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  • July 2008

    • Drug Addiction Shoots Up in Mexico

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Jul 23, 08 7:28 AM CDT

      Drug Addiction Shoots Up in Mexico

      Drug addiction is skyrocketing in Mexico, which used to be simply a transit point for illegal drugs rather than a major consumer market, reports USA Today . As increased border security foils smugglers along the American border, the drugs end up being sold to Mexicans. Crack cocaine use has risen sharply, and heroin and crystal meth are becoming a problem for the first time. More »

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      Mexico  • cocaine  • drug addiction  • heroin  • Mexican border  • crack cocaine

    • Colombia to Americans: Cocaine Kills Environment

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Jul 19, 08 5:28 PM CDT

      Colombia to Americans: Cocaine Kills Environment

      Colombia is adding a new tactic in its campaign to persuade Americans to stop buying cocaine: a plea for the environment. The government wants to spread the message to users—especially, say, wealthy professionals who dutifully recycle but also partake of the drug—that cocaine growers are running roughshod over the land, the Christian Science Monitor reports. They've cleared 5 million acres of forest in the last 20 years and are now moving into the Amazon. More »

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      drugs  • Colombia  • cocaine  • drug use  • Amazon rainforest  • rainforest  • coca

    • Junkie-Turned-Reporter Writes His Own Story

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 19, 08 12:02 PM CDT

      Junkie-Turned-Reporter Writes His Own Story

      The junkie's tale of redemption is nearly a cliché by now, and David Carr acknowledges as much as he writes his own. But Carr, now a reporter for the New York Times , takes pains not to sugar-coat the years he spent as a "fat thug who beat up women and sold bad coke." His salvation turned out to be his coke-addicted girlfriend and the twin girls they had—the same twins he once left alone as infants in a frigid car as he visited a dope house .   More »

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      cocaine  • parenting  • addiction  • drug addiction  • crack cocaine

    • Mexico Seizes Homemade Drug Submarine

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Mexico Seizes Homemade Drug Submarine

      Mexico's navy seized a homemade submarine carrying a drug shipment off the Pacific coast yesterday and arrested its four-man crew. The 30-foot makeshift vessel was detected heading north about 200 miles off the southern state of Oaxaca, and intercepted when it surfaced. The crew offered no resistance, and say drug lords forced them to make the journey.   More »

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      Mexico  • Colombia  • cocaine  • drug trafficking  • submarine

    • Barenaked Ladies Singer Busted on Coke Charges

      newser  |  Canadian Press  |  Jul 16, 08 7:23 AM CDT

      Barenaked Ladies Singer Busted on Coke Charges

      Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page has been busted on cocaine charges, the Canadian Press reports. The singer for the Toronto-based band, which recently released a CD for children , Snacktime , was caught with drugs in an apartment in upstate New York, according to authorities. Page, 38, posted $10,000 bail and is due in court later this week. He also posted bond for a woman arrested with him. More »

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      celebrity  • cocaine  • drug use  • felony  • drug possession

  • June 2008

    • Finding Meaning in the Death of Len Bias

      newser  |  ESPN  |  Jun 26, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Finding Meaning in the Death of Len Bias

      Twenty-two years ago, Celtics legend Larry Bird called the sudden death of new Boston draftee Len Bias "one of the the cruelest things I've ever heard." The legacy of the Maryland basketball great, whose NBA career ended with cocaine use just two days after it began, retains its nuance and potency even now, writes Michael Weinreb for ESPN. More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • Boston Celtics  • cocaine  • college basketball  • NBA draft  • drug overdose

    • Cities' Sewage Serves as Giant Drug Test

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 23, 08 4:38 PM CDT

      Cities' Sewage Serves as Giant Drug Test

      Across the world, raw sewage is being analyzed for clues to illegal drug use. Environmental scientists are testing waste from US and European cities to gather data, which reveals everything from what's popular to which days see the greatest use of which substances. "Every sample has one illicit drug or another, regardless of location," a chemist tells the LA Times. More »

