For instance, thyme and sage spike during Thanksgiving, cinnamon surges all winter, chocolate and vanilla show up during weekends (presumably from party-related goodies), and waffle-cone and caramel-corn remnants skyrocket around the Fourth of July.
OH NO! Former ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ star Jon Gosselin, who is currently seeking spiritual help from Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, is in big trouble and might end up losing custody of his 8 children due to a sex tape and allegations of cocaine use
The Prohibition against drug use is causing more trouble and expense than the drug use itself, former Gov. Gary Johnson said in a live interview on KRQE News 13.
Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the body forming a third drug following the ingestion of two others.
For not only is cocaethylene toxic in the liver, it is also blamed for heart attacks in the under-40s and a surge in social problems. But because so little is known about the drug...
The latest pharmaceutical being sold on the street is a knock-you-out antipsychotic called Seroquel. Jeff Deeney talks to the dealers, users, and narcs in the “Suzie-Q” black market.The latest pharmaceutical being sold on the street is a knock-you-out antipsychotic... more
In a coordinated raid on the La Familia drug cartel, US forces arrested 303 people. In addition, 2,700 pounds of methamphetamine, 2,000 pounds of cocaine, and 16,000 pounds of marijuana were seized in the operation.
Attorney General Eric Holder asserted that the drugs were headed to US neighborhoods and guns were headed back to Mexico. "That’s why we are hitting them where it hurts the most — their revenue stream..."In a coordinated raid on the La Familia drug cartel, US forces arrested 303 people.... more
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A new lawsuit alleges that convicted swindler Bernie Madoff financed a cocaine-fueled work environment and a "culture of sexual deviance," and he diverted money to his London, England, office when he believed federal authorities were closing in at home.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in New York's State Supreme Court, was brought on behalf of former investors and seeks unspecified punitive damages and compensation.
Beyond that, it offers a look at what the plaintiffs' attorneys say was once Madoff's multimillion-dollar empire and what is now his world in a federal prison in North Carolina.
Among the allegations in the 264-page lawsuit are that during the mid-1970s, Madoff began sending employees to buy drugs for company use.
The complaint alleges that some employees and investors were aware of the drug purchases, and that BMIS [Bernard Madoff Investment Services] was known by insiders as the "North Pole" in reference to the excessive amount of cocaine use in the work place...(Continued)NEW YORK (CNN) -- A new lawsuit alleges that convicted swindler Bernie Madoff financed... more
Bernie Madoff’s company was host to cocaine-fueled sex parties so often that it became known by insiders as the “North Pole.”Bernie Madoff’s company was host to cocaine-fueled sex parties so often that it... more
New Crack Cocaine Bill Leaves Thousands Behind Bars
New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Posted: Oct 21, 2009
Editor's Note: During the 1980s crack epidemic, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., then a House member, voted to impose harsh sentencing for crack cocaine. Now he says he “made a mistake 20 years ago,” and is introducing legislation to remove the disparity between crack and powdered cocaine possession. But the fact that his bill does not make the sentencing change retroactive -- Durbin has said he hopes to leave that debate to the Sentencing Commission – means that his Fairness in Sentencing Act 2009 is anything but fair, writes commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson.
WASHINGTON — Illinois Senator Dick Durbin’s Fairness in Sentencing Act 2009 is anything but fair to the thousands of inmates serving time for drug crimes in federal prisons. The Durbin bill, and the companion bill the House Judiciary Committee passed in July, will scrap the blatant racially biased sentencing for first time crack cocaine possession. The law currently requires that judges slap a minimum mandatory sentence of five years on anyone caught with crack cocaine. More than 80 percent of those sentenced for crack use are poor, ill-educated blacks. Those caught with the same amount of powdered cocaine, mostly whites, often middle-class and suburban, get probation and referrals to drug diversion programs.
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Former Colombian president Cesar Gaviria tells Christiane Amanpour what the U.S. should do to curb the cocaine trade.Former Colombian president Cesar Gaviria tells Christiane Amanpour what the U.S.... more
In the season premiere of Vanguard, correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to South Florida, the "Colombia of prescription drugs", to expose a bustling pill pipeline that stretches from the beaches of Ft. Lauderdale to the rolling hills of Appalachia. "The OxyContin Express" features intimate access with pill addicts, prisoners and law enforcement as each struggles with a growing national epidemic.
