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...Office on Drugs and Crime did something that last year's did not: it addressed the "growing chorus" of people in favor of abolishing drug laws altogether. And though its authors maintain that legalizing narcotics would be an "epic mistake," the office's executive director, Antonio Maria Costa, does agree that loosening regulations might not be such a bad idea: "You can't have effective control under prohibition, as we should have learned from our failed experiment with alcohol in the U.S. between...
...legalizing drugs would destroy the organized-crime rings that currently control the market, the report argues that "mafia coffers are equally nourished by the trafficking of arms, people and their organs, by counterfeiting and smuggling, racketeering and loan-sharking, kidnapping and piracy, and by violence against the environment." As Costa said in a statement announcing the report's release, "It is no longer sufficient to say: no to drugs. We have to state an equally vehement: no to crime...
...Costa Nostra n.--The Italian Mafia's nickname for Spain, which translates as "Our Coast...
USAGE: "Neapolitan gangsters, including the alleged fugitive boss captured Saturday night in the city of Marbella, have a name for Spain: La Costa Nostra ... The term plays off Cosa Nostra, or Our Thing, as the Mafia is called, and underscores what authorities say: that Spain has become a top base for the Naples underworld." --Los Angeles Times...
Home State Advantage. The Costa d'Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach, Fla., which is owned by pop star Gloria Estefan, has weekday rates from $99 per night; plus, if you stay three nights, you'll get the fourth night free. Weekend rates run a bit higher, starting at $119. But if you're a resident of the Sunshine State, you get 10% off. Sale prices are valid through Sept. 30. 3244 Ocean Drive, Vero Beach...