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      London  • drugs  • Las Vegas  • cocaine  • heroin  • methamphetamine  • Milan  • drug test  • sewage

  • May 2008

    • CSI Star Avoids Jail in Drug Bust

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 29, 08 11:43 AM CDT

      CSI Star Avoids Jail in Drug Bust

      CSI co-star Gary Dourdan sidestepped 3-4 years in jail yesterday by copping a plea in a case involving cocaine and ecstasy, the AP reports. Dourdan, whose character was killed off in the season finale, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony drug possession after an arrest last month near Palm Springs, Calif.; a heroin charge was dropped after he agreed to a 30-hour diversion program. More »

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      California  • cocaine  • celebrity trials  • heroin  • drug possession  • CSI  • Gary Dourdan

    • Hamilton Beats Drugs, Odds in Comeback

      newser  |  Sports Illustrated  |  May 29, 08 10:15 AM CDT

      Hamilton Beats Drugs, Odds in Comeback

      Josh Hamilton can appreciate the high he's riding now, because his personal lows have been pretty rough. The first pick of baseball's 1999 draft was booted in 2004 for failing drug tests after picking up a cocaine habit. But now the Rangers outfielder has traded a bottle of Crown Royal a day for a swing at the triple crown, Sports Illustrated reports. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • cocaine  • Texas Rangers  • Josh Hamilton

    • 7 Cops Cut Down in Mexican Drug Battle

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 28, 08 4:23 AM CDT

      7 Cops Cut Down in Mexican Drug Battle

      A gun battle in Mexico's drug capital of Culiacan ended with seven federal police officers and a civilian lying dead, and four officers wounded. Drug dealers opened fire and hurled a grenade as police raided a drug house in the city, where 1,000 people have died in drug-related violence since the beginning of the year, reports CNN. More »

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      murder  • Mexico  • cocaine  • Felipe Calderon  • drug cartel  • methamphetamine

    • Rapper DMX Arrested on Animal-Cruelty, Drug Charges

      newser  |  Arizona Republic (Phoenix)  |  May 9, 08 5:22 PM CDT

      Rapper DMX Arrested on Animal-Cruelty, Drug Charges

      Police arrested rapper DMX early this morning on animal-abuse and drug charges, the Arizona Republic reports. Police seized five pit bull puppies, and unknown quantities of marijuana and cocaine from the house northeast of Phoenix. More »

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      cocaine  • marijuana  • hip-hop  • animal cruelty  • rap music  • pit bull  • police raids  • DMX

    • Cocaine Moves by Submarine

      newser  |  Economist  |  May 4, 08 10:36 AM CDT

      Cocaine Moves by Submarine

      Cocaine traffickers have embraced a startling new method to transport their product into America, the Economist reports: homemade submersibles. The cartels themselves seem to be producing the small craft, which descend to just below the waterline. They sport large cargo space and fuel tanks that allow them to sail far out to sea before dropping their payloads. More »

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      Mexico  • drugs  • Colombia  • cocaine  • drug cartel  • smuggling  • drug cartels  • submarine

  • April 2008

    • Ledger Duped Into Drug Video?

      newser  |  E! Online  |  Apr 12, 08 12:11 PM CDT

      Ledger Duped Into Drug Video?

      Two paparazzi are accused of giving Heath Ledger cocaine while hiding their identities and then filming him, E! News reports. A lawsuit filed yesterday against the men and the photo agency that employed them claims the paps befriended Ledger at a 2006 party, gave him the drug, and then secretly filmed him from a balcony. More »

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      celebrity  • lawsuit  • drugs  • cocaine  • paparazzi  • Heath Ledger

  • March 2008

    • Mother and 4 Kids Killed in Iowa Home

      newser  |  Daily Iowan  |  Mar 25, 08 5:31 AM CDT

      Mother and 4 Kids Killed in Iowa Home

      A mother and her four children were found dead in their Iowa City home yesterday by police who received an anonymous tip, reports the Daily Iowan . Minutes later, cops responded to a nearby highway crash involving a car belonging to the father of the family, Stephen Sueppel. The dead driver remains unidentified due to severe burns. More »

