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Get Busy Committee on Changing the Face of Hip Hop Forever

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Linkin Park, Kanye West, R&b, Rap, Apathy, Snoop Dog, Brand Nubian, Throwback, Uzi Does It, Heroin, Scoop Deville, Electro, Overdose, Get Busy Committee, Compliment, The Game, Hip Hop, Society, Old School, Pete Rock & CL, Jay-Z, Google, Alkaholiks, Ryu, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

Lately, rap has been getting a bad rap because there's no true voice for the hip hop community. That changed last week when the Get Busy Committee dropped their new album Uzi Does It.

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Face the Facts -- and End the War on Drugs

Johann Hari | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Drugs, Heroin, War on Drugs, Cocaine, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Legalize Marijuana, David-Nutt, World News
Johann Hari

The unofficial slogan of the prohibitionists for decades has been: The facts will only undermine the war, so invent some that show how successful we are, fast. Look at the United States.

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Is Junk Food As Addictive As Heroin?

Grist | Posted 10.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Addiction, Heroin, Obesity, Junk Food, Food Politics, Green News

With the rumors swirling that Michelle Obama is a big fan of former FDA Commissioner David Kessler's new book The End of Overeating, it seems reasonab...

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America's Drug Crisis: Brought to You by the CIA

Dave Lindorff | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: War on Drugs, Heroin, Cia, Afghanistan Opium, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Dave Lindorff

Next time you see a junkie sprawled at the curb, or read about someone who died of a heroin overdose, imagine a big yellow sign posted next to him or her saying: "Your Federal Tax Dollars at Work."

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Debunking The Heroin Craze

nypress.com | Matt Harvey | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Suburban Heroin, Nike Heroin, Brooklyn, L Train, "Nike" Heroin, Glassine Bag Heroin, Middle-Class Heroin, Hipster Smack, Williamsburg Heroin, Heroin, Williamsburg Smack, New York, Glassine Bag, Newsday, Williamsburg, Hipster, Williamsburg Hipster, Metro, Graham Avenue, New York Times, Hipster Heroin, Smack, New York News

HE WEARS A black hoodie to protect himself from the cold rain. The baby-faced guy is Dominican, probably in his early twenties. He rushes by me at the...

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Drug-Linked Karzai Brother Helps U.S. Intelligence

Jeff Stein | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Corruption, Politics, House Intelligence Committee, Drugs, Heroin, Afghanistan War, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Mike Rogers, World News
Jeff Stein

A key member of the House Intelligence Committee says the controversial brother of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai regularly helps U.S. intelligence, but should not be considered a spy.

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Afghanistan: Collateral Damage From Paris to Punjab

Mira Kamdar | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: U.S. Troops, Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, 9/11, India, Heroin, Collateral Damage, Paris, Afghanistan War, President Obama Afghanistan, Rethink Afghanistan, World News
Mira Kamdar

I have seen what is antiseptically known as collateral damage from this war in two unlikely places: the city of Paris and the countryside of rural Punjab.

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Colorado's War on Drugs a Fiscal Disaster

Mike Krause | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Politics, Drug Policy Task Force, Marijuana, Ccjj, Cocain, War on Drugs, Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Heroin, Drug Policy, Colorado General Assembly, Denver News
Mike Krause

Colorado's failed attempt to incarcerate away drugs costs taxpayers roughly $140 million per year just for prison beds. Budget hawks have turned a blind eye to one of the most extreme spending sprees in state history.

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Bupe: Drug Researcher Carrie John Dies Of Apparent Overdose, Boyfriend Faces Drug Charges

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 11.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Philippines, Clinton B. McCracken, Buprenonorphine Overdose, Clint McCracken, Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Marijuana, Heroin, Canada, Buprenorphine, Carrie E. Johns, Heroin Substitute, Johns Hopkins, University of Medicine School of Medicine, Bupe Overdose, Drug Charges, Baltimore, Bupe, Neuroscientist, Home News

BALTIMORE — A neuroscientist who studied the effects of drugs on the brain is dead of an apparent overdose and her live-in boyfriend, who did si...

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Mackenzie Phillips Scores

Michael Wolff | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mackenzie Phillips Incest, Drug Addiction, Michael Wolff, The Mamas & the Papas, MacKenzie Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Mackenzie Phillips Oprah, Incest, Mackenzie Phillips Family Secret, Heroin, John Phillips, Entertainment News
Michael Wolff

As it happens, whenever we follow an incest story at Newser it becomes the biggest story. The Phillips story is even bigger because it's not just an incest story but also a disputed incest story.

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Marijuana Use By The Numbers

Paul Armentano | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Incarceration, Norml, Marijuana, Dea, Obama, Heroin, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Prohibition, Cannabis, Drug Enforcement Administration, Surveys, Alcohol, Drug Use, Samhsa, Thc, Drug War, Substance Abuse, Drug Policy, Cocaine, Politics News
Paul Armentano

By age 25, 54 percent of the population has admittedly used marijuana. Does anyone still believe that marijuana prohibition is working -- or that all of these people deserve to be behind bars?

