Crack Cocaine

Take Back Day Brings Attention to Year-Round Drug Disposal Effort

Take Back Day brings attention to year-round drug disposal effort
Crack cocaine devastated America's inner cities in the 1980s, meth became more prevalent in the heartland throughout the '90s and 2000s, and recently synthetics — chemical approximations of drugs like… Continue reading

John Scott Suspended Indefinitely: Buffalo Sabres Enforcer Banned for Hit

John Scott Suspended Indefinitely: Buffalo Sabres Enforcer Banned For Hit
In its continued effort to make the game safer around the league and to crack down on repeat offenders, the NHL has decided to suspend Buffalo Sabres enforcer John… Continue reading

Theresa Anderson Pleads Guilty in Family Crack Cocaine Ring

Theresa Anderson Pleads Guilty In Family Crack Cocaine Ring
BUFFALO, N.Y. — BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who controlled the crack cocaine trade in her western New York neighborhood and employed her own children and granddaughter faces sentencing this… Continue reading

Stadalsky: Minooka Police Doggedly Pursue New 'officer'

Stadalsky: Minooka police doggedly pursue new 'officer'
It must be used in enforcing laws governing marijuana and controlled substances. … The dog will receive training in article searches and narcotics detection in five odors, such as marijuana, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine… Continue reading

Mass. Man Wants Prison Time Reduced Under New Sentencing Guidelines

Mass. man wants prison time reduced under new sentencing guidelines
CLARKSBURG — A Massachusetts man who dealt crack cocaine in Monongalia County wants his prison term reduced in light of changes in federal crack cocaine sentencing guidelines. But U.S. Attorney… Continue reading

The New Jim Crow

The new Jim Crow
Today's racism, called “Jim Crow,” has taken an inhuman and sinister form—“mass incarceration,” which affects people of color—Hispanic, Asian and African Americans— and young men principally. The means is illegal drug … A 2000 study of… Continue reading