Posts Tagged cocaine

Governors Call on DEA to Reclassify Marijuana for Medical Use

If moved to Schedule II, marijuana would be grouped with opioid pain relievers such as morphine, Dilaudid, and Fentanyl; prescription amphetamines and methamphetamines, such as Dexedrine and Desoxyn; barbiturates, and cocaine.

Moving marijuana to Sche…

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Cocaine in Your Mailbox: Traffickers Increasingly Using Mail to Ship Drugs

More than 3,368 pounds of marijuana were found in the mail in Florida from January to June this year.blogs.miaminewtimes.com

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10 Biggest Drug Busts in College History

No one likes to admit it, but drugs on college campuses are more prevalent than you’d think. In addition to marijuana and the study drug Adderal, you can find cocaine, LSD, and even meth.www.accreditedonlinecolleges.com

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Marijuana Dispensary Was a Front For a Cocaine Ring

A Northridge medical marijuana dispensary that was the site of an attempted murder last year was raided this week by cops, who allege it was used as a front for an L.A.-to-Cleveland cocaine operation. In fact, they say, they came upon a huge cocaine tr…

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Ecstasy Rising (part 1/3)

On a special edition of ‘Primetime Thursday’ from Thursday, April 1 2004, Peter Jennings tells the epic story of Ecstasy……
In the 1990s, Ecstasy seemed to come out of nowhere to join marijuana, cocaine and heroin as one of the four most widely used…

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Oldest drug dealer in the world? 72-year-old indicted for drug trafficking

David Osborne was cruising along Interstate 70 in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, when the Kansas Highway Patrol stopped his vehicle, which allegedly was packed with pounds of marijuana and cocaine. The indictment doesn’t say whether the 72-year-old was driv…

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Wall Street Drug Use: Employees Giving Up Cocaine for Pot.

The credit crisis appears to have sobered up Wall Street in more ways than one.

A review of drug-test data compiled by drug testing firm Sterling Infosystems Inc., shows that cocaine is losing its favor among investment professionals. What drug is the…

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Anti-Prop 19 Group Claims Marijuana Leads To Meth, Cocaine

A far-right conservative political group called SaveCalifornia.com is turning its unwholesome attention from anti-gay marriage legislation, Prop 8, to fighting this year’s pro-marijuana legislation, Prop 19, the legalization measure on November’s Calif…

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The 10 Biggest Black Markets (Infographic)

If you were to venture a guess, which of the following would top your list as the most lucrative black market in the world? Cocaine, Opium, Prescription Drugs, Marijuana, Cigarettes, or Prostitution? Stop guessing for a second and take a look at the gr…

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Researcher Dispels Notion Music Can Get Kids High

Websites promoting so-called digital drugs are causing some parents to worry their kids may be getting high just by listening to music. The sites offer sound files that claim to reproduce the effects of marijuana and cocaine. But a researcher from Oreg…

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Police seize 18 tons of drugs in San Bernardino County CA

Luevano consented to a search of the truck, during which the officer smelled marijuana, sheriff’s officials said in a statement. He discovered 92 pallets containing thousands of heat-sealed packages of drugs: 2,750 pounds of cocaine, 67 pounds of metha…

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I used pot to kick cocaine – Drugs – Salon.com

To me, weed is pretty harmless — and can even do some good.
By smoking a lot of pot I was able to cut out coke entirely. I just wish that people would quit lumping marijuana and hard drugs like cocaine and heroin together. Hopefully, a massive education campaign will do the trick.

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4 in 5 poker players use drugs to stay sharp at table – USAT

Four out of five poker players use any one of a number of legal and illicit drugs to improve their game, a new study suggests. Researchers from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Fort Lauderdale, found that alongside caffeine, energy drinks and guarana, professional and amateur players all over the world are turning to marijuana, cocaine, amphet

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Mexico’s New Drug Law May Set an Example

With barely a peep from Washington, Mexico decriminalizes the use of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and crystal meth. Where’s the drug war?

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Forget Taxing Marijuana; The Real Money’s In Cocaine

A Harvard economist has estimated how much money states would raise by legalizing and taxing marijuana and cocaine.

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Prescription drug abuse is out of control

Abuse of controlled prescription drugs is becoming a growing problem in the United States and our region. Unintentional deaths involving abuse of prescription pain relievers have increased 114 percent. Street gangs and dealers of marijuana and cocaine are now also trafficking in controlled prescription drugs. Criminals are also going high-tech…

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Solutions to Mexico’s Drug Crisis

To weaken the cartels, some argue the U.S. should legalize marijuana, let cocaine pass through the Caribbean and take the profit motive out of the drug trade.

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New drug policy in Czech as of new year – all drugs legal

The Czech government set the drug possession limits under which the possession of up to 15 grammes of marijuana, up to 1.5 grammes of heroin, up to one gramme of cocaine and up to two grammes of methamphetamine (pervitine) will not be punishable as of New Year.

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Saving Mexico By Legalizing Drugs

To weaken the cartels, some argue the U.S. should legalize marijuana, let cocaine pass through the Caribbean and take the profit motive out of the drug trade.

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Top Mexican Officials Say Legalize Marijuana to Hurt Cartels

To weaken the cartels, some top Mexican anti-drug officials argue the U.S. should legalize marijuana, let cocaine pass through the Caribbean and take the profit motive out of the drug trade.

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