Prospect of drugs ‘black list’ hangs over ...
15-September-2005, Venezuela, Financial Times
From the jetty at San Juan de las Galdonas, a fishing village on the eastern coast of Venezuela, Pedro Salcedo casts his eye across the Caribbean. The sea is calm. A fine day for sailing.
Fishing, however, is just an occasional pastime for Mr ...
Rattlers coach suspected of cocaine possession
31-August-2005, United States, East Valley Tribune
Arizona Rattlers coach Todd Shell was found by police early Tuesday with a powdery substance Shell said was cocaine, Mesa authorities said.
Shell, 43, was arrested around 1 a.m. on a Gilbert warrant for violating probation on an extreme DUI ...
Suit spurs debate on hair test for drugs
31-August-2005, United States, The Miami Herald
The seven police officers swore they didn't use cocaine, yet their hair tested positive for the drug.
They are now suing the Boston police department, claiming the mandatory drug test that got them fired is unreliable and racially biased. Their ...
Police tours of drug war city
25-August-2005, Mexico, The Advertiser
A MEXICAN city at the heart of a raging drug war is trying to woo back jittery Texan day trippers by offering free bus tours with an armed police escort.
"The aim is to shake off the bad image that we have and give a boost to the craft markets ...
Bush and Uribe distort the realities of their ...
18-August-2005, Colombia, VHeadline.com
Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) Research Associate Paul Adams: On Thursday, August 4, US president Bush hosted Colombian President Alvaro Uribe at his ranch in Crawford, Texas to discuss their joint war on drugs. The focal points of their ...
Mexico's Fox tells U.S. to help out in drug war
17-August-2005, Mexico, Reuters AlerNet
Mexican President Vicente Fox told the United States on Tuesday to stop complaining about his government's record in the drug war and instead work with him in fighting powerful cocaine cartels.
U.S. President George W. Bush's administration has ...
Colombia weighs fresh tack in drug war
11-August-2005, Colombia, The Christian Science Monitor
In a bid to further eliminate coca crops and cut off funding for armed rebels, President Alvaro Uribe has proposed that the government pay peasant farmers for their coca crops.
Uribe made the bold and controversial offer late last month at a town ...
Where rivers run high on cocaine
05-August-2005, Italy, Times Online
THE rivers of Italy are flowing with cocaine, say scientists who have adopted a new approach to measuring the extent of drug misuse. The biggest river, the Po, carries the equivalent of about 4kg (8lb 13oz) of the drug a day, with a street value of ...
Bush vows to sustain aid for Colombia drug war
04-August-2005, Colombia, Reuters AlerNet
U.S. President George W. Bush pledged on Thursday to sustain funding for Colombia's fight against drugs and violence even as a senior State Department official said Washington would like to reduce its anti-narcotics aid.
As a close partner in the ...
Disagreement over Mexico's war on drugs
30-July-2005, Mexico, L.A. Daily News
Mexico finally is fighting the war on drugs that the U.S. government has demanded for decades: a frontal assault on drug barons, their organizations and their merchandise, using the police and military in concert with U.S. intelligence.
The ...
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