***Vanguard is Current TV's original documentary series. Led by correspondents Laura Ling, Mariana van Zeller, Christof Putzel, Adam Yamaguchi and Kaj Larsen, Vanguard features enterprising reports from around the globe. It airs every Wednesday at 10pm on Current TV. And you can view all Vanguard stories by visiting current.com/vanguard.***In the season premiere of Vanguard, correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to South... more
"British addicts are injected with government paid-for heroin in an effort to kick the habit. CNN's Paula Newton reports."
Here's your health care reform. They show that it costs Britain $22,000/year to keep someone hooked on heroin and $65,000/year to jail them, plus it reduces crime. Therefore, its only rational to support a nation of addicts through their socialized health care system. The video blatantly promotes gov't run drug dealing.
The British control the Heroin; they've been pushing it since the Opium Wars. That's what American sons and daughters are dying for in Afghanistan."British addicts are injected with government paid-for heroin in an effort to kick the... more
In an excerpt from Miami Babylon, Gerald Posner recalls 1980s South Beach, when it was a Wild West of drug cartels and sex parties that made Scarface look tame.In an excerpt from Miami Babylon, Gerald Posner recalls 1980s South Beach, when it was... more
Well this is about time for all the people struggling with addiction this is an Important advance!Well this is about time for all the people struggling with addiction this is an... more
A vaccine to treat cocaine dependence yielded good results in a phase-2 clinical trial and will be tested next year in a larger study, researchers reported today.
The cocaine vaccine is not intended to prevent addiction but instead is designed for use with other treatments, such as behavioral therapy, to assist people in recovery. The vaccine is among a number of research projects relying on similar technology to treat nicotine, heroin and methamphetamine addiction.
Cocaine is comprised of tiny molecules that sneak across the body’s blood-brain barrier before the immune system recognizes the substance as foreign. By attaching cocaine-like molecules to a larger protein, the vaccine circumvents that problem and allows the immune system to recognize the protein and its cargo. If a sufficient level of antibodies is created through repeated vaccine injections, those antibodies will disable the addictive drug before it enters the brain, causes euphoria and triggers the cascade of brain chemicals that lead to drug cravings.
In the current study, researchers enrolled 115 cocaine-dependent people in a 24-week trial. Half of the individuals received five injections of the experimental TA-CD vaccine (which stands for therapy for addiction-cocaine addiction) over 12 weeks while the other half received placebo injections. The participants’ urine was tested three times per week over the course of the study. The vaccine produced a large enough antibody response to reduce cocaine use in 38% of the 55 addicted individuals who received all five injections. There were no serious side effects.A vaccine to treat cocaine dependence yielded good results in a phase-2 clinical trial... more
Psychiatrists from Baylor College of Medicine have formulated a vaccine that encourages your body to make antibodies against specifically cocaine. This could be a great finding for severe cocaine addicts, but this also raises a couple key questions.
This is the first "drug vaccine" of its kind which might pave a path for a sundry of "drug vaccines".
Also politicians highly against drugs might mandate vaccination for drug abusers or just citizens in general.
And lastly this vaccine reminds me of "A Clockwork Orange", in which the star is repeatedly injected with a vaccine to make him feel sick at the mere thought of violence. This vaccine sounds like it makes cocaine abusers physically ill if cocaine is in their system, a kind of forceful and scary way to make someone quit drugs.Psychiatrists from Baylor College of Medicine have formulated a vaccine that... more
A man from Louisiana pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of drug possession after admitting he swapped the narcotic for a talkative blue and white macaw.
Bubba the parrot had been stolen from his owners and police found him at Marcus Paul's house in a "make-shift" cage.
Bubba, who has a penchant for coca cola, has now been returned to his home with a wider vocabulary. Apparently he's picked up 'drug' lingo from his time spent with the criminal underworld.
I'd love to hear that. And what even qualifies as drug lingo?A man from Louisiana pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of drug possession after... more
Christof on Cocaine Mafia, an episode from the upcoming third season of Vanguard, Current TV's original documentary series.Christof on Cocaine Mafia, an episode from the upcoming third season of Vanguard,... more
There's a war going on for decades all over the world that has caused thousands of deaths without getting the slightest result. It's the war of the world's governments against drugs. An illegal drug is a substance that governments have decided to prohibit quite arbitrarily. Alcohol and pharmaceutical drugs have stronger effects on the human body than many illegal drugs, yet they are legal. The reason why certain drugs have been banned and others not it's only cultural.There's a war going on for decades all over the world that has caused thousands of... more
