WASHINGTON — Fifty percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana, according to a new Gallup poll, a record high. And those numbers, up from just 36 percent in 2006, could have significant implications for state and national marijuana policy. The past two decades has seen a marked shift in public opinion on the issue. Asked in […]
NEW YORK-Stephen Anderson, a former NYPD narcotics officer has admitted to fabricating drug cases against innocent people in order to meet arrest quotas. Anderson would admit to planting cocaine on suspects in order to help his colleagues make their arrest quotas so they could keep their jobs. The Top 5 Most Corrupt U.S. Police Officers […]
For years, the CIA has used drugs and drug dealers as a means to control politics and fight against governments that are both friendly and unfriendly with the U.S. From cocaine and heroin dealers the CIA has supported, paid and protected some very unscrupulous characters. Here is a list of the “Top 5 CIA Connected […]
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Jamal Parris, one of the men who accused Bishop Eddie Long of sexual abuse, was sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Parris was arrested in June when Miami police found a gun and drugs in his BMW during a traffic stop. According to Parris, he […]
BALTIMORE — An actress who played a Baltimore drug gang assassin in HBO’s “The Wire” pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute heroin, caught by a wiretap in a joint federal-state drug probe of an alleged drug gang. Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin, a day before her trial was […]
MIAMI — Police say a K-9 dog smelled drugs on Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi as he was getting off a cruise ship in Miami. A warrant from Sunday’s arrest released Monday says customs agents patted down the 36-year-old rapper, whose real name is Antwan Patton, and found Ecstasy and Viagra pills and a cigarette […]
European Union regulators approved Merck & Co.’s hepatitis C drug Victrelis, the company said Monday. The ruling allows Merck to market Victrelis in all 27 European Union countries. Victrelis is a pill taken three times per day, and it blocks an enzyme that helps the hepatitis C virus reproduce. It was approved for use in […]
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan-One of Afghanistan’s most powerful figures, a half-brother of President Hamid Karzai, was shot and killed at his home on Tuesday. Ahmed Wali Karzai, the so-called “King of Kandahar,” was gunned down by one of his own body guards, according to multiple reports. “I confirm that Ahmed Wali was killed inside his house,” a […]
Jamal Parris, who accused Bishop Eddie Long of sexual coercion was arrested with suspicion of drug possession in Florida, where he was pulled over in a 2011 white BMW with no tags. When the officer searched the vehicle, he found 181 grams of marijuana, 50 clear bags, a handgun and $1, 250 in cash. In […]
A new, easily accessible drug that high school kids call “legal marijuana” is raising alarm with parents across the nation. The drug, popularly known as Spice or K-2, is a concoction of powerful chemicals sprayed on dry leaves or incenses that is being sold to underage kids at shopping malls, convenient stores and even on […]
ARIZONA – Anti-immigration Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, who is a Tea Party favorite due to his positions on immigration and racial profiling has an immigration problem of his own. Several officers in his office were arrested for allegedly running a heroin and human trafficking ring. AZ Central reports: The group mostly moved heroin, according to investigators, […]
