Cops: 2 Women Charged in Separate Heroin-Related Deaths
Cops: 2 women charged in separate heroin-related deaths
Filed under: crack cocaine users
When police interviewed Lavery, she said the two met in drug rehab and she believed Boni was addicted to “benzos and crack” referring to benzodiazepines, a drug that treats various conditions such as anxiety, depression and muscle relaxation, and crack … Read more on phillyBurbs.com
Breaking Bad by the Numbers: Impact of Meth Use on the U.S. Economy
Filed under: crack cocaine users
Cat Marnell Told Friends She Overdosed on Heroin the Other Night
Cat Marnell Told Friends She Overdosed on Heroin the Other Night
Filed under: injecting crack cocaine
According to the source, who is a friend of Marnell's, Marnell claimed she was injecting heroin at an apartment in Soho on Monday night when she stopped breathing. A friend, the source says, dragged her into the shower and … Along with Adderall … Read more on Gawker
Bridgeton man gets new trial in drug death because witness testified in prison …
Filed under: injecting crack cocaine
Santa Rosa Woman Faces Retrial in Fatal Road Rage Crash
Santa Rosa Woman Faces Retrial In Fatal Road Rage Crash
Filed under: cocaine in system
The prosecution alleges Howell had alcohol, cocaine and marijuana in her system when, after an argument, she recklessly pursued her boyfriend Anthony Kraus' motorcycle in her 2001 Acura on Hall Road in unincorporated Sonoma County west of Santa … Read more on CBS Local
Cocaine – The Sheriffs – FIESC – Florianopolis – 23/12/2008.
Effects of marijuana use
Filed under: cocaine in system
Quinn: Early Release Rules Followed `precisely'
Quinn: Early release rules followed `precisely'
Filed under: crack cocaine recipe
… started in March. Jones served 19 months of a four-year term for selling heroin, crack cocaine and hydrocodone. … If you're looking for that delicious recipe you saw on Sunrise This Morning or ABC Newschannel 20 Midday, you've come to the right … Read more on WICS-TV
Harsh Sentencing Has Distorted Criminal Justice System
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Let the Public Prevail
Let the public prevail
Filed under: facts about crack
In this newspaper we have published extensive stories, which showed Thibodeaux as a hapless former mental patient who has over the past year fallen through every conceivable crack in the criminal justice system and in the mental health system. Today's … Read more on Tri Parish Times
Boston's Door-to-Door Searches Weren't Illegal, Even Though They Looked Bad
Filed under: facts about crack
China Curbs Prestige Military License Plates
China curbs prestige military license plates
Filed under: crack abuse symptoms
Under a new policy taking effect May 1, such plates will be more tightly controlled to crack down on officials who abuse them or hand them out as perks for privileged associates. In addition, military license plates will be banned outright for use on … Read more on Pittsburgh Post Gazette
A Forest of Poisonous Trees: The US Criminal (In)Justice System
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Community Grapples With Hard Drug Use Among Youth
Community grapples with hard drug use among youth
Filed under: information on substance abuse
Police have warned of the prevalence of the drug since at least late 2011, when the Portsmouth Herald reported a "surge" in heroin abuse was tied to crimes and medical emergencies. Despite the visibility of these high-profile incidents that draw … Read more on Seacoastonline.com
Replacing Prison Terms With Drug Abuse Treatment Could Save Billions in …
Replacing Prison Terms with Drug Abuse Treatment Could Save Billions in …
Filed under: drug abuse causes
“Given the obvious burden on the criminal justice system and society caused by substance abuse within this population, diverting offenders to effective and targeted substance abuse treatment leads to less drug use, fewer crimes committed, and costs … Read more on Newswise (press release)
Myth 4 & 5 Black Fill Prision & Mostly Deal/Use Drugs
Myth 4 & 5 Black Fill Prision & Mostly Deal/Use Drugs – Myth 4 Blacks and Hispanics fill jails because they commit most offense bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov (Correctional Populations in state & federal) alabamapublicrecordsearch.org (Racial Disparity in Sentencing) www.alternet.org (14 Shocking Facts That Prove the Criminal Justice System Is Racist) factfinder.census.gov (US population by race) factfinder.census.gov (US black population) Myth 5 Most drug/users/offender are black or minority www.drugwarfacts.org www.aclu.org (ACLU Urges End to Discriminatory Crack vs. Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity, Restore Rationality to Sentencing Policy)