Cornell Wright was exposed to alcohol and cocaine while in the womb and now attends a special school at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Read More →
Cocaine to be used in schools
Cocaine is one hell of a drug A new government initiative is being launched, which aims to decrease school children’s contact with dangerous drug dealers, improve attendance and increase productivity. The main idea behind this initiative, lead by Gordon Brown, is to replace free milk for children with free crack. This is likely a more popular idea than that of Margaret Thatcher, who abolished free milk in schools. Instead of “milk snatcher”, Gordon Brown is to be known for “spreading the crack around”. It is thought that the main reason for this highly creative directional change on the part of the government is to get children off the streets between the hours of 8:30 and 3:30. It is expected that absence... (more...)
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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. Read More →
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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. Read More →
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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. Read More →
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Sex, Drug Use and Graft Cited in Interior Department
The Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a broad ethics scandal. Read More →
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For Some Taxi Drivers, a Different Kind of Traffic
With public outrage over drug violence tinged by fascination, some taxi drivers are giving ?narco-tours? of sites associated with the notorious drug cartels. Read More →
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Texas: Execution Over 1997 Killing
A parole violator was executed for beating and using kitchen tools to kill a woman in her Lubbock apartment. Read More →
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Let Me Chew My Coca Leaves
To place coca leaves in the same category with cocaine, as a United Nations convention on narcotic drugs did 48 years ago, is to disregard simple biochemistry. Read More →
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Food Dance Gets New Life When Bees Get Cocaine
To learn more about the biochemistry of addiction, scientists are giving bees cocaine and have found the insects react much like humans do. Read More →
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Cocaine History And Popularity
Competing only with alcohol and marijuana use, cocaine is one of the most popular substances abused in the western world. In addition, cocaine use is also surrounded by an aura of fame and wealth, augmenting its popularity as the drug of the upwardly mobile. Though, this image of the cocaine user may have peaked in the “yuppie” and “me” generations of the 1980’s and 90’s, this aura has accompanied the drug for most of its historical relationship with the west. From... (more...)