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      murder  • crime  • Iowa  • shooting  • cocaine  • theft  • car crash  • Iowa City  • embezzlement  • killings

    • I Used Cocaine: NY Governor

      newser  |  NY1  |  Mar 25, 08 4:37 AM CDT

      I Used Cocaine: NY Governor

      One week after revealing he had extramarital affairs, New York Gov. David Paterson has also admitted using marijuana and cocaine. Patterson used drugs in the 70s when he was 23, he said in an interview on TV news channel New York 1. Paterson, the state's first black and first blind governor, succeeded Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in a call-girl scandal. More »

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      New York  • Eliot Spitzer  • cocaine  • marijuana  • budget  • David Paterson  • drug abuse  • Albany  • Silda Wall Spitzer  • Michelle Paterson

    • Cocaine on the Upswing in Peru

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 23, 08 3:48 PM CDT

      Cocaine on the Upswing in Peru

      Peru's cocaine business is growing again, sparking a spate of killings, threats, and US-funded attempts to stop it, the Los Angeles Times reports. Coca bush plots have increased by a third since 1999 to feed markets in Europe, East Asia, and Brazil—but growers are hard to collar because they work piecemeal, without the flashy kingpins of old. "We're up against an army of ants," said Peru's top anti-drug cop. More »

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      Colombia  • cocaine  • Peru  • drug trafficking  • War on Drugs  • drug cartel  • coca  • Alan Garcia

    • Coke Can Mimic Heart Attack Symptoms

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 17, 08 7:56 PM CDT

      Coke Can Mimic Heart Attack Symptoms

      Doctors should ask younger patients if their heart attack symptoms are really due to cocaine use, the American Heart Association said today. Coke can cause chest pain similar to a heart attack, it said, but heart medication can be fatal to cocaine users. "Not knowing what you are dealing with and giving the wrong therapies could mean death rather than benefit," said Columbia University Professor James Reiffel. More »

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      doctor  • cocaine  • blood pressure  • heart attack  • hospitals  • American Heart Association  • emergency room

    • Jackass Star Steve-O Hit With Coke Charge, Hospitalized

      newser  |  E! Online  |  Mar 14, 08 7:30 AM CDT

      Jackass Star Steve-O Hit With Coke Charge, Hospitalized

      Jackass daredevil Steve-O was charged with felony cocaine possession yesterday just days after he was hospitalized when friends became alarmed by his destructive behavior, reports E! Online. Stunt-addicted Steve-O—real name Stephen Glover—entered the psychiatric wing of a Los Angeles hospital as he was planning a 25-foot fall onto cardboard-covered concrete. "I'm ready to die," he wrote in an email to friends, according to MTV. More »

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      Los Angeles  • cocaine  • MTV  • Jackass  • Steve-O

    • Feds Map Drug and Mental Problems by State

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 6, 08 8:25 AM CST

      Feds Map Drug and Mental Problems by State

      Vermonters smoke the most pot and Utah has the lowest drinking and marijuana rates among young people in the nation—but the highest rates of adults reporting mental health problems. Those are some of the nuggets uncovered in a fascinating new report by government researchers who made a state-by-state examination of substance abuse and mental health problems, Reuters reports. More »

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      cocaine  • marijuana  • mental illness  • alcohol abuse  • drug abuse  • survey  • substance abuse  • binge drinking  • underage drinking

    • First Inmates Freed in Crack Overhaul

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Mar 5, 08 3:19 PM CST

      First Inmates Freed in Crack Overhaul

      Federal prisons are beginning to release prisoners to comply with new crack-cocaine sentencing guidelines, the Washington Post reports. The US Sentencing Commission made more than 3,000 inmates eligible for release this year by voting in December to even out punishments for crack-cocaine offenses against those involving powdered cocaine; crack sentences had been 100 times harsher, though the drugs are nearly the same. More »

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      drugs  • cocaine  • Michael Mukasey  • crack cocaine  • sentencing guidelines  • drug sentence  • prisons

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