DJ AM In Recent Interivew: ‘Crack Is My Drug Of Choice’

Posted on August 31, 2009 · Words by Allen Starbury “All weekend, the web has been talking about the sudden death of DJ AM, who was found dead in a New York apartment on Friday (August 28). If you’ve been keeping up with the details, you know by now that a “crack pipe” and bottles … Read more

Driver in Deadly Texas Bus Crash Had Used Cocaine

By DANNY ROBBINS (AP) “DALLAS — A drug test conducted on the driver involved in the Texas charter bus crash that killed 17 passengers last year showed evidence of recent cocaine use, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. The National Transportation Safety Board found evidence of cocaine in a urine sample from Barrett … Read more

1-Year-Old Badly Burned In Meth Lab Explosion

“BAY COUNTY, Fla. — A powerful meth lab explosion left a 1-year-old girl in critical condition. Johnna Osborn is in a burn unit with 40 percent of her body burned.” https://www.wftv.com/news/20561965/detail.html

Drug Offenders To Get Student Loans … Again

August 24, 7:54 AM Portland Drug Policy Examiner John English “Whether it’s pot, heroin or meth, young entrepreneurs, drug dealers, have used student loan money to purchase drugs to so they can finance their expenses and maintain a high lifestyle while in college.” https://www.examiner.com

Cocaine – Bolivia Plants Coca, and Cocaine Follows

U.S. Says Drug Trade Is Booming as Morales’s Plan to Encourage Legal Products From Leaves Backfires By ANTONIO REGALADO “Now Bolivia’s coca production is up, according to the United Nations — but so is its cocaine trade. Cocaine production is potentially up as much as 65%, U.S. law-enforcement officials say, as Colombian and Mexican traffickers … Read more

Billy Mays Cocaine: Drug A Factor In Death

“Although heart disease was the declared cause of death, the report did conclude that his use of cocaine was a contributor. Mays also had evidence of other drugs in his system, including Xanax, valium, hydrocodone, oxycodone, and tramadol, some of which were being used to treat a knee-condition.”  

Opium – U.S. Bombs Poppy Crop to Cut Taliban Drug Ties

updated 6:04 a.m. EDT, Tue July 21, 2009 “The U.S. military bombed about 300 tons of poppy seeds in a dusty field in southern Afghanistan Tuesday in a dramatic show of force designed to break up the Taliban’s connection to heroin.” View Article: https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/afghanistan.poppy.strike/index.html

Vicodin – Using Dentists as Dope Dealers

By Thelma Gutierrez and Wayne Drash CNN “Morrison didn’t buy his drugs on a street corner or get them from a dope dealer. He got them mostly from dentists he had never met. He says he’d scroll through the phone book calling dentist after dentist until one would prescribe him pain medication. “I kind of … Read more

U.S. Increasing Counter-Narcotics Efforts in Afghanistan

With opium production soaring — and funding Taliban activities — the U.S. is sending dozens of DEA agents to help break trafficking rings, a shift in policy from crop eradication. By Josh Meyer July 20, 2009 “Reporting from Washington — The U.S. government is deploying dozens of Drug Enforcement Administration agents to Afghanistan in a … Read more

Family Ails From Meth Contamination

AOL News “When Rhonda and Jason Holt started their family in the Winchester, Tenn., home they bought in 2004, they couldn’t understand why they and their children were hit by mysterious illnesses. Rhonda started getting migraines. Her husband had problems with his kidneys. And the three children they had, now ages 4, 2 and 1, … Read more