How a Convicted Drug Smuggler Survives a Foreign Jail in the Shadow of …
How a convicted drug smuggler survives a foreign jail in the shadow of …
Bronwyn Atherton has been in jail in Lima, Peru, since 2008 – when she was caught trying to smuggle a suitcase containing 18 kilograms of cocaine… Continue reading
OUR OPINION: LePage Plan for War on Drugs Wrong-Headed
OUR OPINION: LePage plan for war on drugs wrong-headed
A massive federally funded study conducted by the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia tracked hundreds of African-American babies born to low-income families during the crack epidemic. After the children grew… Continue reading
Eric Holder's Civil Rights Resurgence
Eric Holder's civil rights resurgence
ATTORNEY GENERAL Eric Holder has spent the past several months restoring compassion and sanity to criminal justice. He has announced that the Justice Department would not go after low-level, nonviolent crack cocaine drug offenders with… Continue reading
Stroke Risk Increases With Cocaine Use!
Stroke Risk Increases With Cocaine Use!
Cocaine is a highly addictive drug. Some of the short-term physiological effects that occur from cocaine use include dilated pupils, increased body temperature, heart rate changes, and blood high pressure according to NIDA (The… Continue reading
Drugs Investigation: The Case for Legalisation
Drugs investigation: the case for legalisation
Yet regardless of whether your preferred vice is a crack rock or a nice cup of cup of tea, there are serious, objective motivations for legalisation which are often ignored by the media in… Continue reading
U.S. Officials Target Escalating Drug Overdoses
U.S. Officials Target Escalating Drug Overdoses
Speaking at the news conference, Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, explained that heroin is an opioid, as is morphine and commonly prescribed painkillers like hydrocodone and… Continue reading