The White House?s proposal to suspend Bolivia?s trade benefits altogether is self-defeating.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cocaine, Contras, DEA and Marc Emery
PotTV asked:
Join Marc as he talks with ex-DEA agent Celerino Castillo who is exposing the atrocities and drug smuggling involvement of the US government.