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Drugs News

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Rapper DMX arrested at Phoenix mall

Rapper DMX was arrested at a Phoenix mall Saturday on suspicion that he gave a gave a false name and Social Security number to a hospital to get out of paying for medical expenses.

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Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, Maricopa County, AZ, Black Entertainment, DMX, Rap, Entertainment

Sat Jul 19, 2008

The Jersey Journal

700 Pounds of Bermuda-bound marijuana seized in NJ

Two men face federal drug charges after authorities seized 700 pounds of marijuana they say was bound for Bermuda from a warehouse in Orange.

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Related Topix: Orange, NJ, Chatham, NJ

The West Australian

Australian drug-smuggler gets life in Vietnam

A Vietnamese court has sentenced an Australian woman to life in prison and her husband to 20 years after they were convicted of heroin smuggling, reports say.

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Related Topix: World News, Vietnam, Illegal Drugs

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

5 prison guards charged with smuggling drugs

Five guards at a Miami-Dade County prison are charged with smuggling drugs into the facility.

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Related Topix: Miami Dade County, FL, Florida City, FL

MyFox St. Louis

Pot Found in Toddler's Lunch Box

Port Charlotte preschool teachers were looking through a two-year-old student's lunch box for a snack and found drugs instead.

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Related Topix: Port Charlotte, FL, Charlotte County, FL

Los Angeles Times

U.S. says it aided Mexico in sub capture

MEXICO CITY -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday that U.S. intelligence helped Mexico capture a cocaine-laden smuggling submarine this week.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, South America, Colombia

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Reuters

VIDEO: Drug bust in Mexico submarine

Jul 18 - The Mexican military, working with information from U.S. intelligence services, recovered nearly six tons of cocaine in a makeshift submarine seized this week off the Pacific coast.

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The Dispatch

NYC gang used torture to rob rival drug dealers

In this May 2008 photo released by the United states Drug Enforcement Administration, Rudy Martinez, left, is shown in the custody of a DEA agent whose face was digitized by the DEA to protect his identity.

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Related Topix: Drug Enforcement Administration, New York, York (Pennsylvania State University System)

NME

Ex-Guns N' Roses drummer arrested for drug possession

Guns N Roses ' former drummer Steven Adler was arrested in Los Angeles this early morning for suspected drug possession.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Guns N' Roses, University of California System, Los Angeles (California State University System), California State University System, UC Los Angeles

KOMO-TV Seattle

Court: Can't arrest all in car based on drug scent

Police in Washington can't arrest a group of people in a car just because an officer catches a whiff of marijuana.

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The West Australian

ABC journalist faces drug charges in Singapore

The ABC's South Asia correspondent Peter Lloyd is facing drugs charges after being arrested in Singapore.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

CBC News

"Ladies" frontman Page told police he was snorting cocaine, court documents

Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page, known for his quirky lyrics, environmental activism and clean-cut image, admitted to New York police that he was snorting cocaine prior to his arrest last week, court ...

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Related Topix: Manlius, NY, Calcium, NY, Pop/Rock, Barenaked Ladies, Illegal Drugs, Entertainment

ContactMusic.com

Andy Dick - Dick Posts Bail After Arrest for Exposing Teen's Breasts

Caption: Andy Dick at 'Good Charlotte Good Morning Revival' at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada .... LATEST: U.S. funnyman ANDY DICK has been released from jail following his arrest on Wednesday ...

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV

Daily Mail

'Police blunders' mean parents of drug-addicted Rachel...

'Police blunders' mean parents of drug-addicted Rachel Whitear will never know how she died - official report Last updated at 1:40 PM on 17th July 2008 A series of police blunders means the parents of heroin ...

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Sky News

Release For Cocaine Smugglers

Two British girls who have spent the past year in a Ghanaian jail for cocaine-smuggling are due to be freed today.

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Related Topix: Entertainment

KARE 11 TV

Hennepin County Deputy among 2 arrested in drug probe

A nurse and her husband, a sheriff's deputy, have been arrested as part of a probe of the theft of narcotics from the Hennepin County Jail.

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Related Topix: Hennepin County, MN, Burnsville, MN

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Daily Express

Natalie Cole reveals liver dis...

Singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, she revealed. Cole, 58, the daughter of crooner Nat King Cole, is thought to have contracted the potentially deadly virus from past drug use.

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Related Topix: Natalie Cole, Jazz, Hepatitis, Medicine, Health

Tampabays10.com

33 pipe bombs, 40 guns, 267 pot plants found in Alachua home

The Alachua County bomb squad has deactivated 33 pipe bombs and found 40 guns and 267 marijuana plants at a home near Gainesville.

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Related Topix: Alachua, FL, Alachua County, FL, Gainesville Metro, Gainesville, FL

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Andy Dick jailed in SoCal on drug, sex allegations

Andy Dick was arrested early Wednesday for investigation of drug use and sexual battery after the comedian allegedly pulled down a teenager's top, police said.

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Related Topix: The College of Wooster, The University of Findlay, Andy Dick, Entertainment

KIMA

Mom on the run for 32 years asks court to toss sentence

A housewife caught at her upscale home near San Diego 32 years after escaping a Detroit-area prison asked a judge Tuesday to set aside her original sentence for selling heroin in hopes of winning back her ...

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Related Topix: University of California System, California State University System, UC San Diego, San Diego State University (California State University System), Saginaw County, MI

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