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Illicit drug prices in Baltimore fluctuate under DEA estimates
A group of alleged Black Guerrilla Family members met last December to discuss a robbery with a confidential source, who, unbeknownst to them, was working with the Drug Enforcement Administration. The price of cocaine in Baltimore City at that moment...
Tags: OxyContin (drug), Theft, Methamphetamine (drug), Heroin, Drug Trafficking
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Mandatory minimum sentences impede justice
I have never met Tony Allen Gregg, a drug abuser and occasional dealer, a 10th-grade dropout and petty criminal. But the details of Mr. Gregg's life — and the life sentence he is now serving — highlight a major problem in our criminal...Tags: FBI, Drug Trafficking, Trials, Judges, Sociology
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White House adds Harford County to federal drug task force
After years of seeking assistance in combatting its growing drug problem, Harford County won approval Monday to join a regional task force that will direct additional federal resources to the county's drug interdiction effort, the White House announced...Tags: U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, Local Government, Harford County, Regional Authority, Drug Trafficking
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Drug czar highlights link between marijuana, crime
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Marijuana is the drug most often linked to crime in the United States, the U.S. drug czar said Thursday, dismissing calls for legalization as a "bumper-sticker approach" that should be avoided. Gil Kerlikowske, the White House director of...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Barack Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Drug Trafficking, Primaries
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California conservative defends state's pot law in Congress
WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, conservative Orange County Rep. Dana Rohrabacher has formed an unusual alliance with liberals on an unexpected topic — the defense of marijuana. Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) and his allies have so far...
Tags: Hampshire, Frank R Wolf, Dana Rohrabacher, Justice System, Parties and Movements
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Prescription drug-related deaths continue to rise in U.S.
Despite efforts by law enforcement and public health officials to curb prescription drug abuse, drug-related deaths in the United States have continued to rise, the latest data show. Figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal...Tags: U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Barack Obama, Prescription Drugs, Drug Trafficking
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Manchin: 167th Airlift Wing would be hard hit by budget cuts
matthewu@herald-mail.comAutomatic federal budget cuts set to take effect Friday would mean thousands of temporary layoffs for National Guard and civilian defense workers in West Virginia, including those at the 167th Airlift Wing near Martinsburg, along with reduced funding...Tags: Government Debt, Defense, Employment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Prescription Drugs
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US military expands its drug war in Latin America
The crew members aboard the USS Underwood could see through their night goggles what was happening on the fleeing go-fast boat: Someone was dumping bales. When the Navy guided-missile frigate later dropped anchor in Panamanian waters on that sunny August...
Tags: Mexico City, Defense, Wars and Interventions, Drug Trafficking, Central Intelligence Agency
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The war on pot is no safe bet
As recreational drugs go, marijuana is relatively benign. Unlike alcohol, it doesn't stimulate violence or destroy livers. Unlike tobacco, it doesn't cause lung cancer and heart disease. The worst you can say is that it produces intense, unreasoning...
Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Taylor Swift, Heart Disease, Marijuana Use, Lung Cancer
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Obama considers easing up federal marijuana regulation
WASHINGTON — President Obama and a key Senate Democrat said Friday they were willing to consider relaxing federal enforcement of the laws against marijuana for those who possess small amounts of the drug. They were reacting to new voter-approved...
Tags: Local Government, Barack Obama, Joe Mozingo, Same-Sex Marriage, Law Enforcement
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More Californians driving high than drunk on weekends, study says
L.A. NOWState officials are warning against "drugged driving" after a statewide survey found that drugs that can affect driving in one of every seven weekend nighttime motorists -- nearly twice as many drivers as has alcohol in their system.... -
Legal drugs, deadly outcomes
Terry Smith collapsed face-down in a pool of his own vomit. Lynn Blunt snored loudly as her lungs slowly filled with fluid. Summer Ann Burdette was midway through a pear when she stopped breathing. Larry Carmichael knocked over a lamp as he fell...
Tags: Muscle Relaxers, Barack Obama, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prescription Drugs, Medical Research
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