Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 1 Oct 2013
... Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 1 Oct 2013 Filed under: Crack Cocaine Drug Test Illegal drugs are now cheaper and purer than at any time over the last 20 years, a new report has warned. The International Centre for Science in Drug Policy suggested the war on drugs had failed. It found the average price of opiates and cocaine in … Read more on The Week UK Police Blotter Filed under: Crack Cocaine Drug Test Read ...
Federal Judges: Drug Sentences Are Not Just Long, They're Also Way Too …
... Also Way Too … Filed under: crack cocaine disparity Another gross disparity in sentencing was not affected by Holder's recent announcement, and it was the topic of another federal judicial opinion this week. Until 2010, sentences imposed for offenses involving crack cocaine — which overwhelmingly … Read more on ThinkProgress Drug Law’s Addiction to Racial Disparity – ColorLines’ Tammy Johnson applauds the Obama administration’s move to reform drug policy to a health-based approach, and lays down some figures on our curren… Read ...
"Seinfeld" Finale Actor Enters Rehab
"Seinfeld" Finale Actor Enters Rehab Filed under: treatments for crack addiction Nick Valinote/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — Actor/comedian John Pinette, who gained fame playing the fat guy who gets carjacked on the series finale of Seinfeld, has entered rehab for treatment of an addiction to prescription medication, the Daily Mail reports. Read more on KMBZ Lamar Odom — RETURNS HOME TO KHLOE KARDASHIAN … 'Listening to … Filed under: treatments for crack addiction RETURNS HOME TO KHLOE 'Listening to Reason'. Exclusive. 0826_Khloe-Kardashian_lamar_odom Lamar Odom has finally returned home … with Khloe Kardashian … but he remains undecided about seeking treatment for drug addiction, TMZ has learned. Read more on TMZ.com Read more... ...
Mexican Drug Cartel Activity in US Said to Be Exaggerated
... drug cartel activity in US said to be exaggerated Filed under: drug abuse definition Drug policy analysts said the wide dissemination of the number is part of a pattern in the decades-long “war on drugs” of promoting questionable statistics in an attempt to quantify the drug problem in the United States and justify budgets. “Washington … Read more on Los Angeles Daily News Imagining Rational Drug Policy: If You Build It, It Will Come Filed under: drug abuse definition Read ...
Maine Drug Agents Seize Crack, Oxycodone in Separate Busts
Maine drug agents seize crack, oxycodone in separate busts Filed under: Cocaine Vs Crack Law State drug agents announced arrests in two separate investigations, one of which yielded $ 25,000 in crack cocaine destined for Lewiston. Acting on information from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, state police troopers stopped a car on the Maine … Read more on Kennebec Journal Forfeiture laws ruin lives Filed under: Cocaine Vs Crack Law But four years ago, something happened that imperiled Bing's plans. In October 2009, police raided the house and charged her son, Andrew, then 24, with selling 8 packets of crack cocaine to an undercover informant. (Upon entering the house, police … Read more on Salon Read more... ...
In Chicago We Have Imaginary Friends
In chicago we have imaginary friends – Crack cocaine high ass dude out from west chicago fighting his imaginary friend. Chief keef stupid. The Most Important Movie of the Summer (Hint: It's Not Man of Steel) Filed under: crack cocaine high the racial disparity in federal crack cocaine cases is even worse! In FY 2009, blacks were 79.0 percent of all federal crack cocaine defendants. By FY 2012, that percentage had gone UP to 82.6 percent. In FY 2009, whites were only 9.8 percent of all … Read more on Huffington Post Read more... ...
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The Truth About Prescription Medication Addiction
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The truth about prescription medication addiction Filed under: after effects of drug abuse Almost half of those addicted to painkillers – 49% – were able to reduce their drug abuse when taking Suboxone for at least 12 weeks. The drug … In the study, patients receiving intensive addiction counseling did no better than those who didn't … Read more on CNN (blog) Drug expert speaks on policies, legalization Filed under: after effects of drug abuse Read more... ...
Effects of Crack
Effects of crack – Crack addiction in full effect on the streets of chicago. Sheboygan Priest Founds Group To Help Crack Down On Sex Abuse Filed under: crack abuse The pope and other Catholic Church leaders have condemned sexual abuse committed by clergy. But Sheboygan priest James Connell says he and some other clergy members have formed a national whistleblowers group to make sure church leaders … Read more on Wisconsin Public Radio News Decriminalize heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines to fight addiction, BC … Filed under: crack abuse Read more... ...