Cannon, Tariff Nut and Market Crash) What was that that Trump said about the Fed Chair tenure?
Happy 4/20 on Easter Sunday.
I Have Done Nothing Wrong. apple.news/AHCi10Iy9TlO...
Mass shootings, a bad gun and bad drug policy result.
A Venezuelan Man Said He Would 'Go Home.' The Trump Administration Sent Him To CECOT. - HuffPost
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America once was a strong economic, financial & moral centerboard for the world. Pres. Trump has dislodged that centerboard, risking world markets and stability. Fortunately, Sinapore PM Lawrence Wong is stepping up to talk sense & take a leadership role. youtu.be/Io1G_5I7a-0?si…
The new EU Drugs Strategy 2026-2030 should reject the UN recreational drug prohibition/intolerance/punishment model. Collectively and as individual nation-state members, the new strategy should support legal, regulated and controlled drug markets. Read why here.
The Ad Council should go to work on PSAs calling for an end to drug prohibition that drives many American crises, including gun proliferation, shootings and unaffordable bullet-hole healthcare.
Trump is undermining American culture, values and principles. Shameful!
Drug prohibition is “gunogenic,” and with spring arriving another American summer of shootings, casualties and heartaches awaits us.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene bought stock before market jumped on Trump tariff pause - USA TODAY
Trump Avarice Suffocating
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