Monday, 7 May 2007
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War on Drugs a Costly Sham  wagneww 12:15:27 |
 |  We humans are a predictable lot; we continually ignore history, are afraid of everything, and act emotionally rather than rationally, especially when it comes to the vexatious and controversial subject of drugs in society. We don’t learn from our mistakes; destined to repeat them over and over on a recurring loop of denial. Wash over some orchestrated religious propaganda and you have a recipe for disaster.
The author of the recently released autobiography; “Cheating the Hangman: True Confessions of a Heroin Trafficker” knows what he’s talking about when it comes to illegal drugs. Wade Agnew has been using them daily for forty years. He started with alcohol, quickly dismissing it after the revelation of marijuana in 1968 while at University. This discovery would dictate the course of his life. For all the details of his terrifyingly authentic tale go to;
http://www.cheatingthehangman.com.au/home_book.html
That the “War on Drugs” was the brainchild of the Nixon administration; the most seriously paranoid US president of the 20th Century, tells us a great deal about its genesis and “raison d’etre”. Every society that has existed since the beginning of time has used “consciousness altering” substances, often in highly spiritual circumstances. This should have told us something, but apparently not.
Ignorance and political ambition are a volatile mix. At the start of the 21st Century, Australia was experiencing a flood of heroin. Established by refugees after the war in S.E.Asia, the Vietnamese community was now well integrated into mainstream society. Many of these citizens were ethnic Chinese with strong family links back to their homeland. With the opening up of the post-war Viet Nam, they became the conduit for Thai and Burmese white powder heroin then flooding into Australia. This community was very wary of officialdom, and notoriously difficult to penetrate. As a consequence the country was experiencing a huge drop in the price of heroin on the streets of major cities. It even penetrated far flung inland country towns. The price per gram fell to unprecedented lows, and the purity was astounding high by world standards.
“I was well and truly retired by then, and could only look on with envy as no4 white powder flooded into Australian cities,” says Wade from his home in Brisbane. “People were making serious money from the glut of high quality heroin.”
An unfortunate consequence of the high purity was a sharp rise in the number of overdoses on the streets of Australian cities. Addicts unused to such purity were dropping like flies. At one point police in Cabramatta; a Vietnamese enclave in western Sydney; now the heroin capital of the country, begged whoever was distributing a particularly pure shipment (close to 95%) to cut their drugs to curb the death rate.
Not long after, the local market began to experience a serious heroin drought, and the conservative Australian government began crowing, claiming its “Tough on Drugs” policy had been responsible. This drought was quickly followed by an avalanche of Methamphetamines. This was no coincidence; the two phenomena were inextricably linked. It quickly became evident that the Australian Government was taking credit for decisions of criminals. The “War on Drugs” has little or no effect on the availability of illegal drugs on the streets of Australia or anywhere else for that matter. All it does is pump-prime organized crime, and turn otherwise law abiding citizens into criminals.
The following are excerpts from a report into the heroin glut entitled; “The Case for an Inquiry into its Causes and the Flood of Methamphetamines” by W.M. Bush; no relation.
“The article disputes the claim by the Federal Government that Australian law enforcement financed by its Tough on Drugs Strategy was primarily responsible for the heroin drought and resulting fall in overdose deaths. Law enforcement agencies, notably the Australian Federal Police through its Commissioner, have revealed intelligence to the effect that Asian crime syndicates have assessed that there is a large and very profitable market in Australia for amphetamine-like drugs, and that they have made a marketing decision to promote them rather than heroin.
The evidence suggests strongly that the prime causes of the drought were a series of poor opium harvests in Burma and these marketing decisions. No other explanation fits the known facts including;
•The drought being confined to Australia
•A big rise in availability of amphetamine-like drugs imported through the same channels as heroin
•The known large rise in recent years in production in South East Asia of these artificial drugs
•The greater profit derivable from them than from heroin
•Their lower vulnerability to law enforcement interdiction.
If law enforcement had an effect it was probably only a subsidiary factor. The evidence is strong that there would have been no drought in the absence of the other factors.”
“If anyone should know about the profits to be made when drugs are made illegal, it’s me. I spent thirty years selling drugs; it’s not for the faint hearted, but there are huge amounts of money to be made”, says Wade. “I only use marijuana these days; I can’t afford the high cost of heroin. “I inhale the vapours with a marijuana vaporizer. In fact I import them for the local and world market; I sell the VapoHead Herbal Vaporizer. Marijuana Vaporizers are bloody brilliant. You can check them out on my website at;”
http://www.cheatingthehangman.com.au
I still use heroin occasionally when I have the funds. The quality in Australia is the envy of addicts everywhere; almost always white powder, and usually with 50% purity or higher. However it’s very expensive, reflecting the difficulty of getting it safely ashore. If I could afford to, I would certainly use heroin more often,” Wade adds with a grin.
