How much misery was appropriate to inflict on a promising 19-year-old, who himself had inflicted misery on society by dealing drugs, a judge asked himself out loud.
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At Sentencing, Youth Bares Soul, and Judge Bares His Pain
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At T.G.I. Friday?s, Selling Coke as the Real Thing
Happy-hour customers at a restaurant franchise in Lower Manhattan reacted to a police raid there last week that resulted in several drug-related arrests.
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The Epidemic That Wasn?t
Scientists are systematically following children exposed to cocaine before birth and the findings suggest that the long-term effects may be relatively small.
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Cocaine Trade Helps Rebels Reignite War in Peru
The military is battling a resurgent group of guerrillas, which has reinvented itself as an illicit drug enterprise.
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After a Troubled Start, a Child Blossoms
Cornell Wright was exposed to alcohol and cocaine while in the womb and now attends a special school at the Kennedy Krieger Institute.
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Playing Into Mr. Morales?s Hands
The White House?s proposal to suspend Bolivia?s trade benefits altogether is self-defeating.
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Colombia Rebels Linked to Mexico Drug Cartels
Mexico?s powerful drug cartels are buying cocaine directly from Colombia?s main rebel group, FARC, a senior Colombian defense official said.
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Tougher Border Can?t Stop Mexican Marijuana Cartels
Despite enforcement on both sides of the Southwest border, the Mexican marijuana trade is more robust than ever, law enforcement officials say.
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Cocaine and White Teens
The use of illicit drugs among teenagers has fallen sharply, with the exception of painkillers, but one important metric that should not be overlooked is cocaine use among whites.
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Plea Deal for Ex-Player
The former N.F.L. player Travis Henry has signed a plea deal with prosecutors in Billings, Mont., in which he admits to a single cocaine conspiracy charge in exchange for the dismissal of two other charges. If United States District Judge Richard Cebull accepts the plea, Henry, 30, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years to life in prison, a $4 million fine and at least five years of supervised release.