Reagan Administration, CIA Complicit in DEA Agent's Murder, Say Former Insiders

Published December 8, 2013

Reagan administration, CIA complicit in DEA agent's murder, say former insiders

Filed under: Is Crack Cocaine Addictive

In 1996, Gary Webb, reporting for the San Jose, California-based Mercury News, broke a story linking Contra drug running to the proliferation of crack cocaine in Los Angeles that had bred addiction and gang-related violence. Though the “Dark Alliance” … Read more on Tico Times

Rob Ford: Blackmail was one more distraction

Filed under: Is Crack Cocaine Addictive

In the case of Mayor Rob Ford, who appears to have been targeted for extortion related to the crack cocaine video, according to police documents, blackmail would have simply been one other distraction keeping him from properly doing his job, says … Read more on Toronto Star