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Friday, 4 May 2007
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| Reefer Madness Replaced by Hydro Hysteria wagneww 13:49:58 |
| In the 30’s there was Reefer Madness, now we have the 21st century version; Hydro Hysteria. Marijuana is something that Wade Agnew knows a great deal about. The author of the recently released autobiography “Cheating the Hangman: True Confessions of a Heroin Trafficker” Wade knows what he’s talking about when it comes to illegal drugs; he has been using them for almost forty years, and smoking marijuana on a daily basis since first discovering it a University in 1968. Wade has taken them all.
“It was bad enough in the early days. I was “verballed” by the Australian Police; planted with two roaches; enough to have you jailed for months! It’s laughable when I think about it now. We had to endure this situation for decades, and people around the globe are still being incarcerated for ludicrous amounts of marijuana. It’s a scandal, especially in some parts of the United States; the so-called land of the free.”
“Now health and law enforcement authorities have launched a new international assault against the growing use of hydroponic marijuana; known as “hydro”. Thanks to the global “War on Drugs” percolating from the US, with its associated stranglehold on the International Narcotics Control Board, we now have to endure a new round of anti-marijuana hysteria. This new assault demonizes, criminalizes and persecutes those who choose to consume cannabis.
“Jesus, in the 1960’s I would have given my right arm for marijuana as consistently good as the current hydro. The main complaint seems to be the increased strength; the high THC content; often around 20%”.
“Are these guys kidding me? Grass that’s too strong! Is there any such thing? Not in my book; the stronger the better. I use a marijuana vaporizer these days. It’s the absolute best way to take your medicine,” says Wade from his home in Australia, where much to his chagrin, marijuana remains illegal.
Health experts have jumped on board, adding their own medical hysteria. It causes schizophrenia they claim. People with this ailment are certainly drawn to cannabis, and it could well aggravate the condition, but nothing definitive regarding cause and effect has been established. On the other side of the health ledger, it has been known for centuries that marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man, with a wide variety of applications; relief from nausea and increase of appetite; reduction of intra-ocular (within the eye) pressure; reduction of muscle spasms, and relief from chronic pain. Marijuana is frequently beneficial in the treatment of AIDS, Glaucoma, Cancer (chemotherapy treatment), Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, and Chronic Pain. Many patients also report that marijuana is useful for treating arthritis, migraine, menstrual cramps, alcohol and opiate addiction, depression and other debilitating mood disorders. Do we ever hear any of this from the health “experts”?
Since much of the controversy over the use of cannabis originates from possible long-term damage from harmful elements in the smoke, using a marijuana vaporizer makes good sense.
“I import the VapoHead Marijuana Vaporizer into Australia because I couldn’t get a decent one locally” says Wade.
“It releases the beneficial ingredients of marijuana into my lungs without burning; no tars or other harmful carcinogens. I wake in the morning without that heavy feeling in my lungs. Many glass-dome marijuana vaporizers have appeared since the first vaporizers arrived in 1994. None of them work as well as the VapoHead; remember bigger is not always better.”
Large glass domes are inefficient. You lose many of the active ingredients of marijuana because they condense on the inside of the dome. The VapoHead Marijuana Vaporizer has a small dome and an airtight seal designed for maximum efficiency. The ceramic bowl allows for even heating unlike brass versions, holding an ample amount of your chosen cannabis. The smaller size and scientific design combine just the right amount of heat and reduced oxygen supply for maximum benefit. Go to;
http://www.cheatingthehangman.com.au/home_vaporizer.html
According to the “Maps” study; (Vol.11 spring2001) "The Marijuana Vaporizer produced THC at a temperature of 200 C. (392 F.), while completely eliminating three measured toxins; benzene, a known carcinogen, plus toluene and naphthalene. Carbon monoxide and smoke tars were both qualitatively reduced by the Marijuana Vaporizer.
“So don’t believe everything you read about hydro, keep your own counsel, stay calm, and if you want to get stoned without feeling like you’ve just sucked smoke from a car exhaust, get yourself a marijuana vaporizer.” Says Wade from in front of his laptop in Australia.
http://www.cheatingthehangman.com.au
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| Controversial Drug Author Calls for the Legalization of Heroin wagneww 13:48:18 |
| Wade Agnew probably knows as much about heroin and the law as anyone. He used it for three decades, was a successful heroin trafficker for ten years, and has studied the legal status of heroin continually since first discovering the drug at University in the late 1960’s.
