Skip to main content

Drug War Chronicle #710 - November 23, 2011

Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
This drug stops heroin overdoses -- 600 so far in San Francisco (wikimedia.org)
This drug stops heroin overdoses -- 600 so far in San Francisco (wikimedia.org)

San Francisco Marks 600th Overdose Death Prevented

San Francisco distributes the opioid antagonist naloxone as a harm reduction measure to reduce overdose deaths. It's saved 600 lives in eight years.
pile-of-cash_43.jpg
pile-of-cash_43.jpg

This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Cops stealing dope from the evidence room, cops helping drug gangs, cops doing drug rip-offs to help drug gangs. Just another week of drug war law enforcement corruption.
EPPDTS.jpg
EPPDTS.jpg

Two More Drug War Deaths

A man gets shot and killed in a drug raid and a young woman dies after trying to hide drugs inside her body. They are the 43rd and 44th persons to die in US domestic drug enforcement operations so far this year.
Harris County sheriff's deputies (hcso.hctx.net)
Harris County sheriff's deputies (hcso.hctx.net)

One Dead in Houston Drug Stakeout Shoot-Out

A Houston-area drug stakeout turned into a deadly melee when hijackers attempted to rip off a drug-laden truck deputies had under surveillance.
If the Copenhagen City Council has its way, hash buyers will no longer have to go to Christiania to score. (wikimedia.org)
If the Copenhagen City Council has its way, hash buyers will no longer have to go to Christiania to score. (wikimedia.org)

Copenhagen Moves Closer to Legalizing Marijuana

The Copenhagen city council has advanced a plan to create a system of legal, regulated marijuana sales, but it will require approval by the Danish parliament.
Permission to Reprint: This content is licensed under a modified Creative Commons Attribution license. Content of a purely educational nature in Drug War Chronicle appear courtesy of DRCNet Foundation, unless otherwise noted.