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North America, People, Treatment, Websites
If you say so!
12.06.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsRecently while doing a bit of reading and research about alcohol treatment and rehabilitation, I stumbled upon a few very interesting articles and then I followed the threads from there, and into what seems to me a fantasy world of delusion and denial. From there it went into one of perverse irony and implausible denial.
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People
The Rehab Debate Stopped for a Few Days - Oops!
Well you might have noticed that Rehabology has been down for a little while. Well, we had a few issues with the evil bastards that host our site (SiteGround.com in case anyone is wondering) and well, we kinda struggled to get things back on track.
But now, as you can see, we are indeed back and […] -
Europe, People, Studies
Alcoholics beware
As if you don’t have enough problems already you’re about to get another one. Yes that’s right Liver disease, pancreatitus, jail, loss of life, loved ones well of course I could go on and on. Be it a DUI or the myriad of other potential issues drinking to excess and on a regular or even daily basis may cause, you’re about to get tested by anyone who may have the authority to do so to see just how much you’ve had in the past few weeks.
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North America, People, War on Drugs
Milton Friedman
Nobel-prize winning economist Milton Friedman died a few days ago at the age of 94. A well-known advocate of free-market economics, he famously came out against the Draft, as well as the War on Drugs. Concerning the latter, he argued it was destructive and that a better alternative would be for drugs to be legalised, a view that was anathema to many in conservative circles and, indeed, the mainstream as well. Here are some links to his writings on the War on Drugs, courtesy of the druglibrary.org
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People
Iran’s Big Week!
Iran has had another staggering week of drug confiscations - again with barely a mention in the press.
This week resulted in 5 and a half tons of narcotics being seized in the country. While this isn’t a weekly record, it is enough to make sure Iran at least tries to remain on the international radar - albeit barely. Of course, they threw in 229 drug smugglers and 591 addicts to the count for good measure.
Considering the paltry sum of aid money Iran receives in the fight against international drugs, and given the incredible size of their drug problem, it is high wonder that the international community and specifically the USA and UK is not using the potentiality of further aid as a carrot in other diplomatic areas (cough… nuclear… cough).
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Entertainment, North America, People, War on Drugs
Cocaine Cowboys: interview with producer Alfred Spellman
Cocaine Cowboys, a documentary about the effect the ’80s cocaine business had on Miami, is due for its U.S release on the 27th of October. It was directed by Billy Corben and produced by Alfred Spellman of rakontur productions. Producer Alfred Spellman kindly agreed to answer some questions submitted by e-mail. Here are his responses:A major theme you explore in Cocaine Cowboys is whether Miami is the town that cocaine made. What was Miami like before cocaine made such an impact and what do you think Miami would have been like today without the cocaine business?
Miami was essentially a small sleepy southern town prior to the cocaine trade. It had flourished in the 50s as a middle-class family getaway, with the Rat Pack holding court at the Fountainbleu. Once jet travel became mainstream, families went off to other destinations, leaving Miami behind. By the 70s, Miami’s best days were behind it. Regarding where Miami is today, the cocaine wars certainly accelerated the gentrification of the city — it hit rock bottom real quick! Once it hit bottom, it was easier to climb out. Miami was just slowly fading away — the cocaine wars were a stimulus for redevelopment.
How divided is opinion amongst Miamians about the image ’80s Miami had in the rest of the United States (and indeed the world)? On the one hand there was all the glitz, glamour and money while on the other there were drugs, murders and Sonny Crockett’s suits. What’s your take?
I don’t think it’s divided at all. Most in Miami accept and even embrace our old Wild West image.
You interviewed people who were heavily involved in the cocaine business, including a hit man for a particular infamous drug dealer. Tell us a bit about some of the more colourful characters you spoke to, if it was difficult to get them to talk, and what kinds of ingenious methods they had for smuggling and distributing cocaine.
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North America, People, War on Drugs
Cory Maye
Back in Christmas, 2001, Cory Maye was in the lounge room of his Mississippi duplex with the TV on, his 14-month-old daughter in the bedroom, when he heard a lot of commotion and banging at his door. This much is not in dispute.
Dozing off, he woke up scared, confused and thought he was about to be subject to a violent home invasion. He got up, ran to his bedroom, got a gun, lay on the floor with his daughter, and hoped whatever the hell was going on by his front door would go away. It didn’t. Instead it moved away from the front of his duplex to the back, nearer to where he was lying in the dark, gun loaded. Soon his back door was crashed in, followed by the bedroom door. He fired three bullets at an approaching man. Then someone shouted: Police! Police! You just shot an officer!” He stopped firing and surrendered. In front of him, bleeding on the floor was Ron Jones, a well-liked policeman in his town.
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Asia, People
Apollo Hospital officially a target in Rahul Mahajan drug case
Just as events in the Rahul Mahajan drug case seemed to be settling into the lull before the inevitable storm of the 14th of September trial start date in a special court, police have told court in a progress report on the case that they will be bringing charges of criminal conspiracy, tampering with evidence and giving false statements against the Apollo Hospital in Delhi, the hospital where Mahajan was rushed to on the early morning of the second of June. -
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King County Bar Association’s Drug Policy Project
“This project isn’t for fringy, ponytailed pot smokers.”
That is the (slightly amusing assessment of Roger Goodman, the director of the King County bar association’s Drug Policy Project.
And from the sounds of the project, that isn’t far off.
Since 2000 the King County Bar Association has been calling for a major overhaul on the status quo surround drugs - a situation that they maintain was clogging up the local court system with petty drug cases and reducing the amount of time able to be spent on more important cases.
King County is sending minor street drug users and sellers through drug
courts instead of incarcerating them; its average daily jail count is
down from 2,800 to 2,000. The Washington Legislature was persuaded to
cut back drastically on mandatory drug-possession sentences,
apportioning funds to adult and juvenile drug courts, and family
“dependency” courts. Tens of millions of dollars have been saved. -
People
The Scourge of the Drug Accusation
A Major from the Israeli military has been demoted to private, given a 30 day jail term and been discharged from the IDF for possession of cocaine.
The catcher?
He tested negative for any trace of any drug in his system.
This makes it an interesting case. According to the story, he was caught in a car with a civilian to whom he had given money to purchase the drug. There was no word on who the drug was intended for, but with the negative test of the Major, we might be able to surmise that the civilian was the intended recipient.
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