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A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT COCAINE PART 4

garysmithccdc@gmail.com — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:00:00 +0100

In the 1880's before the Merck and Park, Davis drug companies figured out how to synthesize pure cocaine from coca leaves and hired the likes of Sigmund Freud and pioneering ophthalmologist Karl Koller to promote the wonders of pure cocaine to the medical community and the world at large, the man that was most often associated with coca was Angelo Mariani. In addition to being a second rate pharmacist who created coca laced wine, Mariani was also a marketing genius and the ma [...]

A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT COCAINE PART 3

garysmithccdc@gmail.com — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:00:00 +0100

In the late 1800's early 1900's two of cocaine's biggest advocates were Dr. Sigmund Freud and Dr. Karl Koller. Freud, a Psychologist and Koller, a house surgeon practicing in the Veinna General Hospital were friends and associates. Up until the mid 1880's both had very little notoriety in thier respective fields. Their climb to fame and fortune began in 1885 after chemists from two major drug companies of the day,&n [...]

A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT COCAINE PART 2

garysmithccdc@gmail.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:00:00 +0100

When one hears about the cocaine cartels we think of the Cocaine cartels in South America and that these organizations have only existed since the 1980's when cocaine use skyrocket and coca became one of the most lucrative cash crops on the planet.

What is not common knowledge is that there have been many cocaine cartels long before thugs in South America organized in late 1970's early 1980's. In actual fact the first cocaine carte [...]

COCAINE: THE NATIONS MOST DANGEROUS THREAT

garysmithccdc@gmail.com — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:00:00 +0100

In a recent report from the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States, cocaine has been labeled the greatest drug threat to the United States. In their annual National Drug Threat Assessment, the DEA stated that "national law enforcement and drug use surveys show that the adverse impact to the nation's communities, families, and individuals caused by the distribution and abuse of powder and crack cocaine exceeds that caused by all other drugs.

Drug counselors nation [...]

HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS WASTED ON AMERICA'S WAR ON DRUGS

garysmithccdc@gmail.com — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:00:00 +0100

A recent study conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University shows that of the $373.9 billion spent annually to fight the nation's drug problem, less than 2% actually goes toward drug treatment and prevention. The remainder of this staggering amount of money (paid out by both federal and state government) is going to handle the societal consequences of not making effective drug and alcohol rehabilitation services available to the estimated [...]

A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT COCAINE

garysmithccdc@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0100

It is universally acknowledged that drug and alcohol addiction is a world-wide epidemic. In the U.S. alone there are more then 25 million people abusing drugs and/or alcohol. The American drug abusing population spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually to buy their drugs while addicts world-wide spend billions every year feeding their habits. Unfortunately the international drug epidemic is not a new problem. Drug addiction has plagued t [...]

NO PLACE TO HIDE: ADDICTION IN AMERICA PART XI