Got Meth?
Recently, Robert Koehler blogged about the North Korean drug ship that was repeatedly caught in Busan, only to be left to go and make the same haul again. It’s only the latest example of the South Korean government putting the interests of Bureau 39 ahead of the interests of ordinary Korean citizens in either the North or the South. Now, however, media exposure has embarrassed Roh’s government into the most limp-wristed action they could get away with — actually inspecting the ship:
Customs authorities said Saturday they have strengthened the inspection of a Chinese cargo ship plying the route between Busan and Najin on North Korea’s northeast coast following the North’s nuclear test last month.
The 2,283-ton Chusing is the only cargo ship operating once a week between the two Koreas, which are still technically at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
I used to prosecute meth cases, and I’m convinced it’s as bad as crack. You see hollowed-out meth users all over the grungier parts of cities in the West. One of its stranger effects, aside from paranoia and pyschosis, is a phenomenon known as “meth mouth.”
I have been working in law enforcement for 22 years in California. Meth isn’t as bad as crack, it’s worse. It’s easy to make, it’s cheaper and it is as addicting if not more so than cocaine. The products needed to manufacture meth can be found at your local Walmart. And all those products are legal. I have seen the devastaion and havoc caused by meth. It is not pleasant. Check out http://www.mappsd.org/Home6.htm. It’s got some great information and photos about meth and its consequences. It is a nationwide problem, not just a west coast problem.
I think we should start calling the “sunshine” policy the “ostrich” policy. If South Korea doesn’t stop burying their heads sand they might be able to get out of harm’s way. Ignoring evil will not make evil go away. The criminal mind doesn’t care about laws or society. They just care about themselves. Sounds like I’m describing the government of DPRK.
South Korea, it is time you stopped holding hands around the campfire and singing “Kumbaya” and started taking that threat on your northern border seriously. Drugs will destroy your society from the inside out. Trust me, I have seen the devastation for 22 years and it is not pretty.
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Is this ship inspection akin to a Seoul red-light district inspection? In that case, might as well hire these guys and put them to work in El Paso-Juarez.