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  • March 2008

    • Coke Can Mimic Heart Attack Symptoms

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

      Coke Can Mimic Heart Attack Symptoms

      (Newser) - 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

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

      Jackass Star Steve-O Hit With Coke Charge, Hospitalized

      (Newser) - 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

      Reuters  |  Mar 6, 08 8:25 AM CST

      Feds Map Drug and Mental Problems by State

      (Newser) - 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  • binge drinking  • survey  • underage drinking  • substance abuse

    • First Inmates Freed in Crack Overhaul

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

      First Inmates Freed in Crack Overhaul

      (Newser) - 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

  • February 2008

    • UK Beaches Awash in Cocaine

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 28, 08 11:28 AM CST

      UK Beaches Awash in Cocaine

      (Newser) - When a British beachcomber brought police a wheelbarrow full of 50 lbs. of pure Colombian cocaine the other day, Cornwall police weren’t stunned. In the last 3 weeks, five other such packages have washed up on Cornwall’s beaches, with a total street value of $1.2 million. “Luckily I’m one of the good guys,” said the upright citizen, “but you wonder how many of these packages” haven’t been reported. More »

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      Great Britain  • drugs  • cocaine  • beach  • Columbia

    • Drug Cartels Aim to Master the Deep

      Washington Post  |  Feb 6, 08 7:41 PM CST

      Drug Cartels Aim to Master the Deep

      (Newser) - Colombian drug cartels are increasingly relying on homemade submersibles to transport cocaine, the Washington Post reports, with 13 such vessels seized last year—more than in the previous 14 combined. The vehicles skim just under the waves, nearly invisible to sonar and aircraft. And even enforcement officials have grudging respect for the ingenuity the traffickers show in constructing them. More »

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      drugs  • Colombia  • cocaine  • submersibles

    • Chavez Linked to Columbian Drug Trade

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 3, 08 2:19 PM CST

      Chavez Linked to Columbian Drug Trade

      (Newser) - Hugo Chavez recently grabbed headlines by brokering the release of two women held hostage by FARC, Colombia's guerrilla rebels. But Chavez was no neutral mediator: FARC operates openly in Venezuela, and even hand-in-hand with government agencies, both to wage war in Colombia and smuggle Colombian cocaine into Europe, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Colombia  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • cocaine  • drug cartel  • smuggling

  • January 2008

    • Heath, Michelle Split Over Drugs

      New York Post  |  Jan 31, 08 12:49 PM CST

      Heath, Michelle Split Over Drugs

      (Newser) - Heath Ledger's cocaine and heroin use became so bad over the past year that girlfriend Michelle Williams kicked him out of their Brooklyn home and threatened to take custody of daughter Matilda, the New York Post reports. A "drug pal" described partying bouts just as two TV shows decided not to air video of the late actor snorting cocaine two years ago. More »

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      cocaine  • Heath Ledger  • drug addiction  • drug abuse  • heroin  • Michelle Williams

    • Overdose Deaths Up Sharply

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 26, 08 8:05 AM CST

      Overdose Deaths Up Sharply

      (Newser) - The death of Heath Ledger from a suspected drug overdose has highlighted a huge spike in drug overdoses in the US, reports the Los Angeles Times . Accidental poisoning deaths, 95% of which are overdoses, rose sharply from 12,186 in 1999 to 20,950 in 2004. Doctors say prescription drugs, which are often casually prescribed and easy to get online, are behind the alarming rise. More »

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      cocaine  • Heath Ledger  • prescription drugs  • drug overdose  • overdose

    • Judge Sends Lohan to the Morgue

      Associated Press  |  Jan 18, 08 10:47 AM CST

      Judge Sends Lohan to the Morgue

      (Newser) - Glamorous, it ain't. Lindsay Lohan will begin working at a morgue as punishment for her most recent drunken driving conviction, the AP reports. Lohan will put in two days of community service at the morgue and another two in a hospital emergency room. The court-ordered program is aimed to illustrate the consequences of driving while drunk. More »

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      cocaine  • Lindsay Lohan  • drunk driving  • rehab  • DUI

    • Turner Died of Cocaine OD

      MTV  |  Jan 16, 08 8:17 PM CST

      Turner Died of Cocaine OD

      (Newser) - Rock and soul legend Ike Turner died last month from a cocaine oversdose, a coroner's report says. Turner, 76, perhaps as famous for his abusive relationship with Tina Turner as for his pioneering music, had lifelong problems with drugs. The San Diego medical examiner says the overdose appears to have been accidental, MTV reports. More »

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      cocaine  • drug overdose  • Ike Turner  • Tina Turner

    • Bill Loses It, Calls Barack Story 'Fairytale'

      ABC News  |  Jan 8, 08 4:51 PM CST

      Bill Loses It, Calls Barack Story 'Fairytale'

      (Newser) - While his wife was nearly in tears yesterday, Bill Clinton was losing his cool, angrily telling a crowd that the press has given Barack Obama a free ride and that his seductive political narrative is “the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.” The ex-prez said Obama had sanitized his record and both Clintons had been “blistered” by unfair and inaccurate attacks. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • negative campaigning  • cocaine

