Drug News You Can Use
Body count rises in Brazil’s drug war
Cartels, police fight in streets for control of Rio de Janeiro
By Luis Vieira, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
“While U.S. attention has focused on the raging drug war just south of the border in Mexico, the battle to control drugs in Brazil is taking more lives. In Brazil, 35,000 people were fatally shot in 2007, and most of the deaths were drug-related. According to the government’s public safety secretariat, there are nearly 23,000 drug-related homicides a year.”
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/29/body-count-rises-in-brazils-drug-war/
Man draws life sentence for SMU student’s overdose
“Prosecutors presented evidence that McDaniel targeted SMU students with his poker and cocaine operation, and that 21-year-old Meaghan Bosch was one of them. Trial testimony showed that Bosch was last seen alive but unconscious at McDaniel’s home near the SMU campus on May 11, 2007. Three days later, her body was found .”
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9BKAMS80.html
Upcoming Andre Agassi memoir reveals drug use
“In his upcoming memoir, tennis star Andre Agassi admits that in 1997 he used the recreational drug crystal meth — or “gack,” as his assistant, referred to only as Slim, called it. The book “Open: An Autobiography” will be in stores in November, but is being serialized by the Times of London beginning Thursday.”
Figuring Out Whether San Diego Has an OxyContin Problem
By KEEGAN KYLE
“The media launch of a regional task force last week marked the public recognition by law enforcement of a growing problem with prescription drug abuse, particularly among the county’s teenagers. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis told reporters the pain killer oxycodone was an “emerging epidemic” among youth and other officials said that description is not an exaggeration. They pointed to a rising number of prosecutions and deaths related to prescription drugs.”
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/10/27/public_safety/426oxycodone102709.txt
Japanese pop star Sakai pleads guilty to drug charges
“TOKYO — Japanese pop star Noriko Sakai pleaded guilty Monday to illegal drugs charges and prosecutors demanded 18 months’ jail in a trial that has sparked intense public interest and frenzied media coverage.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ifhtZmQnmR3SZvLmZyDX5iRyCnZg
