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The Wave of Evil: New Report on ADHD Drugs Blowback

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Vyvanse, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Adhd, Attention-Deficity-Hyperactivity-Disorder, Scientific American Mind, Ritalin, Johson & Johnson, Adderall, Pharmaceutical-Industrial Complex, Concerta, Amphetamine, Joseph Biederman, Bruce E. Levine, Cocaine, Living News

ADHD drugs are either the "amphetamine-like" or actual amphetamines. It should not be surprising that long-term use is associated with many hazards.

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Drug War: Mexico Crackdown Squeezing Cocaine Dealers In Canada

Huffington Post | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Cocaine Traffickers, British Colombia, Mexico Drug War, Mexico, Drug War, Drug Dealers, Canada, Cocaine, World News

There's a new drug war brewing along the U.S. border -- but this time it's coming from up north. As Mexico cracks down on its warring drug factions, d...

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Jackson's Death Means We're All Older Now and Need to Sober Up

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, John F. Kennedy, Michael Jackson, The Moonwalk, I'll Be There, Charlies Angel's, Prescription Drugs, 1980's, Farrah Fawcett, Heroine, Charlies Angels, 1970's, Janis Joplin, ABC, "Thriller, Ed McMahon, Ratings, Fred Astaire, The Burning Bed, Keeping Up With the Joneses, Camero, The Partridge Family, Baby Boomers, Wacko Jacko, Thriller, Tabloids, American Bandstand, Martin Luther King Jr., Fat Albert, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Rock With You, Robert F. Kennedy, Celebrity Worship, Soul Train, Cnn, Sideshow, Jimi Hendrix, Cocaine, Living News

The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.

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UK Cocaine Market Is Europe's Largest

The Independent | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Uk Cocaine, England, Drugs, England Cocaine, Britain Cocaine, Crime, Cocaine, World News

The UK is the cocaine capital of Europe, the UN said today. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said the UK was Europe's largest cocaine m...

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Fighting My Own Drug War: An Excerpt From What's Left of Us

Richard Farrell | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Excerpt, Entertainment, Memoirs, Author, Books, Drugs, War on Drugs, Heroin, Aa, Rehab, God, Richard Farrell, Memoir, Living, Narcotics, Cocaine, Living News

Heroin is not a cold-shake like cocaine. The impurities used to cut heroin need to be cooked off in boiling water before you shoot it intravenously.

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Cocaine Smuggled Inside Dead Sharks

AP | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Cocaine Smuggled Inside Dead Sharks, Cocaine in Sharks, Cocaine, Sharks, World News

MEXICO CITY — Mexico says it found nearly one ton of cocaine hidden inside frozen shark carcasses. Prosecutors says hundreds of packages stuffe...

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Submarines Now Account For A Third Of The Cocaine Smuggled Into U.S.

Washington Post | William Booth and Juan Forero | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Drugs, Submaries, Drug Wars, Cocaine, World News

When anti-narcotics agents first heard that drug cartels were building an armada of submarines to transport cocaine, they thought it was a joke. ...

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Eric Holder Speaks Frankly On Gitmo, Crack Sentencing, Race

Essence | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Interrogations, Holder, Crack Cocaine Sentencing, Eric-Holder-Race, Eric Holder Attorney General, Crack Cocaine, President Obama, Guantanamo, Eric Holder, Essence, Obama, Gitmo, Torture, Cocaine, Politics News

The walls inside the U.S. Justice Department headquarters are painted with themed murals depicting law and lawlessness (a couple being robbed at gunpo...

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Fighting Drugs by Focusing on Demand

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Marc Kielburger, Colombia, War on Drugs, Craig Kielburger, Cocaine, Supply and Demand, World News

It seemed strange that so many people finished their meals together with Colombia's former-president César Gaviria. We sat next to him at a dinner...

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Cocaine Found In Red Bull In Austria

AP | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Ausria, Cocaine, Red Bull, Cocaine Red Bull, Red Bull Cocaine, Drugs, World News

VIENNA — Austria's health ministry says traces of cocaine have been found in samples of Red Bull Cola energy drinks. Spokeswoman Sigrid Rosenbe...

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Cocaine Found In Red Bull In Germany

AP | Posted 06.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Red Bull Germany Cocaine, Red Bull, Red Bull Cocaine, Health, Cocaine, Home News

BERLIN — Six German states have told retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola energy drinks after a test found a trace amount of cocaine. The ba...

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Colombian Farms Given Broad Incentives To Not Grow Coca

Washington Post | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Coca Farmers, Colombian Coca, Latin America, Drug War, Afghanistan, Colombia, Colombian Coca Farmers, Foreign Affairs, Colombian Coca Crops, Drugs, Colombia Coca, War on Drugs, Cocaine, Advocacy, World News

Colombia, with $8 billion in U.S. backing since the late 1990s, has tried everything to eradicate the crop used to make cocaine....