“My affair with heroin has been an on-going one. I fell in love with it the first time I tried it; as a medicine for what ailed me, it was second to none.”
The author of the recently released autobiography “Cheating the Hangman: True Confessions of a Heroin Trafficker” Wade is calling for the immediate legalization of heroin. Heroin trafficking gives you a very unique perspective on its status in society. The ongoing campaign of denigration is orchestrated, widespread and unrelenting. As Goebels said, if you repeat a lie often enough, eventually people WILL believe it. Wade writes in his book;
“With heroin systematically demonized since the 20's, it wasn't surprising most thought it evil incarnate, an extremely dangerous drug, and a force against all the good in society. But in truth it wasn't toxic for the body, the brain was where the action occurred, and it was some smooth operator. They weren't monsters, just in exile from a society they refused to recognize.
The orthodoxy fused notions of anarchy, violence and Bolshevism, into a hyper-negative highball, now impossible to unhitch the harness. That willful ignorance was a source of frustration and anger. It imprinted on their self image, colouring their interaction with the world. Why were drunks amusing, junkies sinister? They were thought a harbinger of a heinous moral meltdown, a role they took on with relish.”
Originally set up by a Christian fundamentalist as a vehicle for his moral humbuggery, the “International Narcotics Control Board” is now entrenched as an instrument of US foreign policy and control, and with the organization in its pocket, the United States of America uses it as a propaganda tool; dictating to the world drug policy that serves their agenda and their interests. And make no mistake, it’s a powerful tool.
This evangelizing does enormous harm to individuals around the globe, as well as promoting an illegal trade that fosters and entrenches organized crime, in the same way that prohibition directly fueled the Mafia in 1920’s America; “ignorance on an industrial scale”. Making heroin illegal robs the medical community of the number one pain killer on the planet, and criminalizes those who choose to use it. This is something that the author knows from personal experience, as a successful drug trafficker in the 1970’s and 80’s.
When the Australian Capital Territory Government tried to set up a heroin trial in Canberra; the national capital, to save lives and administer pharmaceutical heroin to selected long term addicts in a safe and supervised environment, the Narcotics Control Board intervened. The extreme variation in the strength of street heroin is a real problem, and the cause of many overdoses, as is the lack of medical supervision and intervention when needed. The Board controls the issuing of licenses allowing countries to grow legal opium for the pharmaceutical industry. They told the Federal Government in no uncertain terms that it risked the Tasmanian opium poppy crop if they allowed this to happen. A compliant and conservative Federal administration caved in to this blackmail. This unaccountable organization wields enormous power. Holland has regularly experienced its pressure to repudiate their liberal drug laws, but stands firm in the face of on-going attacks. Read more about the legal status of heroin at;
http://www.cheatingthehangman.com.au/connections.html
Also read this sample chapter from the author’s book;
THE GRASS IS GREENER:
The Australian heroin market in the 1970’s got a huge leg-up from the Royal Commissions into drugs. State police added the booster rockets. All the national attention was now focused on marijuana ignoring the growing heroin culture, a lens sharpened by the murder of a crusading politician in Griffith, the cannabis capital of the country. People wondered why so few were being arrested, and nothing confiscated. Were cops benefiting from the grass trade? Suddenly the heat was on, questions were being asked. Why were crops being discovered only after the intense press coverage? The speculation continued apace.
This was all music to the ears of the budding heroin importer. With eyes now on the marijuana trade it went underground, leaving markets open for a drug capable of soothing the nerves of jaded hippies, popular, and instantly more effective than years of studying at The Happiness Institute. My mission was delivering forbidden fruit from foreign shores with forensic efficiency, right to your front door. While the new medicine was timely, some burning money would get their fingers singed.
Millions of dollars worth of smoke was seized, while heroin still reached arms unhindered. My business had quadrupled in six months, so I was well aware it was cannibalizing the drug trade. Foisted on cannabis smokers, the drought entrenched a corrupt system with an avalanche of white-powder cash.
But the grass was always greener….
For the details of “Cheating the Hangman: True Confessions of a Heroin Trafficker” go to;
http://www.cheatingthehangman.com.au
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| Controversial Author Challenges Australian Drug Laws by Selling Marijuana Vaporizers Down Under wagneww 13:45:52 |
| Wade Agnew, the author of the sensational autobiography “Cheating the Hangman: True Confessions of a Heroin Trafficker” is an equal opportunity drug consumer. He believes that all drugs should be legal, and the current global obsession with prohibition is very detrimental to society.
