Cocaine

Multimillion-Dollar Drug Ring Busted, DA Says

The Huffington Post | Simon McCormack | Posted 05.31.2012

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On Wednesday, Philadelphia District Attorney's Dangerous Drug Offenders Unit announced they broke up a multimillion-dollar drug ring that trafficked c...

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Housewife Faces Firing Squad Over $2.6 Million In Smuggled Cocaine

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Lindsay Sandiford, Housewife Smuggles $2.6 Million in Cocaine, Indonesia Crime, 10.4 Pounds of Cocaine, Drug Ring, Cocaine, Drug Smuggling, Video, Crime News

A British housewife faces the firing squad in Bali after she allegedly tried to smuggle $2.6 million worth of cocaine into Indonesia. Cops said Lin...

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One Poem: "Conversation Piece #1"

Mallory Yael Seegal | Posted 05.28.2012

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Who was that girl we were with anyway, she was weird. I always say, you know how I always say that people with multicolor hair are trying to make statements with words they were too dumb to learn in school -- that girl.

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Rasmussen: 56% of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization; 58% if it's in Pharmacies

Russ Belville | Posted 05.23.2012

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The latest public opinion poll to ask Americans about legalizing marijuana like alcohol and tobacco shows 56% agree with the idea, according to Rasmussen Reports. The support for marijuana legalization rises if it is to be sold only in pharmacies.

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Jillette: If Obama Were Arrested Under His Laws, He'd Be In Prison

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 05.25.2012

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In a recent episode of his podcast "Penn's Sunday School," comedian Penn Jillette laid his opinions on the Obama drug policies out on the table. J...

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Police Make Shocking Find At Site Of Plane Crash

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

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QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's official news agency says police have found a cocaine-processing lab near where a small Mexican-registered plane crashed o...

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This Is What 25 Pounds Of Cocaine Looks Like

Posted 05.16.2012

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Earlier this month, officials inspecting a shipping container at the Red Hook Container Terminal discovered a staggering 24.6 pounds of cocaine, The N...

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Man Caught Trying To Smuggle 7 Pounds Of Cocaine In Wheelchair

AP | Posted 05.14.2012

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NOGALES, Ariz. -- Federal authorities say a Mexican man tried to smuggle more than 7 pounds of cocaine into Arizona by hiding it in his wheelchair's s...

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Feds Break Up Big Cocaine Smuggling Ring, Arrest 28 People

AP | Posted 05.11.2012

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Federal authorities have arrested 28 people and charged them with participating in a cocaine-smuggling ring that brought millions o...

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$40,000 Stash Of Cocaine Found In 82-Year-Old Woman's Car

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.10.2012

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An Idaho mechanic made an unexpected discovery while working on an elderly woman's car last week when he found a pound of cocaine hidden under the hoo...

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Author and Legal Scholar, Michelle Alexander, Talks About The War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration (Part 2)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Prison Industrial Complex, Mass Incarceration, Obama War on Drugs, Ronald Reagan, Prison, Richard Nixon, Crack Cocaine, Michelle Alexander, The War on Drugs, Cocaine, Crack, Southern Strategy, War on Drugs Failure, Black Voices News

Author and legal scholar, Michelle Alexander, has written a powerful and highly acclaimed, well-researched book titled, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness."

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Is Make-Up Sex Like Cocaine?

Emma Gray | Posted 05.08.2012

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Make-up sex is just like cocaine? So wrote clinical psychologist Seth Meyers (not of SNL) in a recent blog for Psychology Today titled "Make-Up Sex Hurts: Why and How to Avoid It."

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GAME OVER: Cops Find Cocaine In XBox 360

Posted 05.07.2012

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As if video games weren't addictive enough. Authorities in Texas arrested a man on Thursday after a routine traffic violation led to the discovery ...

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Author and Legal Scholar, Michelle Alexander, Talks about the War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration (Part 1)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.04.2012

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Author and legal scholar, Michelle Alexander, has written a powerful and highly acclaimed, well-researched book titled, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness."

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3 Tons Of Cocaine Seized At Seaport

AP | Posted 04.27.2012

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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Security forces seized 3.3 tons of cocaine during an anti-drug operation at one of Venezuela's main seaports Thursday, a top sec...

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Anti-Cocaine Policy Leaves Gourmet Chocolate Makers Bitter

Reuters | Posted 04.26.2012

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* Peruvian gourmets see native cocoa as having strong future * CCN-51 cocoa developed in Ecuador in 1960s ...

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Cocaine Study Shows Drug's Surprising Effect On Brain

| Posted 04.24.2012

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Although cocaine makes people feel more alert and on top of things in the moment, it can leave users vulnerable to a much slower brain in the long run...

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Demi Lovato Opens Up About Drug Abuse: 'Being A Celebrity Can Be Dangerous'

The Huffington Post | Lee Hernandez | Posted 04.23.2012

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Demi Lovato is in a really good place these days. The 19-year-old singer just released a new music video for her hit song, "Give Your Heart A Brea...

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Four-Year-Old Mistakes Drugs For Icing, Tests Positive For Cocaine

Posted 04.20.2012

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If only it was icing. Jacksonville police say a 4-year-old boy tested positive for cocaine that he might have thought was white icing, according to...

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A Drug Policy for the 21st Century

R. Gil Kerlikowske | Posted 04.18.2012

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Today we are releasing the 2012 National Drug Control Strategy -- the Obama Administration's primary policy blueprint for reducing drug use and its consequences in America. It is based on the premise that drug addiction is a chronic disease of the brain that can be prevented and treated.

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Supreme Court Weighs Fate Of Crack Dealers

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A couple of convicted crack cocaine dealers caught between old and new sentencing regimes had their cases argued before the Supreme Cour...

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Rebels Seek $10 Million Ransom In Peru Abductions

AP | FRANKLIN BRICENO | Posted 04.11.2012

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LIMA, Peru — Shining Path rebels are seeking a $10 million ransom for 40 Peruvian construction workers abducted in a pre-dawn raid at the countr...

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Colo. Soldiers Arrested In Mexican Drug Cartel Murder Plot

AP | JUAN CARLOS LLORCA | Posted 03.27.2012

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EL PASO, Texas -- Two men with Army ties – including an active-duty sergeant – sought to work with a Mexican drug cartel in a murder-for-h...

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Was Buju Banton Entrapped By Feds?

AP | Posted 02.13.2012

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MIAMI -- The U.S. government says plenty of evidence supports a federal jury's conviction of Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton on cocaine conspiracy an...

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Teen Father's Letter Leads Aspen Police To Big Drug Bust

Posted 02.08.2012

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An Aspen father who wrote an anonymous letter to police, concerned about a local drug dealer that he believed sold drugs to his 17-year-old daughter, ...

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