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Chris Lewis, Cricket Star, "Carried Cocaine Into Britain Thinking It Was Fruit Juice"

Times Online | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: Chris Lewis, Britian, Cocaine Smuggling Juice Defense, Cricket, Cocaine Arrest, Cocaine Smuggling, Cocaine, United Kingdom, Britain, World News

Chris Lewis, the former England cricketer, smuggled cocaine into Britain thinking it was fruit juice, he told a court today. ...

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Barcelona's Smog Laced With Cocaine, Other Drugs: Study

AP | CIARAN GILES | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Spain, Barcelona, Cocaine, Smog, Cocaine Smog, Barcelona Cocaine Smog, Superior Council of Scientific Investigations, Drugs, World News

MADRID — Air pollution has long been a fact of life in Spanish cities, but scientists now say it is not just smog that chokes people as they wal...

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World Cocaine Market 'In Retreat'

BBC News | Mark Easton | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Trade, Drug Market, Drugs, Cocaine Market, Cocaine, World News

The international cocaine market is "in retreat" after a year of successful operations around the world, the Serious Organised Crime Agency claims....

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Drug War Hurts Many Bolivian Farmers Who Rely On The Coca Plant

WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Bolivia Cocaine, Coca Plant, Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Bolivian Farmers, Evo Morales, Drug War, Bolivia, Drugs, War on Drugs, Advocacy, Cocaine, World News

For more than 30 years, a drug war was waged in Bolivia with the help of the U.S. drug enforcement administration. Bolivia's Yungas region is one o...

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Governor David Paterson Does the Right Thing

Anthony Papa | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, War on Drugs, Cocaine, Mandatory Minimums, Drug Policy, Politics News

The Rockefeller Drug Laws had evolved to become a racist entity that was a complete failure in balancing the scales of justice with the needs of protecting our communities.

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53 Pounds Of Packed Cocaine Found On Texas Beach

AP | Posted 06.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Cocaine Texas, Sabine Pass Texas, Cocaine, Home News

SABINE PASS, Texas — Beachcombers found more than seashells while strolling on a Texas beach: two dozen neatly wrapped packages of cocaine. Jeff...

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Obama Administration Calls for End to Crack-Powder Sentencing Disparity

Jasmine Tyler | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Crack Cocaine, Anti-Drug Abuse Act, Obama, Drugs, War on Drugs, Coke, Crack-Sentencing, Cocaine, Politics News

Congress and the administration have an obligation to show the country that our criminal justice practices will be fair and sentences proportional to the offense.

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New Rule: White Collar Crime

Bill Maher | Posted 05.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Video, Bill Maher, New Rule Cocaine, New Rule, Bill Maher Cocaine, Cocaine, Comedy News

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Mexican Drug Lord Officially Thanks American Lawmakers for Keeping Drugs Illegal

David Henry Sterry | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Slumdog Millionaires, Barak Obama, Marijuana, Prohibition, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, Mexican Drug Wars, Legalize Marijuana, Cocaine, Mexico, Mexican Drug Lords, World News

As an epidemic of murderous violence rages on the Mexican-US border, El Chapo is laughing all the way to the bank.

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Guns and Drugs: How US Policies Destroy Our Inner Cities and the Third World

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Laws, Gang Violence, Mexican Drug Trade, Cocaine, War on Drugs, Politics News

By arresting minorities, America tries to show that it's fighting the drug problem while Whites in the suburbs are free to use and abuse drugs without solid police interference.

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An Ounce of Gold and Ounce of Cocaine, a Trillion Dollar Deficit and a War in Vain

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drugs, Coca, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Legalization, Drug Legalization, Cocaine, Politics News

What if I told you there is a way to reduce federal and state government spending, increase tax revenue, stabilize friendly foreign governments, fight terrorism and reduce the crime rate, all in one fell swoop?

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Defeating Narco-Terrorism

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Drug Cartels, Drugs, Hugo Chavez, Mexico, Mycoherbicides, Heroin, Hamas, Hezbollah, Cannabis, Venezuela, National Security, Middle East, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Afghanistan, Narcotics, Un, Cocaine, Narco-Terrorism, World News

The nexus between transnational criminal organizations and terrorist groups does not end with illegal drugs. Yet, U.S. and international law-enforcement agencies overlook the connections between them.

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Peru's Guerrillas, Drugs Could Plunge The Country Back Into War

New York Times | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Peruvian Rebels, Peru, Latin America, Abimael GuzmáN, Peruvian Guerrillas, Coca, Shining Path, Cocaine, World News

First the soldiers came to Río Seco, a coca-growing village in the lush mountain jungles of southern Peru. "They called us subversives and they opene...

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