Multiple Charges Laid After Stony Plain Drugs and Weapons Bust
Multiple charges laid after Stony Plain drugs and weapons bust
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RCMP allegedly found and seized 60 grams of crack cocaine, some methamphetamine and several thousand dollars in cash as well as two sawed off shotguns. … The conditions were put into effect after a 2010 drug trafficking conviction in Saskatchewan. Read more on Beacon News (blog)
Shamrock leaves a solid foundation with Falls police
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Detroit Homicides Climb 10%
Detroit homicides climb 10%
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With a dwindling population, that's the highest murder rate since the crack cocaine epidemic of the late 1980s, when it was about 60 per 100,000 residents. The rate is worse than 1974, when the city had a record 714 murders or 51 per 100,000 residents. Read more on The Detroit News
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: WHITNEY HOUSTON MURDER CONFIDENTIAL
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The Crack Deception
The Crack Deception – The Reagan Administration’s involvement in the 1980’s crack epidemic.
Longtime Detrick police chief scheduled to retire Dec 31
Filed under: crack cocaine epidemic
He moved to D.C. just a few months after the 1968 riots destroyed swaths of the city and served during the worst years of the crack cocaine epidemic. He spent the last couple of years working in vice, in the 4th District on Georgia Avenue Northwest. Read more on Frederick News Post (subscription)
Police Use Stun Gun on NH Suspect Who Reportedly Swallowed Crack
Police use stun gun on NH suspect who reportedly swallowed crack
Filed under: Signs Of Crack Cocaine Overdose
Police use stun gun on NH suspect who reportedly swallowed crack. Posted … vehicle on S. Policy Street around 2:05 p.m. for several traffic violations, including no front plate, defective brake lights, and misuse of a license plate; however, during … Read more on My Fox Boston
Painkiller addiction: the plague that is sweeping the US
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Heroin Making Inroads in Ky.'s Pain Pill Country
Heroin making inroads in Ky.'s pain pill country
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They cracked down on the prescribers, set up an electronic system to track pills and clogged up a pipeline that had roots in Florida. As those efforts … Bill Mark, head of the Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force in Burlington, was surprised the first … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle
Homework saves lives – Homework Can Help Save Lives
Painkiller addiction sweeping the US
Filed under: crack cocaine overdose
Brazilian Crack Cocaine Epidemic
Brazilian crack cocaine epidemic – Ahead of the country hosting major international sporting events, Brazil’s second city is in the grip of a crack cocaine epidemic.
Connections Between Freeway Ricky Ross, the Bush Administration, and the Crack Cocaine Epidemic
Connections between Freeway Ricky Ross, the Bush Administration, and the crack cocaine epidemic – The drug kingpin Freeway Ricky Ross became known as The Wal-Mart of Crack in Los Angeles during the 1980s by becoming the largest supplier of drugs in the area, without his initially knowing that his source of drugs was a CIA agent connected to the Iran-Contra scandal associated with George Bush and Ronald Reagan. This compilation of video clips from the documentary film The American Drug War: The Last White Hope details the circumstances of the connections between Ricky Ross and the CIA, showing how the connection was publicly exposed in the media and then largely forgotten by the public while CIA drug trafficking continues. visit the video page to read the full written description: www.newsofinterest.tv
Junk Food Facts: Not Always Easy to Swallow
Junk food facts: Not always easy to swallow
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MANILA, Philippines – Digesting junk food facts can take a strong stomach. Here are a few facts to chew on before you crack open another can of soda: What's in some of that junk food? • One teaspoon of sugar is extracted from a stalk of sugarcane one … Read more on Philippine Star
Dealing Crack: The Social World of Streetcorner Selling (Northeastern Series in Criminal Behavior)
Dealing Crack: The Social World of Streetcorner Selling (Northeastern Series in Criminal Behavior)
During the 1980s, addiction to crack cocaine escalated at an alarming rate. As the demand for crack grew, so did the economic opportunities for entrepreneurial street dealers, who developed criminal underground networks for the supply and retail sale of the high-profit substance. While crack cocaine use has since plateaued and is on the decline, hard-core dealers persist in selling the increasingly unprofitable drug in a high-risk, competitive street market.
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