Woman to Be Executed for Murdering Elderly Neighbor

Published January 29, 2013

Woman to be executed for murdering elderly neighbor

Filed under: addiction to crack cocaine

McCarthy, a college graduate who worked as an occupational therapist, was addicted to crack cocaine. “Immediately after the murder, she hocked the wedding ring… went to a pawn shop and hocked it, and went to a crack house and tried to buy crack. Read more on KVUE

Texas prepares to execute 1st woman in US since 2010; killed neighbour over …

Filed under: addiction to crack cocaine

The killing was among three linked to McCarthy, a former nursing home therapist who'd been addicted to crack cocaine. McCarthy will be the 13th woman executed in the U.S. and the fourth in Texas, the nation's busiest death penalty state, since the … Read more on Windsor Star (blog)

Brazil's fight against drug traffickers stretched thin along its porous borders

Filed under: addiction to crack cocaine

Law enforcement and health officials say demand for cocaine and its highly addictive derivative, crack, is on the rise in Brazil, just as traffickers are seeking new markets to take up the slack left by falling consumption in the United States. The … Read more on The Guardian