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The change from the Act of 1986 to the Act of 1988 concerns the mandatory minimum penalties to drug trafficking conspiracies and attempts that previously were applicable only to substantive completed drug trafficking offenses. The Act amended 21 U.S.C. 844 to make crack cocaine the only drug with a mandatory minimum penalty for a first offense ...
If Drugs Were Legal (2009) – cannabis, cocaine, crack, ketamine, heroin, MDMA, LSD, amphetamines (and fictional drugs, including "dexclorazole," which mimics the effects of fluoxetine but on a much larger scale; and "xp25," which stimulates the serotonin neurotransmitters in the brain but causes sudden heart attack)
A woman smoking crack cocaine in San Francisco, California, in December 2005. Crack cocaine is commonly used as a recreational drug. Effects of crack cocaine include euphoria, [11] supreme confidence, [12] loss of appetite, [11] insomnia, [11] alertness, [11] increased energy, [11] a craving for more cocaine, [12] and potential paranoia (ending ...
A package containing 16 bricks of suspected cocaine was found on a beach in the Florida Keys by tourists, authorities revealed this week, marking yet another discovery of the drug on the state's ...
Unbeknown to the probation officer, there was evidence of crack cocaine having been smoked at the address that Shotton was staying at, as well as him sending texts advertising the sale of crack cocaine and heroin. Shotton was in fact a dealer for a main crack and heroin dealer in London called 'Roco'. [5] [9] [10]
And addicts told The Post that the free crack pipes help them afford more drugs to feed their habit. A man in Skid Row smokes narcotics from a pipe he received from Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles ...
The leaders of the Canadian-run cocaine trafficking ring allegedly threatened to kill Nahim Jorge Bonilla’s mother. Miami Beach restaurateur held in alleged cocaine-distribution ring led by ex ...
This act mandated a minimum sentence of 5 years without parole for possession of 5 grams of crack cocaine while it mandated the same for possession of 500 grams of powder cocaine. This 100:1 disparity was reduced to 18:1, when crack was increased to 28 grams (1 ounce) by the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. [citation needed]