Merck Cocaine: Behind Some Of Those Fabulous Rolling Stones Songs - Zina Moukheiber - Healthworks - Forbes

Merck Cocaine: Behind Some Of Those Fabulous Rolling Stones Songs - Zina Moukheiber - Healthworks - Forbes: "Guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire Keith Richards should have died a long time ago. He was a heroin addict for many years, which earned him the number one spot for ten years on New Musical Express’ list of rock stars most likely to die. He was also an aficionado of Merck cocaine—the pharmaceutical kind, a pure luxury compared to the street powder. In his autobiography Life, Richards confesses that the Rolling Stones’ 1975 tour was “fueled by Merck cocaine. It was when we initiated the building of hideaways behind the speakers on the stage so that we could have lines between songs.” "

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A culpa não é minha, é tua!: Cocaine

A culpa não é minha, é tua!: Cocaine: "cocaine shot into Duncan Andrews’ antecubital vein in a concentrated bolus after having been propelled by the plunger of a syringe. Chemical alarms sounded immediately. A number of the blood cells and plasma enzymes recognized the cocaine molecules as being part of a family of compounds called alkaloids, which are manufactured by plants and include such physiologically active substances as caffeine, morphine, strychnine, and nicotine."

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Riemann's Cut: I Am Dr. Cocaine

Riemann's Cut: I Am Dr. Cocaine: "Cocaine caused every problem on the planet today.
The Irish banking collapse was caused by cocaine.
The global banking collapse was caused by cocaine.
HIV and STDs are spread by cocaine.
Alcoholism is just cocaine addiction in sheeps clothing.
Robin Williams is full of cocaine in every film he made.
Scarface is 100% accurate depiction of an average cocaine user.
All gun crime is commited under the influence of cocaine.
Children only misbehave because they've taken cocaine.
I describe entrie races of people as peasants.
Cocaine is a curse on us all from the indigenous 'peasants' of the Americas.
I don't understand why God made cocaine.
God must have been on Meth when he created the coca plant.
I am God's spokes person on Earth.
I wanted to be a rock star when I was growing up, but mammy and daddy made me do medicine.
I am now living out my rock star dream by talking to every radio station in Ireland.
I love the sound of my own voice."

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Biomed Middle East » How cocaine corrupts the brain Biomed Middle East

Biomed Middle East » How cocaine corrupts the brain Biomed Middle East: "Scientists have found how cocaine corrupts the brain and becomes addictive .

These findings are the first to connect activation of specific neurons to alterations in cocaine reward.

The results may help researchers in developing new ways of treating those addicted to the drug.

Led by Mary Kay Lobo, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and first author of the study, researchers found that the two main neurons (D1 and D2) in the nucleus accumbens region of the brain, an important part of the brain’s reward center, exert opposite effects on cocaine reward. Activation of D1 neurons increases cocaine reward whereas activation of D2 neurons decreases cocaine reward.

“The data suggest a model whereby chronic exposure to cocaine results in an imbalance in activity in the two nucleus accumbens neurons: increased activity in D1 neurons combined with decreased activity in D2 neurons. This further suggests that BDNF-TrkB signaling in D2 neurons mediates this decreased activity in D2 neurons,” said Dr. Lobo."

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Lil Wayne Has Heroin Named After him In NJ

Lil Wayne Has Heroin Named After him In NJ: "One of the more interesting things you learn from shows like The Wire or American Gangster is that drugs are as much about branding as they are about the blast. Title your stuff like 'WMD' or 'Blue Magic,' and you can be a millionaire.

All of which leads us to this: Lil Wayne has a type of heroin named after him in Newark. I'm not sure what that says about Lil Wayne or the group of dealers using his name, but yeah. Watch this thing about Lil Wayne's heroin."

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Gerry's personal dealer and the Freddie gang link - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie

Gerry's personal dealer and the Freddie gang link - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie: "DRUG DEALERS working for ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson supplied cocaine to radio legend
Gerry Ryan.The Herald can reveal today that Gerry’s personal dealer was directly involved with Freddie’s coke empire. Gerry preferred to meet the dealer himself, and they would often meet in the car park of a landmark West Dublin pub.
However, no criminal investigation is going to be carried out to try and charge the dealer, who regularly supplied Ryan with the Class A drug in the years leading up to his death. Gardai believe that the cocaine which was found in Gerry Ryan's system was supplied by a junior member of Thompson's Crumlin-Drimnagh drug gang.
It is believed that the cocaine was brought into the country through Christy Kinahan's drug supply channels before being dispersed through Thompson's distribution network.
A source has told the Herald that a criminal investigation like the one carried out after the death of model Katy French was 'unlikely' because of the circumstances surrounding their deaths."

