{"id":653,"date":"2012-09-02T07:59:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T07:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=19798"},"modified":"2012-09-02T07:59:18","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T07:59:18","slug":"surprising-casualties-in-war-on-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/surprising-casualties-in-war-on-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising Casualties in War on Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/surprising-casualties-in-war-on-drugs\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/search-and-rescue.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"search and rescue\" title=\"search and rescue\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We often speak of the ongoing &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221; and all of the casualties associated with it.\u00a0 Typically, most are referring to those who are murdered in Mexico as a result.\u00a0 We at<a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\"> marijuana.net<\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19799\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/surprising-casualties-in-war-on-drugs\/attachment\/search-and-rescue\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19799\" title=\"search and rescue\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/search-and-rescue-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> also speak of the victims in the United States which include non violent incarcerations, families ripped apart, violence associated with gangs, and the jobs and tax revenues lost from our failed policy.\u00a0 Unfortunately, we recently learned of a new tragedy associated with marijuana laws.\u00a0 In Pueblo County, Colorado, two men were searching for illegal marijuana grows by airplane.\u00a0 Sheriff&#8217;s Captain Leide DeFusco and former Police Captain\u00a0 John Barger crashed in a plane while searching for the illegal grows.\u00a0 John Barger was reportedly a flying enthusiast and was piloting the aircraft.\u00a0 Many locals volunteered in the search for the two men.\u00a0 The incident is devastating.\u00a0 The two men were doing what they have been trained to do and we hope in the future such risk will not be necessary.\u00a0 Hopefully illegal grows will dissipate and regulation will take it&#8217;s place.\u00a0 Marijuana.net extends our condolences to the family and friends of bothy Captain Leide DeFusco and Captain John Barger.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chieftain.com\/news\/local\/die-in-plane-crash-while-investigating-marijuana-grows\/article_f44722b8-f3b2-11e1-b24c-0019bb2963f4.html\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chieftain.com\/news\/local\/die-in-plane-crash-while-investigating-marijuana-grows\/article_f44722b8-f3b2-11e1-b24c-0019bb2963f4.html\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/search-and-rescue.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"search and rescue\" title=\"search and rescue\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We often speak of the ongoing &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221; and all of the casualties associated with it.\u00a0 Typically, most are referring to those who are murdered in Mexico as a result.\u00a0 We at<a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\"> marijuana.net<\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19799\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/surprising-casualties-in-war-on-drugs\/attachment\/search-and-rescue\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19799\" title=\"search and rescue\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/search-and-rescue-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> also speak of the victims in the United States which include non violent incarcerations, families ripped apart, violence associated with gangs, and the jobs and tax revenues lost from our failed policy.\u00a0 Unfortunately, we recently learned of a new tragedy associated with marijuana laws.\u00a0 In Pueblo County, Colorado, two men were searching for illegal marijuana grows by airplane.\u00a0 Sheriff&#8217;s Captain Leide DeFusco and former Police Captain\u00a0 John Barger crashed in a plane while searching for the illegal grows.\u00a0 John Barger was reportedly a flying enthusiast and was piloting the aircraft.\u00a0 Many locals volunteered in the search for the two men.\u00a0 The incident is devastating.\u00a0 The two men were doing what they have been trained to do and we hope in the future such risk will not be necessary.\u00a0 Hopefully illegal grows will dissipate and regulation will take it&#8217;s place.\u00a0 Marijuana.net extends our condolences to the family and friends of bothy Captain Leide DeFusco and Captain John Barger.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chieftain.com\/news\/local\/die-in-plane-crash-while-investigating-marijuana-grows\/article_f44722b8-f3b2-11e1-b24c-0019bb2963f4.html\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chieftain.com\/news\/local\/die-in-plane-crash-while-investigating-marijuana-grows\/article_f44722b8-f3b2-11e1-b24c-0019bb2963f4.html\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,435,436,166,437,56,9,51,70,438,1,3,74,61],"tags":[2632,3009,3010,2744,3011,2636,2631,5,3012,2652,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}