Wishing Drug-Warrior Thinking
01-December-2005, United States, The National Review
you had received a dollar every time a U.S. government official announced that victory was near at hand in the war on drugs, you would be a rich person. The latest "turning point" proclamation came on November 16 when the White House Office of ...
Britons branded cocaine kings of Europe
25-November-2005, United Kingdom, Scotsman.com
BRITONS are the biggest cocaine users in Europe and are increasingly likely to die from it, the European drugs agency reported yesterday.
The class A substance is fast becoming the drug of choice for Britain's youth and its use is approaching ...
Running on the coca ticket
23-November-2005, Bolivia, Sun Sentinel
The coca farmers on these steep mountain slopes have long felt their livelihood and Indian identity threatened by U.S.-backed efforts to uproot the crop that makes cocaine. Now they are pinning their hopes on one of their own: an Indian coca farmer ...
Drug-sniffing dog dies in California after ...
05-November-2005, United States, AP Wire
Basko took a bite out of crime - but it cost him his life.
The 5-year-old drug-sniffing German shepherd died Friday after he bit into a bag of cocaine during an annual certification search in Riverside County, according to Sgt. Jim Banach with ...
Kate Moss Cocaine Update
28-October-2005, United Kingdom, The Bosh
The man believed to have filmed Kate Moss snorting cocaine has been traced by the Evening Standard UK. It is alleged, the 25-year-old, who lives in a council flat in Whitechapel, had a spy camera concealed in his jacket at the recording session ...
U.S. Soldiers Involved in Drug Smuggling Ring
26-October-2005, United States, ABC News
Several cases of corruption in the military ranks have revealed a dangerous vulnerability in the nation's security, ABC News has learned.
Dozens of active and former soldiers have abused their military uniforms and authority in a drug smuggling ...
New strategies for the old war against drugs
18-October-2005, Canada, The Globe and Mail
Whether we like it or not, we appear headed for what will certainly be a loud and rancorous debate over this country's drug policies. And framing the discussion will be the ever-growing view of health professionals that it's time to turn convention ...
The war on Colombia's cocaine industry
18-October-2005, Colombia, BBC News
Plan Colombia - the $3bn (£1.7bn) US effort to hit cocaine at its source - has become embroiled in the country's 40-year armed conflict. The BBC's Paul Kenyon travels with the Junglas, an elite anti-narcotics unit, as they comb the Colombian ...
Boy George 'had 13 bags of coke'
12-October-2005, United States, CNN.com
Singer Boy George faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on charges of drug possession, while his lawyer said on Tuesday the flamboyant entertainer had no idea how 13 plastic bags of cocaine got in his apartment.
George, who made his name in ...
Robbie Williams: I took cocaine with the ...
10-October-2005, United Kingdom, The Independent
Robbie Williams launched an attack on the British media yesterday, accusing them of hypocrisy and "devouring" the model Kate Moss over her alleged drug-taking activities.
Williams, who himself has battled problems with alcohol and drugs, claimed ...
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