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  2. Freeway Ricky Ross - Wikipedia

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    Ross has said that when he first saw crack cocaine as a teenager in 1979, he did not immediately believe it was a drug because it looked different from other drugs he had seen. [5] The nickname Freeway came from Ross owning properties along Los Angeles' Interstate 110, also known as the Harbor Freeway. [6]

  3. CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking - Wikipedia

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    [This drug ring] opened the first pipeline between Colombia's cocaine cartels and the black neighborhoods of Los Angeles [and, as a result,] the cocaine that flooded in helped spark a crack explosion in urban America. [17] To support these claims, the series focused on three men: Ricky Ross, Oscar Danilo Blandón, and Norwin Meneses

  4. Dark Alliance (book) - Wikipedia

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    Blandon, a cocaine smuggler who founded an FDN chapter in Los Angeles, was a major supplier for Freeway Ricky Ross. With access to cheap, pure cocaine and the idea to cook the cocaine into crack, Ross established a major drug network and fueled the popularity of crack. By 1983, Ross was purchasing 10 to 15 kilos of cocaine a week from CIA ...

  5. What's in a Name: Former Drug Trafficker Ricky Ross Sues ...

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    Ross was the premier distributor of crack cocaine in Los Angeles and beyond during the 1980s, thanks largely to his connection with CIA-linked supplier Oscar Blandon. Ross claims he often moved $2 ...

  6. Gary Webb - Wikipedia

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    This drug ring "opened the first pipeline between Colombia's cocaine cartels and the black neighborhoods of Los Angeles" and, as a result, "The cocaine that flooded in helped spark a crack explosion in urban America." [24] To show this, the series focused on three men: Freeway Ricky Ross, Oscar Danilo Blandón, and Norwin Meneses. Ross was a ...

  7. Drug lord - Wikipedia

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    Rick Ross (born January 28, 1960), [23] a.k.a. "Freeway" Ricky Ross, is a convicted drug-trafficker best known for the drug empire he presided over in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. [24] The nickname "Freeway" came from Ross growing up next to the 110 Harbor Freeway . [ 25 ]

  8. What is 'pink cocaine'? Explaining the drug cocktail linked ...

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    How does pink cocaine affect someone? It can be hard to determine how the drug cocktail may affect someone after ingesting it. WebMD said this is due to several factors: the types of drugs mixed ...

  9. Task force seizes crack cocaine in Westover bust - AOL

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    Aug. 28—A 42-year-old Ohio man is in custody after agents of the West Virginia State Police and the Monongalia County Drug Task Force executed a search Wednesday morning at a residence in Westover.