Cocaine - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/cocaine/?source=rss&aim=cocaine en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT The making of Glenn Beck By Alexander Zaitchik Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/21/glenn_beck/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/21/glenn_beck/index.html?source=rss His roots, from the alleged suicide of his mom to Top 40 radio to the birth of the morning zoo. Part 1 of 3 How coke-addled geeks crashed the global economy By Andrew Leonard Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/08/cocaine_and_the_financial_crisis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/08/cocaine_and_the_financial_crisis/index.html?source=rss Two great things that go together: Betting on derivatives and snorting coke My boyfriend's an alcoholic -- should I leave him? By Cary Tennis Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/20/addict/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/20/addict/index.html?source=rss Things are getting worse and worse, but sober he's such a great guy! Budget cutting? Take a hatchet to the war on drugs By Joe Conason Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/10/20/drug_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/10/20/drug_war/index.html?source=rss Every year we throw away billions on a failed program to punish addicts -- an approach both candidates should know doesn't work. The devil and David Carr By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/08/08/carr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/08/08/carr/index.html?source=rss The veteran newspaperman discusses his alternately horrifying and uplifting memoir about the journey from crackhead to crack New York Times reporter. Snorting speed off of toaster ovens By Andrew Leonard Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/11/offshore_drilling_and_mms/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/11/offshore_drilling_and_mms/index.html?source=rss The Department of Interior ethics scandal is where offshore drilling meets the U.S. government. Talk about your wild parties! Stillbirth is not necessarily murder By Lynn Harris Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/14/regina_mcknight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/14/regina_mcknight/index.html?source=rss A homicide conviction is overturned in South Carolina. Criminals of the world, unite and take over By Laura Miller Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/16/international_crime/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/16/international_crime/index.html?source=rss In "McMafia," author Misha Glenny takes us on a startling tour of the new international underworld, documenting the hidden costs of an unregulated global free market. I'm working for a cokehead at a free arts magazine By Cary Tennis Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/27/free_arts_paper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/27/free_arts_paper/index.html?source=rss She promised a raise and didn't deliver, and acts like I should be grateful! My girlfriend tried cocaine at a party! She was drunk! Oh my God! By Cary Tennis Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/27/drug_use/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/27/drug_use/index.html?source=rss I really, really, really hate drug use. I just can't get over how she could experiment with cocaine. Get your cheap cocaine at the globalization candy store By Andrew Leonard Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/21/cheap_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/21/cheap_drugs/index.html?source=rss The efficiencies delivered by global markets aren't limited to cheap TVs and blue jeans. Heroin and coke are also priced to move. No sympathy for the devil Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/06/richards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/06/richards/index.html?source=rss Disney says sayonara to Keith Richards as the fallout from snortgate continues. "The first time I was back since the storm ... drugs were everywhere" By Bill Sasser Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/06/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/06/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss With much of New Orleans still uninhabitable, drug dealers are deluging neighborhoods. Violent crime is surging -- and so is anxiety about the city's recovery. You only hurt the ones you love By Tim Grieve Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/01/03/cocaine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/01/03/cocaine/index.html?source=rss A Fox News anchor gives props to the president for admitting cocaine use. Mike Tyson's latest court appearance By David Puner Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/01/02/mike_tyson_court_arizona/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/01/02/mike_tyson_court_arizona/index.html?source=rss Released without bail. The needle and the damage undone By Mark Follman Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/22/harm_reduction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/22/harm_reduction/index.html?source=rss Vancouver has halted a drug epidemic by helping street addicts shoot up in safety. Will U.S. cities -- and Bush's drug czar -- learn from the Canadians' success? Cocaine and free trade By Andrew Leonard Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/22/drugs_and_free_trade/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/22/drugs_and_free_trade/index.html?source=rss The war on drugs, trade policy and Latin America's "turn to the left." New Mexico boxer fights hometown despair By Lynn Harris Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/18/michelle_lovato/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/18/michelle_lovato/index.html?source=rss Fast-punching, motorcycle-riding, role-modeling Michelle Lovato is Broadsheet's girl crush of the day. The rise and fall of Kate Moss By Rebecca Traister Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/09/23/moss/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/09/23/moss/index.html?source=rss The skeletal model's coke-fueled plunge from grace has exposed some ugly truths about the fashion industry -- not least its world-class hypocrisy. How John Kerry exposed the Contra-cocaine scandal By Robert Parry Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/25/contra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/25/contra/index.html?source=rss Derided by the mainstream press and taking on Reagan at the height of his popularity, the freshman senator battled to reveal one of America's ugliest foreign policy secrets. Don't mess with the Bushes By David Talbot Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/09/14/kelley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/09/14/kelley/index.html?source=rss In her new book, Kitty Kelley shows how the first family intimidates those who've tried to expose the clan's dark secrets of drugs, drinking, womanizing and nepotism. Now, she tells Salon, they're coming after her. Letters Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2003/09/11/junkies_copters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2003/09/11/junkies_copters/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to "Canada's Safe Haven for Junkies" by Mark Follman, and "Black Copters Over Oregon" by Bill Donahue. Canada's safe haven for junkies By Mark Follman Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/08/vancouver/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/08/vancouver/index.html?source=rss Vancouver hopes to save hundreds of lives by opening street clinics where heroin addicts can shoot up safely. But the White House is accusing Canada of going AWOL from its war on drugs. Colombia's growing nightmare By Ana Arana Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/02/23/colombia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/02/23/colombia/index.html?source=rss Guerrilla commander Fabian Ramirez's kidnapping of a prominent Colombian senator seems motivated more by passion than politics. And it has set off a new round in the country's long, bloody narco-war. Good morning, Colombia By Arianna Huffington Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/07/16/colombia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/07/16/colombia/index.html?source=rss Turning loose a force of heavily armed mercenaries in the middle of a bloody civil war in the name of America's war on drugs is more than a misguided policy -- it's utter insanity.