Possession of Cocaine

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Who Is the Real Enemy in the War on Drugs?
According to the CIA, the United States is the "world's largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin and Mexican heroin and marijuana." So what's the … On April 23, the Justice Department …
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Uruguay to limit cannabis purchases to 10 grams a week
In an attempt to thwart illegal resales, Uruguay is limiting licensed buyers of marijuana to 10 grams a week, as the South American country attempts to write its rules for its legal market in the drug, now two weeks overdue. The Uruguayan authorities …
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4 drug suspects arrested, charged
FOUR illegal drug suspects including a minor are facing charges before the City Prosecutor's Office after they were arrested in separate operations in Davao City recently. Charged with violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are…
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Three arrested in Hardwick on drug charges
EAST BROOKFIELD – Two Hardwick men were arrested early Saturday when police found heroin after stopping their car because a taillight was out.
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Lightning coach: Malone's charges not distraction
Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper doesn't think left wing Ryan Malone's DUI and cocaine possession charges will be a distraction to the postseason-bound team.
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U.S. to widen criteria for pardoning drug offenders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department will widen the criteria it uses to decide which drug offenders to recommend to the president for clemency, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday.
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Life of John Paul II
The body of Pope John Paul II lies in state in the Saint Peter's Basilica as a Bishop prays at … Rachel Palmer …. Vincent Felipe Fernandez was arrested for possession of dangerous drugs, a warrant, both felonies, along with false report to law …
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New Obama pardon chief tied to ex-domestic terrorist Dohrn
He also hosts "Aaron Klein Investigative Radio" on New York's WABC Radio. … Together with Ayers, Dohrn was a senior member of the Weather Underground, where she helped draft the group's “Declaration of a State of War” against the U.S. government …
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Sick Kids In US Can Get Medical Marijuana
It could soon be the faces of children such as Otis Reed and June Jessee, a toddler in St. Louis, that legislators will see on large video screens in chambers as laws are challenged in the 29 states that do not allow medical marijuana. … Or, rather …
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Feds to weigh clemency for nonviolent inmates
The law also eliminated the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for the simple possession of crack cocaine. “There are still too many people in federal prison who were sentenced under the old regime – and who, as a result, will have to spend far more …
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Obama's action to expand clemency is welcome but insufficient
About 7,000 people are serving federal prison time for crimes related to crack cocaine who would not still be there if they had, instead, possessed or sold powder cocaine. … This week, he began undoing the wrongs caused by those harsh sentencing laws.
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Harley Lawrence's Family Has A Painful Road Ahead, Pastor Says
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/half-head-man-from-famous_n_1279337.html" target="_blank">His flattened skull came, he said, from a car accident he got into while on drugs.</a> "I … Til' the law do us part? This bride chose not to …
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Drug dealer who ‘didn’t believe’ in gun laws jailed for possession of semi … – Western Morning News

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Drug dealer who 'didn't believe' in gun laws jailed for possession of semi … Western Morning News A cocaine dealer has been jailed for ten years after being found with a semi-automatic pistol and telling police he did not believe in gun control. Paul Walsh had more than £5,000 of cocaine at his home, some bagged up and ready for sale, £4,370 cash … and more »

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Odessa man, woman charged with possession of cocaine – Odessa American

Read more... Odessa man, woman charged with possession of cocaine Odessa American An Odessa man was charged with possession of cocaine, a second-degree felony, after police reported finding the drug inside the vehicle he was driving Tuesday morning. Odessa Police Department officers stopped a white Ford F-250 in the 100 block of … and more »