Conn. Council Wants Power to Recall Mayor

City leaders have formed a special committee to recommend reforms in light of Bridgeport Mayor John M. Fabrizi's confession that he used cocaine while in office.

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Cocaine May Be New Status Symbol in India

What may have begun with a couple of snorts has fast become a media-driven blizzard over whether, along with German cars and French handbags, another Western import is sweeping India — cocaine.

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Conn. Mayor Won't Quit Over Drug Use

Mayor John M. Fabrizi admitted Tuesday he had abused cocaine while in office and said he wanted to apologize "to all the people of the city" but had no plans to resign.

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Bridgeport Mayor Admits Using Cocaine

Mayor John M. Fabrizi publicly admitted Tuesday that he had abused cocaine while in office and said he wanted to apologize "to all the people of the city."

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U.S. Prosecutors Apologize to Conn. Mayor

Federal prosecutors inadvertently filed a court document saying the mayor of Connecticut's largest city had used cocaine, but after a newspaper reported it Friday, they took the unusual step of apologizing to the mayor and had the document sealed.

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Cops: S.C. Teacher Gave Cocaine to 2 Teens

A substitute teacher gave cocaine to two 14-year-old girls she met at a private school and used the drugs with them, police said.

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Charges Against Kate Moss Ruled Out

British prosecutors said Thursday they would not charge model Kate Moss over allegations of cocaine use reported in a tabloid newspaper — despite strong evidence she was using illegal drugs.

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Record Seizure of Cocaine Made in China

Chinese and U.S. agents seized more than 300 pounds of cocaine smuggled from Colombia, authorities said Tuesday — a record drug bust for China that underscores how South American narcotics gangs are aggressively moving into Asia.

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List of Drug Polices From Select Countries

Drug policies of selected countries based on information from the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance and governments:

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Narcolepsy Drug Eyed for Cocaine Users

The hottest topic in cocaine addiction is another drug — a medicine already sold to wake up narcoleptics.

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Reputed Cartel Member in N.Y. for Trial

A man accused of being a high-ranking member of a Colombian drug cartel has been extradited to face charges that he manufactured tons of cocaine and heroin sold in the United States.

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Colombian Navy Takes Sub in Smuggling Bust

The Colombian navy has seized a 60-foot long submarine that likely was used to haul tons of cocaine out to sea for shipment to the United States, officials say.

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Attempt to Ram Navy Ship Brings Coke Bust

The Coast Guard seized more than a ton of cocaine from a boat after those aboard tried to ram a Navy frigate and scuttle their vessel, authorities said Thursday.

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Cocaine May Be New Status Symbol in India

Apparently, in India, it's the 80s. Another decade, they'll go grunge...

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Dubai ruler pardons Grammy-winning producer

The ruler of Dubai has pardoned a Grammy-winning music producer who had been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of carrying cocaine into the country.

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Video - Drug smugglers delivering by low-flying helicopters

Using helicopters flying below radar level, drug smugglers avoided detection of the radar. Now they are caught, well, some of them anyway. Really cool videos of some incredible flying.

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Failed State Round-Up

OK, George Bush is on the lookout for failed states because they can be havens for evil-doers. What is a failed state, though?

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Hout / Log: Sycophantic

Cocaine users will possibly be extinct in a few years time. Thanks to the policy of Dubya and the use of DDT. Now that's good news, is it...?

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20 Years After Len Bias

20 Years After Len Bias Twenty years later, many still wonder.

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Woman hides cocaine in her vagina - it gets absorbed into her bloodstream and she dies

Silly woman, she has to wrap in in tea leaves. That's what I always do.

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Ice Cream Request Adds To Driver's Legal Trouble

The driver was pulled over and told the police officer that he wished he had more time to eat a banana split that was melting. The officer looked over and saw two crack rocks sitting on top of the ice cream treat.

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The CIA's Addiction to Drugs

Paul Beres: The CIA has often either ignored or become involved in the cultivation and trade of illegal narcotics as a means to achieving its ends. This has caused a dramatic increase in heroin and cocaine production and assisted the forging of highly efficient smuggling networks.

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Police arrest Rahul Mahajan under Narcotics Act

It's all over the Indian news

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Rahul Mahajan case: Three Nigerians arrested in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Police have arrested three Nigerian nationals from the city following an interrogation of Sahil Zaroo, who allegedly procured drugs for the late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul and his aide Vivek Moitra, and recovered some narcotics from their possession.

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India emerging as a big cocaine market

NEW DELHI: The big cocaine seizure aboard S L Voyager, the South African ship, in Mumbai on Saturday reinstates the fact that Columbian drug cartels have found India as one of the rising big markets for cocaine consumption. 200 effing kilograms!

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Girl smuggles cocaine in teddy bear

STUTTGART, Germany - German agents caught a 15-year-old Swiss girl smuggling cocaine hidden inside a teddy bear, the customs service said Wednesday.

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Cocaine is a Hell of a Drug

We have all heard of cocaine, the white powder drug which is often turned into crack, is a symbol of the American ghettos, and is one of the worst drugs a person could use. It is the cash crop of South America, the make and break of George Jung, and the world of Tony Montana.

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Ex-NFL star Smith gets jail for selling cocaine

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MI6 are the Lords of the Global Drug Trade

Commentary by James Casbolt, former MI6 agent: It may be a revelation to many people that the global drug trade is controlled and run by the intelligence agencies.

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Woman kills baby wiht cocaine contaminated breast milk

WEST BRANCH - A 23-year-old West Branch woman faces an involuntary manslaughter charge after prosecutors say her 5-month-old baby died from drinking breast milk contaminated with cocaine.

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Mom gave daughter cocaine

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Police train rats to sniff out landmines

To resolve the problem of mine-sniffing dogs accidentally detonating the devices, police turned to another, lighter, solution.

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Cocaine Bust To Swell Prices

World cocaine prices could climb following a massive $A17.5 million drug bust in China.The 142kg (313 pounds) haul came after a three-month operation by US, Hong Kong and Chinese authorities targeting a Colombian narco-trafficking syndicate.

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Officials say crop spraying in Colombia not working

Ouch- cost U.S. taxpayers 4 billion since 2000, and cocaine production actually has gone UP! Gee I guess the problem is that we are not spending enough money in the fight? Shall we continue with the same plan? I dunno, I'm not very good with #s.

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Mexico proposes decriminalizing pot, cocaine, heroin, opium

I wonder if the undocumented immigrant problem is going to start flowing the other way now.

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10 year old throws crack out the window, gives police attitude during questioning

As detectives raided a Scranton apartment Friday, they saw the girl's arm extend from a second-floor window and drop several bags of crack, police said.

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Mexico to decriminalize pot, cocaine and heroin

Oh wow, and nobody saw it coming.

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Cocaine Country @ National Geographic Magazine

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