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Use and possession of cocaine is illegal. Possession of cocaine is explicitly named as an illegal substance under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. The possession 10 grams or more of cocaine or cocaine hydrochloride is punishable by up to life imprisonment. [28] Peru: Legal (up to 2 grams of cocaine or 5 grams of cocaine-freebase ...
Crack cocaine. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–220 (text)) was an Act of Congress that was signed into federal law by United States President Barack Obama on August 3, 2010, that reduces the disparity between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to trigger certain federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio [1] and eliminated the ...
In June 1991, Robinson was the target of two controlled purchases of cocaine. The police then obtained a search warrant and searched Robinson's one-bedroom apartment, where they found an unloaded .22 caliber pistol and 11 grams of crack cocaine. They also found a marked $20 bill from one of the prior controlled purchases.
A canine officer indicated there were drugs in Aguilar's Honda and detectives found four bags of cocaine weighing 17 grams behind the glove compartment, the report stated.
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 mandated the same prison sentences for distributing 500 grams of powdered cocaine and just 5 grams of crack cocaine. [217] In the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, white respondents reported a higher rate of powdered cocaine use, and Black respondents reported a higher rate of crack cocaine use. [218]
The biggest drug bust in the ... A Canadian man who was allegedly caught with more than 370 pounds of cocaine has been charged with delivery of a controlled substance, 1,000 grams or more. ...
Jones, 32, of Vance County was charged with one count of trafficking cocaine, one possession with intent to manufacture, sell, deliver marijuana, one count of alter/steal/destroy criminal evidence ...
Fears of coerced cocaine use, and in particular that young girls would become addicted and thereby enter prostitution, were widespread. [11] [12] Tales of the corruption of the youth by cocaine were common but there is little evidence to support their veracity. [11] Mainstream media reported cocaine epidemics as early as 1894 in Dallas, Texas.