“If the aim of the exercise is to stop people using illegal drugs, then the regime is completely counter-productive. Young people especially are by nature inquisitive, and in their teenage years are risk takers. Therefore if you present taking heroin or any illegal drug for that matter, as risky and anti-social, then a good percentage of them will be drawn to it like moths to a flame.”
Wade knows a great deal about consuming illegal drugs. He happily used heroin for twenty five years, and has smoked marijuana non stop for more than three decades.
“I’ve taken hallucinogenic “gold top” mushrooms till they came out my ears; I’ve used heroin, morphine, eaten opium, drank alcohol (my least favorite) snorted cocaine, used crystal-meth when it was called crank; but marijuana is my absolute favorite drug. So when I say that using a vaporizer is the BEST way of consuming it, I know what I’m talking about.”
Now back in Australia, Wade has turned his hand to selling marijuana vaporizers; euphemistically referred to as herbal vaporizers, under the “CHEATING THE HANGMAN” banner. Apparently herbal vaporizers are fine, but cannabis vaporizers beyond the pale.
The use of vaporizers globally for the consumption of marijuana; still illegal in Australia, is growing in popularity. There is also an increasing use of the devices in Australia, with a huge potential market among the cannabis consumers of the region, including New Zealand, S.E.Asia, Japan and India. “Cheating the Hangman” is ideally placed to service this expanding market. Offering the VapoHead marijuana vaporizer for AU$99 with free delivery, a free cannabis grinder, and local back up service, the company is on the brink of enormous success, and will surely give the competition a run for their money.
Having smoked marijuana for more than thirty five years, Wade has only recently started using herbal vaporizers to consume his marijuana, but instantly fell in love with the device.
“There’s no comparison between using a vaporizer and smoking joints or bongs, regarding the damage to your lungs; you can feel the difference, especially when you wake in the morning. No more tightness in the chest; no more coughing. They are brilliant; wish I’d discovered them decades ago, but of course they weren’t invented until the 1990’s. Love the Dutch and Canadians; we have a great deal to thank them for.”
Having to import his first vaporizer from Canada, and risk loosing it to Customs on the way, Wade’s capitalist streak quickly spotted the gap in the local market, with the VapoHead poised to fill it. You can check it out on his website;
http://www.cheatingthehangman.com.au/about_vaporizer.html
I did a great deal of research before choosing the VapoHead to distribute. I found it to be the smallest, lightest and the best value Herbal Vaporizer of its kind on the market. Its compact size, light weight and shatter resistant glass make it convenient to carry, use and maintain. As well it comes in three great colours; Ocean Blue, Red Devil and Purple Jimi. The brushed ceramic bowl safely heats your mixture, is removable for cleaning, and the new diode light gently reminds you to unplug your unit after each use; a very good idea under the circumstances. The clear plastic mouthpiece is removable, with the design allowing the body to be detached easily from the base for cleaning; even dishwasher safe! The herbal vaporizer is designed to vaporize with the correct mixture of heat and air. Some vaporizers on the market are very beautifully crafted, but bigger isn’t better. The main operating principle is to reduce combustion. To do this you need to reduce temperature and oxygen by using a tight fitting, impact resistant, small dome jar. Each vaporizer is hand made and quality checked before sending, and guaranteed for a full 90 days from the shipping date against any defect whatsoever. As well as offering free delivery, the VapoHead Vaporizer comes with a free grinder, making it simple to “open” your marijuana. This ensures you get maximum efficiency and the best results.
Much of the controversy over the use of cannabis originates over possible long-term damage from harmful elements in the smoke. A Herbal Vaporizer releases the beneficial ingredients into your lungs without burning; no tars and other harmful carcinogens. Many imitations have appeared on the market since the first vaporizers arrived in 1994. None of them work as well as this original design. Remember that bigger is not always better. Large glass domes are inefficient. You lose many of the active ingredients of marijuana because they condense on the inside of the dome. The VapoHead cannabis vaporizer has a small dome and an airtight seal designed for maximum efficiency. The ceramic bowl allows for even heating unlike brass versions, holding an ample amount of your chosen smoke.
“If you are a serious dope smoker, and want to add years to your life, you need to get yourself a vaporizer” Wade says from his home in Brisbane, Australia.
“They are just bloody brilliant.”