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I was naive about Gerry's coke use admits Duffy as Dunne attacks star's silent pals - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie

I was naive about Gerry's coke use admits Duffy as Dunne attacks star's silent pals - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie: "RTE star and close friend of Gerry Ryan, Joe Duffy, has admitted he had been completely 'naive' about the presenter’s cocaine habit.
Joe, a Clontarf neighbour of the Ryan family, said today that he couldn’t believe that the drug caused his pal’s death.
The Liveline presenter’s comments come as businessman and former cocaine user Ben Dunne said today that Gerry Ryan’s RTE friends were “weak” for not talking about the star’s cocaine addiction at the time of his death.
However, Joe Duffy said that he “knew nothing” about Gerry’s cocaine use.
“I was taken aback by the revelation at the inquest,” Joe said on last night’s RTE programme Spirit Level.
“I knew nothing about what was coming, unfortunately. Maybe I'm naïve, but I didn't.”"

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Official Solicitor to fight parents' extradition - News - East Lothian News

Official Solicitor to fight parents' extradition - News - East Lothian News: "Official Solicitor has intervened in a bid to stop the potentially 'devastating' extradition of both parents of three young children from Nottinghamshire.
Mr and Mrs 'H', from Nottinghamshire, who cannot be named for legal reasons, face jail sentences in Italy on drug smuggling charges.
On Wednesday the High Court was told by lawyers acting for the 35-year-old mother that the extradition proceedings had triggered her complete mental collapse and she now lived 'a zombie-like existence'.
If extradited, Mrs H faces having to serve over nine-and-a-half years of a 14-year sentence after being convicted in her absence of drug trafficking and participating in a criminal organisation. Her husband faces four years in jail for similar offences involving smuggling hashish, committed in 2003, and having to stand trial on other drugs charges."

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Broadcaster Gerry Ryan died of heart failure after using cocaine - The Irish Times - Sat, Dec 11, 2010

Broadcaster Gerry Ryan died of heart failure after using cocaine - The Irish Times - Sat, Dec 11, 2010: "RTÉ BROADCASTER Gerry Ryan was under enormous personal, financial and professional stress just before his death from heart failure after using cocaine, the Dublin City Coroner’s Court heard yesterday.
Returning a verdict of death by misadventure, coroner Dr Brian Farrell said Ryan (53) had chronic damage to his heart which meant death “could have occurred at any time” from a cardiac arrhythmia, an electrical disturbance in the heart. He had used cocaine and it was known the drug caused such disturbances, Dr Farrell found.
“This is a sudden unexpected death in the presence of a significantly damaged heart with recent cocaine use as a significant risk factor,” he said.
Ryan died on Friday, April 30th, at his home on Upper Leeson Street, Dublin. His body was discovered by his partner Melanie Verwoerd."

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Friends defend Gerry's memory - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie

Friends defend Gerry's memory - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie: "STUNNED pals of Gerry Ryan have urged his fans not to let revelations of his cocaine use tarnish his memory.
Lifelong friend Gerald Kean said he was left reeling by the revelations, insisting he had no idea of Gerry's cocaine past.
'My immediate reaction is that no matter what the finding of the inquest was, Gerry was an absolutely wonderful man, friend and father,' the celebrity lawyer told the Herald today.
'I just have nothing bad to say about him. It shouldn't affect people's perception of him. It certainly won't affect mine.'
Today FM broadcaster Ian Dempsey has urged people to forget that cocaine was likely to have caused the death of the broadcaster and remember him for his talent instead.
“I mean it’s very sad,” he told the Herald. “I’d like to see the guy rest in peace, it’s very difficult for his family and close friends. “It’s a pity that something like this has to overshadow what he achieved during his life. I don’t think it’s of any benefit to anyone. “He was a great broadcaster, I think that’s what people will remember,” he added."

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Gerry Ryan 'took cocaine at work in RTE': Tragedy of his addiction revealed | Mail Online

Gerry Ryan 'took cocaine at work in RTE': Tragedy of his addiction revealed Mail Online: "Gerry Ryan was so wracked by cocaine addiction that he even snorted the drug in RTÉ, a close family friend has revealed.At the height of his cocaine use – which the star DID largely stop after the death of Katy French in 2007 – he sometimes took the drug to help him through his 2fm breakfast show after a late night.A source who was very close to the star told the Irish Mail on Sunday this weekend: ‘Gerry was using in RTÉ. He would take champagne, coke and valium. The champagne was known about but he hid the cocaine pretty well.’And former 2fm colleague Gareth O’Callaghan, who now broadcasts on Dublin-based 4fm, yesterday backed up the claims, saying: ‘It was widely known in both RTÉ Radio 1 and 2fm that Gerry Ryan took cocaine. ‘I know that he was taking cocaine in a lot of places; he was particularly fond of it.’ Two more RTÉ sources confirmed that within 2fm it was a ‘constant rumour’ Gerry Ryan had been using cocaine within the radio complex at Montrose."

