The inevitable militarization of the police, with the help of foreign aid, has also led to extrajudicial killings in drug-trafficking hubs such as Honduras—Canada’s largest aid recipient in Latin America and a hub for the majority of flights carrying narcotics from the region. According to Human Rights Watch, marijuana legal canada "The use of lethal force by the national police is a chronic problem." Further, the Intercept reports that foreign aid emboldens the authoritarian Honduran government and that police activity amounts to "death squads." © 2015 Farmers Forum Newspaper, serving Eastern Ontario and Western Ontario. Website maintained by Theresa Rudge. That was the loud-and-clear message Monday at a public forum held in Ottawa by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse.