Drug Arrests

Police, Prosecutors Try New Tactics To Tackle Heroin Use

AP | JIM SUHR and JIM SALTER | Posted 04.14.2012

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ST. LOUIS — With heroin becoming cheaper than a six-pack and as easy to obtain as pot, police and prosecutors are turning to more aggressive tac...

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17 Texas Christian University Students Arrested On Drug Charges

The Huffington Post | Caitlin Brown | Posted 02.15.2012

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After a six-month police investigation, seventeen current students and two former students at Texas Christian University were arrested on drug charges...

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New Rhetoric, Same Old Drug War Policies: Drug Czar Addresses African American Community

Tony Newman | Posted 01.22.2012

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It is simply Orwellian for the drug czar to focus on the disproportionate impact of our nation's drug problem on African-American communities without acknowledging the disproportionate racial impact of drug law enforcement.

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Police: Man On Drugs Crashed Car Before Jumping Into Another Car

Posted 12.31.2011

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A Chicago man was arrested Friday after allegedly speeding his Dodge Durango through a red light into a stopped car and leaping headfirst into a passi...

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It's Time to Declare Peace in the War Against Drugs

Doug Bandow | Posted 12.19.2011

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Prohibition advocates are brutally determined to impose their will on everyone else, turning the Drug War into a broad assault on a free society. It is time to end the Drug War. The U.S. government should declare Drug Peace.

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Teen Exiting Amtrak Train Caught With 45 Pounds Of Pot

Posted 12.17.2011

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A Florida teenager was arrested and charged after police claim he was caught with 45 pounds of marijuana as he exited an Amtrak train in Naperville, I...

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Cops Find Heroin In Redmond O'Neal's Car

AP | Posted 10.02.2011

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal is in jail in Southern California after police stopped him for a traffic violation a...

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Cops Asked To Stop Making Low-Level Marijuana Arrests

Posted 09.27.2011

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When Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle took office, she inherited a serious budget shortfall, and called on nearly all county departments t...

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Hilarious Family Feud Clip: 'Name Something That Gets Passed Around'

Tony Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

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This video is amusing and another sign of how mainstream marijuana use has become in American society.

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Wrong Text Leads To 3 Drug Arrests

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PINE PLAINS, N.Y. — An errant text message is costing three New York drug-dealing suspects dearly. Police say the suspects made a mistake when ...

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28 Arrested In Drug Raids In Amsterdam Houses

nydailynews.com | By John Lauinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Authorities took down rival drug crews yesterday that had infested the Amsterdam Houses next to Lincoln Center, dealing in cocaine, crack and heroin -...

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FBI Report: One Drug Arrest Made Every 18 Seconds

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Someone is arrested in the United States for a drug-law violation every 18 seconds, an FBI report released Monday shows. More than four-fifths of th...

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Brazil Slums Riot Against Drug Arrests

AP | ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAO PAULO — Slum dwellers rioted after the arrest of drug dealers in a Sao Paulo shantytown Wednesday, burning vehicles and tires, pelting polic...

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