For the details go to;
http://www.cheatingthehangman.com.au
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| Controversial Author Reveals all in an Autobiography about Heroin Trafficking wagneww 13:35:23 |
| Wade Agnew is a 56 year old Australian, an anarchist, occasional Rasta, and an atheist with Buddhist tendencies. For many years he happily consumed heroin, traveled extensively and ferried various illegal drugs around the world, and successfully trafficked heroin Down Under for over twenty years. During these escapades he studied Architecture, Film Making, Politics and Law, promoting international music into New Zealand and Australia, personally handling the arrangements. With all the terror dissipated, and in a more contemplative stage of life, Wade is ready for the next phase of his heroin affair, writing about the close association for this hostile world in “Cheating the Hangman”. Time has come to spill the beans on all the hair-raising adventures in a 20th century morality tale. Alas now separated she got everything, leaving him without a brass razoo, just soaring memories of her warm, transforming embrace. In the planning for years, Wade is sure that just like heroin; the project will be imbued with “the rosy hue of unlimited success.
THE STORY:
“Cheating the Hangman” is the terrifyingly true account of his life of heroin trafficking; turbulent and exhilarating. Well written and outrageously funny, the story explodes across the globe, out of the perilous sources of Bangkok and Penang in “The Golden Triangle” of S.E.Asia. The journey strips bare the ecstatic highs and subterranean lows of the lone wolf, providing a unique glimpse into this anarchic existence. Fueled by heroin and adrenaline, motivated by mercenary zeal for cash and travel, the life is examined in forensic detail.
You will be there all the way clinging on for dear life, on this palpitating drive into the under-belly of capitalism; from scoring narcotics in Bangkok, through the knife-edge searches at the world’s airports, to the drug-soaked streets of Australia.
Some negative heroin myths are debunked along the trail, and you will find out what happened to Barlow and Chambers, hanged later for drug trafficking, on that fateful day at Penang International Airport. Wade remains convinced that all drugs should be legal, and that this contributed greatly to his successful trafficking career.
Fasten your seat-belts; it’s a hell of a ride.
Please enjoy this sample chapter from the “Cheating the Hangman” website at;
http://www.cheatingthehangman.com.au/home_book.html
PENANG HAND-OVER:
I felt like an agent under-cover, outside of society, but in their eyes I was an assassin, fermenting rabid evil across the globe. I knew it was nonsense though it still seeped into my dreams at night. My customers valued the services, with me brimming punch proud, providing high impact powder without risk, at the best price in town. I had arrived at the Golden Sands early, getting straight into the heroin after a lay off. By the time my girlfriend joined my soaked sojourn for the hand-over it was already too late. With no drugs available in heaven, it was imperative I got my fill on earth.
I rented a suitable vehicle, a snazzy ex-police car the old siren still operational, and I was soon driving it at every chance, unable to resist the occasional burst. It worked brilliantly, all cars moving aside, allowing me my rightful place on the road. Without access for a while, a sudden onslaught of Penang pink rocks had launched me into oblivion. It was incredible how fast I got accustomed to saturation, taking on huge amounts with no apparent effect. My comfortable new home had a warm, rosy glow, and I would do whatever necessary to clutch those keys.
My mission was secreting 400 grams of heroin into The Sanyo, to hand to my girlfriend for her short cruise to Singapore. That packaging progressed well, until it came to replacing some screws. When she arrived by taxi from the dock, I was still struggling, insisting unreasonably that I was up to it. I clearly wasn't, away with the fairies. The more intense I became, the more those buggers burred, difficult morphing into impossible. Finally she had to wrestle the recorder from me, soothing my painful, ego-crushing admission by saying calmly,
"There'll be more time when I get them on board. Just leave it; I'll take care of it later."
That disaster averted, I insisting on driving to the boat in my rental for the 11pm sailing. I recall hurtling along a precarious, cliff-edge road like Fangio, going like the clappers, siren blaring, and pupils straining through heavy, tropical rain in complete dark. It was exhilarating and magnificent madness, with me nodding off at the wheel, hands not getting orders, all signals scrambled.
I'm sure my terrified, knuckle-clenching girlfriend was more relieved to exit my adventure, than scared of her trafficking ordeal ahead. But my drama wasn't over. The solo return drive was more outrageous, a thin strip of moon-light piercing a turbulent torrent, squinting through pin-eyes for focus, all to a wailing siren. Shit it felt good mission finished, my hunched head kept upright by the steering-wheel. In the end I was forced to pull over, the energy exerted staying awake quickly draining me.
The Duracell bunny had lost all pow.e..r.
For more details go to: http://www.cheatingthehangman.com.au
 Patti Smith
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