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Possession of Drugs
Recorded on September 8, 2011 using a Flip Video camera.

Grandview Heights: Two drivers face drug charges
Grandview Heights police made felony drug-possession arrests and recovered heroin during two recent traffic stops.
Drug Possession – Yahoo News Search Results

Man injured in police-involved shooting pleads guilty to separat – NBC40.net
Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that an Atlantic County couple has pleaded guilty to drug and weapons charges stemming from an investigation by the Atlantic City Violent Crime Task Force that resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of cocaine and an assault weapon from their home in January 2013.
Possession of Cocaine – Yahoo News Search Results

Two Women Arrested on Drug Charges in Traffic Stop
Helen Johnson, 33 and Katelyn Rayburn, 21, both of Portsmouth, Ohio, were each charged with possession of crack cocaine.
Possession of Cocaine – Yahoo News Search Results

Police file more drug charges against Erie man
An Erie man shot in the city in mid-February and charged with drug violations following a police search two weeks later is now accused of possessing and delivering quantities of marijuana and cocaine on four occasions since late August.
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Portsmouth Women Found In Possession Of Drugs Following Traffic Stop
Two women are facing drug charges after a traffic stop near Lucasville.
Possession of Cocaine – Yahoo News Search Results

Question by Disastrous Brant Napier: Is the war on drugs a good idea to help keep drugs off the streets?
Prohibition Statistics
• Prison Population (BBC 2006)
-United States: 2,193,798 (overall population 313,900,000)
-China: 1,548,498 (overall population 1,344,130,000)
-Russia: 874,161
-Brazil: 371,482
• Alcohol Prohibition (MSNBC)
A) Arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct up 41%
B) Homicides, Assaults, and batteries up 13%
C) Number of Federal convicts up 561%
D) Federal Prison Population up 366%
E) Total spending on penal institutions up 1,000%
Host “We have the same exact kind of enormous jumps in incarceration, crime, and prison expenditure under this current pot prohibition.”
• Each year the United States spends 350 billion dollars on the war on drugs.
• On any given day in the United States 1 in 9 African American males between the ages of 20 and 34 is incarcerated.
• Mexico declares war on drug cartels in December of 2006 (BBC)
A) 2006: 270 drug related deaths
B) 2009: 16,337 drug related deaths
This is where the Mexican Government has stopped releasing these figures.
• Judge Jim Gray (Reason TV)
– Stated In 1990 we were only half as successful in prosecuting homicides as we were in 1980 due to the Reagan administration ratcheting up the drug war. This due to prosecutorial resources being devoted to drug related “offenses”.
– In Holland marijuana use is legal for everyone 16 and older. Coffee shops include marijuana. The minister of health recently held a press conference in which he stated that marijuana use within his country was half that of the United States both for adults and teenagers. He claimed that they had succeeded in making pot “boring”.
• Drug offenders in prisons and jails have increased 1,100% since 1980. Nearly 6 in 10 persons in prison for a drug offense have no history of violence or high-level drug selling activity (November Coalition)
• According to the UN, drug prohibition has seen increases in the use of opiates, cocaine and marijuana to the effect of
-Opiates 34%
-Cocaine 27%
-Marijuana 8.5% (Worldwide presumably. CNN)
• According to DEA: (Google Tech Talks)
– 4 million drug users in 1965 (2% of overall population)
-112 million drug users in 2003 (46% of overall population)
• Wholesale cocaine costs 60% less / Heroin costs 70% less (Google Tech Talks)
• Heroin overdose rate: (Google Tech Talks)
– 1979 = 28 deaths per 100,000 users
– 2003 = 141 deaths per 100,000 users
• Approximately $ 30,000 per year per inmate
• 39 Million drug arrests under drug prohibition
• 1914 = 1.3% addicted to drugs/ 2002 = 1.3% addicted to drugs (Google Tech Talks)
• % of crimes resolved by arrest or other means (Google tech talks)
– 1965: Murders 91%
– 2006: Murders 60.7%, Forcible rape 40.9%, Robbery 25.2%, Aggravated Assault 54.0%, Burglary 12.6%, Larceny-theft 17.4%, Motor vehicle theft 12.6%
• Decriminalized Drugs
1. Netherlands 1976
2. Portugal 2001
3. Mexico 2009
4. Argentina 2009
• Marijuana use by tenth graders in Netherlands: 28% / Marijuana use by tenth graders in the United States 41% (Google Tech Talks)
• Marijuana use: U.S. lifetime prevalence = 37% / Netherlands = 17% (Google Tech Talks)
• Heroin Use: U.S. lifetime prevalence = 1.4% / Netherlands = 0.4% (Google Tech Talks)
• After decriminalization, Portugal drug use by ages 13-15 decreased by 25%/ 16-19 decreased by 22%
– Heroin overdose deaths decreased by 52%
– HIV infections reported by drug users decreased by 71% (Google Tech Talks)
• Netherlands homicide rate per 100,00 population: 1.5/ U.S. homicide rate per 100,00 population 5.6 (Google Tech Talks)
• United States imprisons more of its’ own population than any country in the history of the world. (TV Show “QI”)
Cited video titles are listed as follows:
1. End the Failed War on Drugs — Cenk on MSNBC
2. Did You Know — War on Drugs Edition
3. Portugal Legalizes Drugs. Crime Usage Falls.
4. Mexico’s War on Drugs: War on Drugs Edition
5. United States of Prison
6. CNN: Time to End the War on Drugs?
7. Drug War Failure in Mexico
8. What Happened When Portugal Decriminalized Drugs?
9. The War on Drugs has Failed
10. Stephen Fry on American Prison Facts
11. Jim Gray on The Six Groups Who Benefit From Drug Prohibition    Read more...

by State Library of New South Wales collection

Question by Stacey: Cocaine question …. asap!!!! ?
Ok, if you did cocaine say Wednesday evening, and you rarely do it, about how long do you thinl it’ll stay in your system? Adding to thw equation, you workout, sweat and a lot of water. Do you think by today its out?

Best answer:

Answer by Wynay
It’s very difficult to find how long does cocaine stay in your system. However the major factors that determine how long does cocaine stay in your system are:

The amount of cocaine you consume
The form in which you have consumed cocaine
The intensity level of the cocaine you consumed
The frequency of consumption
The effect of other medicines that you take on a daily basis
Your tolerance limit
Your age
Your sex
Your rate of metabolism
And your state of health
Given the innumerous factors, the time taken by our body to eliminate the traces of cocaine consumed is really unpredictable.    Read more...