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<title>10 years in prison for 2-ton marijuana bust </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors said the ring stretched from Mexico to Kentucky]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:24:22 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Colo. passes bill on marijuana DUIs </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press DENVER &mdash; A bill setting a blood standard for THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, has cleared the Colorado House and is pending in the Senate. Marijuana activists are fighting the proposal that passed the House Tuesday because they say blood THC tests are an unfair gauge of impairment. Sponsors of the bill say more drivers are using marijuana and the state needs ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:55:01 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Proposal would mandate drug treatment for nonviolent offenders</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Joelle Farrell The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Calling addiction a treatable disease, Gov. Christie said Thursday that he would require treatment for nonviolent criminals with drug dependence, a program that would take at least a year to start. In the meantime, Christie would offer yearlong drug treatment to 1,000 to 1,500 low-level offenders now in prison. &quot;I believe that this ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 17:46:32 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>NYC cocaine ring kingpin gets 20 years to life</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press NEW YORK &mdash; A New York cocaine ring boss once cultivated his image so avidly that he kept a framed photo of his face superimposed on a shot of the drug lord from the 1983 film &quot;Scarface.&quot; Now, Ceferino &quot;Papo&quot; Perez will spend 20 years to life behind bars. Perez was sentenced Wednesday. The 45-year-old pleaded guilty Feb. 9 to a high-level drug trafficking ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:18:25 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Inmate found dead at Calif. jail</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Treated for narcotics use, Kenneth Beck was in a special area of the jail when COs found him unresponsive]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:14:51 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Significant Medical Behavior: Sign &amp; Symptoms of Impending Disaster</title>
<author><![CDATA[Gary T. Klugiwicz]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[People die suddenly in custody everyday. We watch it on TV. We read it in the paper. We view it on the Internet. The bottom line is that they die. Over the years, these sudden custody deaths have been attributed to such things as positional asphyxia, cocaine psychosis, and excited delirium to name just a few. Lately these life threatening conditions have been bundled under the term of Significant Medical ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 7 Apr 2009 22:42:47 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Alleged drug debts were settled in backyard pit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A suspected Santa Fe drug dealer may have been forcing people to fight in his back yard to pay off their drug debts.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:27:09 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Inside the prison economy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This video provides a look at the ways the prison's 'store' provides a foundation for a thriving black market.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:25:06 UTC</pubDate>

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