Amish Mafia, DMAX 11/17/19; Dr. Phil Show; Pat Macpherson, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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Amish teens at hot party smoke the devil's lettuce or "green corn"! | Amish Mafia
(DMAX UK) Lebanon Levi is upset after he finds out that some people were smoking "green corn" (cannabis) in the hot party he organized and charged Amish young folk $20 to attend.
In the Amish settlement in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, keeping the peace and carrying out justice is the responsibility of Lebanon Levi. He doesn't hold the title of police chief, but he holds all the power of one and then some. Levi exists above the law and occupies the role of police, judge, jury, and executioner in a community that, untrusting of traditional law enforcement authorities, relies on a group of men for protection and justice. "Amish Mafia" depicts the work carried out by Levi and three of his young Amish assistants, namely keeping outside forces from infiltrating the Amish community, while keeping the principles and morality within the community in check. The Amish church, according to Discovery, denies the existence of this unique "police" force, so the network says some identifying information in the series has been changed and some scenes re-enacted.
Sex in the City (2010): As Ukraine experiences war and economic turbulence, the sex industry is thriving.
But is this the kind of tourism the country is after? With over 60,000 prostitutes, 2,500 street children, and a third of the population in poverty, has Ukraine emerged from the former Soviet Union to become the illicit sex tourism capital of Europe?
During the global financial crisis Ukraine suffered badly. In fact, last year it was among the world's worst economic performers. As if that were not enough, it is now taken on the dubious mantle of the "sex capital" of Europe.
It is becoming a hub for child pornography: "They bring in not just women, but 13 or 14-year-old girls. That happens all the time," says hotel security man Sergey.
Hey, Sucker, I mean sir. Want a date?
Despite the best efforts of anti-sex-tourism groups such as FEMEN, the illicit industry seems to have become unstoppable and is consuming its poorest citizens day by day.
"If prostitutes and their pimps were punished harshly, half of them would think twice," says local man Denis.
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Drugs-case rabbi "became recluse after wife died" John Scheerhout (ManchesterEveningNews.co.uk, Nov. 24, 2009)
Baruch Chalomish is accused of running a drug dealing business, a court heard along with a series of testimonials from friends who lavished praise on the rabbi.
The 54-year-old defendant admits possessing drugs but denies two counts of dealing them. Police arrested the rabbi and a convicted drug dealer, Nasir Abbas, when they raided a hotel apartment in Manchester, on January 5. They found 50 grams of cocaine, digital scales, cash, and a cutting agent used to dilute drugs before they are sold on, the jury has been told.
Police also went to Chalomish’s house on Upper Park Road, Salford, and found a further 50 grams of the drug, more cutting agents, and cash. He has said he had spent as much as £1,000-a-week on cocaine and has admitted using prostitutes. Full story
"Nice Jewish girls don't go to the drug rehab" (Jewcy.com) Carla Sosenko's Bubbe has some advice for singer Amy Winehouse: "Amele, We don't know each other, but I saw in the news today that you were "disheveled and unkempt" at your husband's court hearing. I am worried about you, mameleh. You are a Nice Jewish Girl, and your life is going down the toilet."
Is religious drug rehab constitutional? The American Jewish Congress filed a brief in support of a petition for writ of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to consider the case of a man forced to participate in a religious drug rehabilitation program in order to avoid incarceration and a criminal record. In Hanas v. Michigan, Joseph Hanas was required to attend a Pentacostalist religious drug rehabilitation program under the direct authority of the court that handled the criminal allegations against him. The program mandated Hanas to stay away from his own Catholic church and its clergy.
Gil Kerlikowske, the new White House drug czar, signaled yesterday his openness to rethinking the government's approach to fighting drug use.
Kerlikowske says [war] analogy is counterproductive; shift aligns with administration preference for treatment over incarceration
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.
In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske said yesterday the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with the nation's drug issues.
"Regardless of how you try to explain to people it's a 'war on drugs' or a 'war on a product,' people see a war as a war on them," he said. "We're not at war with people in this country." More>>
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The 54-year-old defendant admits possessing drugs but denies two counts of dealing them. Police arrested the rabbi and a convicted drug dealer, Nasir Abbas, when they raided a hotel apartment in Manchester, on January 5. They found 50 grams of cocaine, digital scales, cash, and a cutting agent used to dilute drugs before they are sold on, the jury has been told.
Police also went to Chalomish’s house on Upper Park Road, Salford, and found a further 50 grams of the drug, more cutting agents, and cash. He has said he had spent as much as £1,000-a-week on cocaine and has admitted using prostitutes. Full story
