US DEA getting involved in Western Cape drug war

The UN has given Cape Town the thumbs-up for its proposal for inflicting a body blow to the tik scourge in Western Cape.

The city's safety and security directorate has drafted regulations that will make it tough for drug manufacturers to get hold of the ingredients they need.

The directorate's Anton Visser is confident that all the bases have been covered and he is ready to meet Western Cape Premier Helen Zille today to discuss the directorate's plan.

"At the moment we are concentrating on arresting people for dealing in drugs or possession of drugs. But the back door is wide open. Anyone can get the chemicals," said Visser. The man is at the top of the pile and he HASN'T HEARD OF PRE CURSOR CONTROL. It has been illegal to own the pre cursors for tik for since 1994. I wonder if Mr Visser has even heard of the SAPS? It is of some concern that such a fucking idiot could actually be in charge!

The diversion of chemicals from legitimate use in industry to the manufacturing of illegal drugs "is a significant contributor to the drug problem experienced in the city", according to the safety and security directorate.

Chemicals such as ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine - which are used in cough-and-cold medications but are also ingredients of the illicit drug methamphetamine, or tik - are easily available.

The regulations, said Visser, are aimed at manufacturers, importers and exporters.

 

Anyone manufacturing, preparing, transforming, storing, importing, exporting, marketing or researching certain chemicals - including those used to make tik will have to register. (and could everyone who is making tik also please register - since we're living in lala land.)

Chemists will have to participate in a "methamphetamine monitoring programme" which will require "electronic recording of transactions involving the sale and distribution of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine products by pharmacists". Agg man.. by this stage the chemist should probably just take over the whole thing and start selling it legally to the users. Mr Visser needs to find his first clue, as till now he's just proved clueless.

Before taking delivery of these chemicals, a buyer will have to produce an identity document, residential or business address and a signature, along with a witness.

Visser said the US Drug Enforcement Administration helped the directorate to draft the proposal. (from Timeslive)

 

There you have the answer to what the US DEA is doing in South Africa: Getting involved in drafting legislation and bringing their mentality of the "war on drugs". This philosophy has been exported the world over and the body count continues to mount. That the city's safety and security directorate chief knows so little about pre cursors is a sad indictment of the total lack of knowledge of the powers that be. If there are any two organisations which not to take drug advice from they are the UN and the US DEA. The UN has been the nexus of the international war on drugs. Thousands of people killed for what? Based on what?  The US DEA is involved with this war on drugs nonsense all around the world.... and now here in the Western Cape - helping out a clueless Mr Visser.