    • Hingis Nets 2-Year Ban for Coke

      BBC  |  Jan 4, 08 3:17 PM CST

      Hingis Nets 2-Year Ban for Coke

      (Newser) - Martina Hingis received a 2-year ban from competitive tennis today after testing positive for cocaine at last year's Wimbledon tournament, the BBC reports. The former world No. 1 had already announced her retirement, so the ban may not mean much, but she also has to return about $130,000 in prize money from her third-place Wimbledon finish and from subsequent events, the AP reports. More »

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      tennis  • cocaine  • Wimbledon  • Martina Hingis  • International Tennis Federation

    • Shots Could End Coke Addiction

      Houston Chronicle  |  Jan 2, 08 8:02 AM CST

      Shots Could End Coke Addiction

      (Newser) - Scientists have developed a potential vaccine against cocaine addiction and have asked the federal Food and Drug Administration to greenlight large-scale clinical trials. The injections of modified cocaine work by stimulating the immune system to attack cocaine when it's ingested, preventing the drug from producing a high, reports the Houston Chronicle . Current treatment for cocaine addiction is limited to counseling and 12-step programs. More »

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      FDA  • cocaine  • vaccine  • addiction  • heroin  • clinical trials  • methamphetamine  • Baylor College of Medicine

  • December 2007

    • Italian Syndicate Quietly Rules Europe's Cocaine Trade

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 27, 07 4:44 PM CST

      Italian Syndicate Quietly Rules Europe's Cocaine Trade

      (Newser) - Europe is gaining a foothold in the world’s cocaine trade, elbowing out the US as the largest market thanks to the bravado of one Italian crime syndicate. The ‘Ndrangheta mafia, based in the hills of southern Italy, has won prominence by dealing directly with Colombian kingpins and shunning the spotlight, the LA Times reports. The syndicate of 155 families has assets totaling $50 billion. More »

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      Germany  • United States  • Italy  • Colombia  • Europe  • cocaine  • drug trafficking  • Mafia  • Cosa Nostra

    • Slugger Hopes for Shortened Prison Term

      Washington Post  |  Dec 26, 07 4:30 PM CST

      Slugger Hopes for Shortened Prison Term

      (Newser) - Now that the US Sentencing Commission has agreed to retroactively reduce prison terms for crack cocaine offenses, one of baseball's record-holders stands to benefit. Willie Mays Aikens, the only player to hit multiple homers in multiple games in the same World Series (playing for Kansas City in 1980), may have his 15-plus-year sentence commuted. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • cocaine  • Kansas City Royals  • War on Drugs  • crack cocaine

    • Recent Cases Showcase New Judicial Leeway

      Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 11, 07 4:19 PM CST

      Recent Cases Showcase New Judicial Leeway

      (Newser) - More federal judges are giving themselves wiggle room when it comes to once-strict sentencing guidelines, as evidenced by three recent high-profile court cases. The three—involving Conrad Black, Michael Vick, and a crack cocaine case that made it to the Supreme Court—illustrate how a spate of high-court rulings have given judges more leeway, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • cocaine  • Michael Vick  • judge  • Conrad Black  • crack cocaine  • sentencing guidelines

    • Supremes: Judges Can Shorten Crack Sentences

      CNN  |  Dec 10, 07 1:00 PM CST

      Supremes: Judges Can Shorten Crack Sentences

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court ruled today that federal judges can use discretion to order shorter prison sentences in crack cocaine crimes, to lessen a disparity with sentencing for powdered cocaine. It was a win for civil rights advocates, who have long argued that sentencing guidelines call for longer terms in crimes involving crack because defendants are overwhelmingly from urban and minority communities, CNN reports. More »

    • Death Airs Hedge-Fund Excesses

      New York Times  |  Dec 5, 07 3:00 PM CST

      Death Airs Hedge-Fund Excesses

      (Newser) - The legal wrangling that has followed the September death of hedge fund manager Seth Tobias in his Florida swimming pool is sensational enough, the New York Times reports—his wife says he drowned; Tobias' brothers accuse his wife of murder—but details of the high living bankrolled by high finance put the matter in an entirely different light. More »

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      murder  • Florida  • Wall Street  • hedge fund  • cocaine  • drowning

  • November 2007

    • Europeans Go for Coke

      BBC  |  Nov 22, 07 4:46 PM CST

      Europeans Go for Coke

      (Newser) - Cocaine is "Europe's stimulant of choice," according to a new study that says nearly five million Europeans used coke this year—a million more than last. The Spanish and British used it most, BBC reports, but Danes and Italians increased their usage most in 2007. Two million Europeans used the drug overall in the last month. An EU drug agency says it based its numbers on cocaine grabs across Europe, which jumped 45% in 2005. More »

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      United Kingdom  • European Union  • drugs  • Italy  • Spain  • cocaine  • Denmark

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