Tests Confirm LaECI Inmate Died From Heroin Overdose
... Since those … Read more on The Star Beacon Michael Carroll, Andrew Whittaker – lottery winners who lose it all Michael Carroll: The unemployed Brit blew a $ 15 million jackpot he won in 2002 on cocaine, parties, cars,… Continue reading
Missing Step in Fair Sentencing
... step in fair sentencing The difference in sentences for offenders convicted of possessing crack cocaine and those with powdered cocaine represented one of the more egregious disparities in the criminal justice system before Congress revised the law two years… Continue reading
Sentenced to Four Years and Eight Months in a Young Offenders' Institution
... for machinery at a cost of £18,000, then demanded a further £18,300 for a more powerful machine. Casey cashed the cheques … Police were initially unable to trace the cocaine addict and father-of-one. Then in November … Read more… Continue reading
AYS 2012: Analysis Synthetic Drug Use Escalates for Navajo County Youth
... 2012: Analysis Synthetic drug use escalates for Navajo County youth Arizona Criminal Justice Commission recently released Initial 2012 numbers for Navajo County youth substance abuse. The bi-annual opt-in Arizona Youth Survey was taken in May 2012 by 1,363 county… Continue reading
Decriminalisation of Drugs in Portugal Was Not a Success, Says Dr Manuel …
... Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) between 2001-07, after decriminalisation, more people took cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy, and LSD – but decreased in neighbouring … Read more on Huffington Post UK Heroin use in county on the… Continue reading
Mind-Bending Behind Bars: Drug Use in British Prisons
... behind bars: drug use in British prisons Filed under: cocaine affects the body It would be too simplistic to characterise all who pronounce on criminal justice as having had either too much of it, or none at all; but… Continue reading