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Mexico and Argentina Move to Decriminalize Marijuana and Other Drugs

Tony Newman | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Policy Alliance, Latin America, Mexico Drug War, Ethan Nadelmann, Marijuana, Argentina, Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Heroin, Legalization, Mexico Drug Wars, Cocaine, World News
Tony Newman

In the last week both Mexico and Argentina made international news by passing a law and making a major Supreme Court ruling calling for low-level drug offenders to receive treatment instead of jail.

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Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Mexico Drugs, Mexico, Mexico's Drug War, Heroin, Mexico Decriminalizes Drug Possession, Marijuana, Cocaine, Mexico Decriminalize Drugs, Mark Stevenson Drug Possession, Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession, Mexico Decriminalizes, World News

MEXICO CITY — Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Friday – a move that prosecutors say makes sense eve...

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Crooks Hide Heroin In Shoes

AP | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Crooks Heroin Shoes, Crooks Heroin, New York, Heroin, New Jersey, Heroin Shoes, New York News

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) ― New York authorities say they've seized 17 pounds of heroin found stashed inside plastic shoe insoles. Prosecutors announce...

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General McChrystal and His "Retail War"

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan Heroin Trade, Afghanistan, Nato, Stanley McChrystal, Heroin-Addicts, Taliban, Heroin, Dick Cheney, Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, World News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

If we're going to label the Taliban in the Helmand valley "terrorists," then we might as well label the government that works with them to collect taxes from poppy farmers insurgents.

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Heroin Chic: Drugs Making Big Return

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 08.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Heroin Nyc, Drug Bust, Riverdale New York, Nypd, Drugs, Heroin, Bronx, New York, New York Clubs, Heroin Surge, Dash Snow Heroin, New York News

Call it the retro-trend gone awry, but heroin and designer drugs rarely seen since the 60s and 70s are on the rise across the city. Coming on the h...

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Heroin-Addicted Hobos Set Up Shop In Williamsburg

New York Daily News | Ben Chapman and Elizabeth Hays | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Hobos, Punk, Brooklyn Hobos, Williamsburg, New York, Brooklyn, New York City, Heroin Addicts, Homeless, Williamsburg Brooklyn, Williamsburg Hobos, Heroin, Brooklyn Homeless, Punks, New York News

Heroin-addict hobos from around the country are overrunning hipster haven Williamsburg - living in stalled luxury condo projects in the trendy Brookly...

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Recent Heroin Surge: A Major Threat

Joshua Lyon | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Oxycontin, Vicodin, Heroin, War on Drugs, Drug Overdose, Overdose, Prescription Pills, Pills, Prescription Painkillers, Living News
Joshua Lyon

If you're hooked on an opiate, and you find that same high at a much cheaper price, it becomes much easier to justify using heroin.

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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
Richard Farrell

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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Afghanistan Drug War: US Drug Raid Classifies Poppyseeds As 'Narcotics'

GlobalPost | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan Drugs, Afghanistan Poppy, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Drug War, Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan Drug Trade, Heroin, Narcotics, Poppyseeds, Afghanistan War, Advocacy, World News

Fans of poppyseed bagels may want to start glancing furtively around for undercover narcs before taking a bite of their black-speckled breakfast rolls...

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The Real Road to Recovery: My Journey from Heroin Addiction to Helping to End the War on Drugs

Kathie Kane-Willis | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Czar, Drug Addiction, Heroin, AIDs Epidemic, Politics News
Kathie Kane-Willis

I was homeless, squatting in an abandoned building. I committed crimes to support my habit. I learned to scam and shoplift. I was arrested and convicted. But I was never offered treatment.

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Heroin Makes A Comeback

NY1 | Lily Jamali | Posted 07.17.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Heroin, Youth Heroin, Heroin, New York City Youth Heroin, New York, New York News

According to New York City's narcotics prosecutor, the number of heroin busts has doubled since last year. For years, the typical heroin user was olde...

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Germany Approves Prescribing Heroin to Long-time Users Unable to Quit

Tony Newman | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Crime, Germany, Heroin-Prescription, Drugs, War on Drugs, Heroin, Overdose, Health, World News
Tony Newman

A new law has been approved allowing doctors to prescribe synthetic heroin to people with long-term drug addictions in an effort to reduce crime, overdose deaths and the spread of HIV.

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Germany OKs Heroin Prescriptions

AP | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Germany, Foreign Affairs, Prescription Drugs, Drugs, Heroin, German Heroin, Advocacy, World News

BERLIN — German lawmakers have voted to allow the prescription of synthetic heroin to long-term addicts who fail to respond to other treatments....

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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
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld

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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