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NEWS ABOUT: War on Drugs

War on Drugs stories: 48 news summaries

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Slugger Hopes for Shortened Prison Term

Retroactive cuts in
crack sentences may aid Willie Mays Aikens

Dec 26, 07 4:30 PM CST
(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... More »

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War on Drugs • MLB • Kansas City Royals • cocaine • crack cocaine • baseball • Willie Mays Aikens

Opulence Duels With Poverty on LA's Skid Row

But amid crackdown
on crime, still a daily struggle for survival

Nov 18, 07 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - While upscale lofts and hotels sprout up near crack houses and homeless shelters, Los Angeles' Skid Row has outstripped most other cities in all the races you don't want to win. LA County has a homeless population of 88,345—roughly twice as much as New York—and the 50... More »

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War on Drugs • Los Angeles • homeless • LAPD • urban poverty • Skid Row

Was Mexican Coke Bust
Just for Show?

US $1.4B aid package must be tied to police overhaul, expert says

Nov 11, 07 4:48 PM CST
(Newser) - The timing of Mexico's biggest-ever coke bust was a little too perfect last week, Time says. Mexican police nabbed the nose candy—23.5 tons valued at $400 million—just as Congress was debating whether to send more drug-fighting aid. “We've seen this movie before,” grumbled one expert,... More »

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War on Drugs • Mexico • Felipe Calderon

US Cocaine Supply Plummets

Prices rocket to highest in 20 years

Oct 3, 07 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The cocaine supply has dropped sharply in the last year in 37 US cities, which law enforcement officials attribute to a crackdown on drug cartels by Mexican authorities and a record volume of drugs seized at sea. New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco were among major cities experiencing sharp... More »

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War on Drugs • San Francisco • Mexico • New York • cocaine • Felipe Calderon • Los Angeles • drug trafficking • San Diego • drug cartel

Judges Condemn Sentencing Guidelines

High court, Mukasey may give them leeway

Sep 29, 07 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Judges across the country are condemning federal sentencing guidelines, 1980s-era anti-drug laws that force them to impose “irrational” sentences, the LA Times reports. “When I have to sentence a midlevel drug dealer to more time than a murderer, something is wrong,” said a judge forced to sentence... More »

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War on Drugs • drugs • crime • sentencing • federal prison • Michael Mukasey • US Supreme Court • drug sentence

Snow Job: 21-Ton Coke Bust

May 9, 07 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's the biggest cocaine seizure on the high seas and the second biggest bust in US history: The Coast Guard boarded a Panamanian freighter and discovered, inside cargo containers on deck, 21 tons of cocaine with a street value of $300 Million. "It was fast and furious," says... More »

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War on Drugs • drugs • Panama • cocaine • DEA • Coast Guard

Mexican Drug Wars Fought
in Cyberspace

Gangs use Web to recruit, plan, and intimidate rivals; cops are clueless

Apr 9, 07 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are making themselves at home on YouTube, posting music  videos that show off the bloodied bodies of their tortured and executed competitors. The gangs have turned to the Internet to recruit members, plan attacks, and intimidate and threaten rival gangs. The result is an al-Qaeda–like virtual... More »

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Internet • YouTube • War on Drugs • drugs • law • law enforcement • Mexico • organized crime • Mexican drug war • drug cartel

HGH Isn't Worth the Hysteria

Hyped as the next big doping scandal, there's not much evidence it even works

Mar 27, 07 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crusaders against performance enhancing drugs should lighten up about Human Growth Hormone: In the sports version of the war on drugs, anabolic steroids are heroin and HGH is marijuana, writes Daniel Engber. Studies haven't shown any definitive increase in athletic abilities resulting from taking HGH, and they have minimal harmful... More »

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medicine • sports • War on Drugs • steroids • drugs • hormones • athlete • human growth hormone

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