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Drug overdoses and intoxication can also cause indirect deaths. For example, while marijuana does not cause fatal overdoses, being intoxicated by it can increase the chance of fatal traffic collisions. [4] Drug use and overdoses increased significantly in the 1800s due to the commercialization and availability of certain drugs.
DeBardeleben is the prime suspected in murdering Edna Terry McDonald, Jean McPhaul, and Joe Rapini. Also has a preceding criminal record of physical abuse of his mother, physical and sexual abuse of his wives, illegal possession of firearms and drugs, car theft, kidnapping, attempted murder, assault, armed robbery, reckless driving, and sodomy.
The Journal of the American Medical Association defines alcoholism, or alcohol use disorder, as "a primary, chronic disease characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial."
In this article we take a look at the 18 biggest drug busts in US history. Click to skip ahead and jump to the 10 biggest drug busts in U.S. history. This month the DEA made the biggest meth bust ...
Since his former girlfriend Casandra Ventura sued Combs in November 2023 accusing him of rape, abuse, and drugging, more than 30 civil suits have been filed against the hip-hop mogul.
George Jacob Jung (/ ˈ j ʌ ŋ /; August 6, 1942 – May 5, 2021), nicknamed Boston George and El Americano, was an American drug trafficker and smuggler. He was a major figure in the United States cocaine trade during the 1970s and early '80s. Jung and his partner Carlos Lehder smuggled cocaine into the United States for the Colombian ...
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ranks Matthews as one of the top ten drug traffickers in U.S. history and he is estimated to have had US$20 million in savings. Matthews led a flamboyant lifestyle, with luxury homes, vehicles and clothing along with prime seats at sporting events and regular trips to Las Vegas to launder money and gamble.
Frank Lucas (September 9, 1930 – May 30, 2019) was an American drug lord who operated in Harlem, New York City, during the late 1960s and early 1970s.He was known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia.