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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 ...
(tie) Crack cocaine, including firebombings of crackhouses and trials of Richard "White Boy Rick" Wershe and the Chambers Brothers drug ring. (tie) The surrender of Vincent Loonsfoot who was accused of killing four members of his wife's family on an Indian reservation near Escanaba. The AP also selected the state's top sports stories as follows:
Michigan also has laws against drinking and driving. The Michigan Vehicle Code states that any citizen “whether licensed or not, shall not operate a vehicle upon a highway or other place open to the general public” when they are intoxicated, which is defined as having a blood alcohol content of 0.08% or greater. [4]
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 ...
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Various paraphernalia used to smoke crack cocaine, including a homemade crack pipe made out of an empty plastic water bottle.. In a study done by Roland Fryer, Steven Levitt, and Kevin Murphy, a crack index was calculated using information on cocaine-related arrests, deaths, and drug raids, along with low birth rates and media coverage in the United States.
However, the Act imposed a 100-to-1 ratio for powder to crack cocaine. The same five-year mandatory minimum sentence applies to defendants who are held responsible for either 500 grams of powder cocaine or 5 grams of crack. The ten-year mandatory minimum applied to defendants responsible for either 5000 grams of powder cocaine or 50 grams of crack.
The Chambers Brothers were a criminal organization heavily involved in the distribution of crack cocaine in the city of Detroit, Michigan, during the 1980s. The brothers consisted of: B.J., Larry, Willie and Otis Chambers. They also had three other sisters and a set of twin brothers.