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Cocaine Addiction - Cocaine sniffer dog in Liverpool

Cocaine Addiction - Cocaine sniffer dog in Liverpool: "Police officers аrе now out аחԁ аbουt іח Liverpool City Centre wіtһ drug dogs. If уου′re caught, уου сουƖԁ еחԁ up wіtһ a criminal record. Tһіѕ саח affect уουr future career аѕ employers mау check іf уου һаνе a criminal record οr аחу past convictions. It саח аƖѕο ѕtοр уου frοm getting a visa fοr ѕοmе countries, preventing уου frοm travelling. Yου wіƖƖ аƖѕο bе banned frοm tһе mοѕt рοрυƖаr areas іח tһе City Centre аחԁ уου wіƖƖ һаνе tο attend a drugs аחԁ / οr alcohol intervention programme. Remember cocaine іѕ חοt a victimless crime. Tһеrе аrе many downsides tο cocaine: Cocaine υѕе οftеח fosters arrogance, аחɡеr аחԁ even violence аחԁ іt tends tο kіƖƖ camaraderie аחԁ humour A combination οf cocaine аחԁ alcohol саח increase tһе risk οf leading tο a cardiac arrest"

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No probe into Ryan cocaine suppliers - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

No probe into Ryan cocaine suppliers - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie: "AMID a welter of concern about the prevalence of drug abuse in Irish society, gardai are not investigating the question of who supplied cocaine to the late Gerry Ryan.
The latest drugs-related high-profile death highlights the corrosive effect of organised crime across the social divide.
An inquest on Friday heard that Mr Ryan died of arrythmia triggered by his use of cocaine with alcohol. A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded.
While no investigation will now take place, gardai believe that Mr Ryan was supplied with cocaine by a gang controlled by the notorious criminal, 'Fat' Freddie Thompson.
Thompson's gang supplies the bulk of cocaine in the city centre club and pub scene.
A garda source said that Mr Ryan's cocaine supply came from a personal contact operating at second or third hand from the criminals and that Mr Ryan 'would have paid over the odds and that may contributed to his debts'.
Journalist Joe Jackson says in today's Sunday Independent that not only did he discuss Mr Ryan's drug taking with him, but he was present a number of years ago when Mr Ryan was called to meet a dealer in the toilet of a city centre club. Mr Jackson says that the dealer was a well known supplier of drugs to personalities in the media and music industries."

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Drug arrests: up to 1,000 hits of LSD, cocaine, ecstacy | citizen-times.com | Asheville Citizen-Times

Drug arrests: up to 1,000 hits ofLSD, cocaine, ecstacy citizen-times.com Asheville Citizen-Times: "man from eastern North Carolina is facing charges of trafficking LSD after police say they found him with 500-1,000 doses of the hallucinogenic drug.
Travis Aaron Scarberry, 23, of Lillington was also charged with possessing 249 grams of psilocybin, a type hallucinogenic mushroom, and eight grams of MDMA commonly known as ecstasy, according to Buncombe County arrests reports.


Scarberry was arrested Saturday night and held at the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $26,000 bond."

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Federal Criminal Sentencing Guidelines for Crack Cocaine Cases Now in Effect :: Jacksonville Criminal Lawyer Blog

Federal Criminal Sentencing Guidelines for Crack Cocaine Cases Now in Effect :: Jacksonville Criminal Lawyer Blog: "As criminal defense lawyers in the Jacksonville, Florida area who handle all criminal cases in state and federal courts, we have seen how people convicted of crack cocaine crimes can receive much higher sentences than those convicted of powder cocaine crimes where the amount of powder cocaine was similar to or even less than the crack cocaine in the related case. The unfairness of these sentencing rules, which disproportionately punished people involved with crack cocaine over those involved with powder cocaine, has been discussed by prosecutors, criminal defense lawyers, federal judges and even the Congress and the president.
Finally, new rules bringing sentences for crack cocaine cases and powder cocaine cases closer together have been enacted. The Fair Sentencing Act, which will permanently become the law next year, is now in effect.
The old federal sentencing guidelines would provide that a person caught with as few as 5 grams of crack cocaine would receive a five year minimum mandatory prison sentence. However, it would take at least 500 grams of powder cocaine to get the same minimum mandatory sentence. That was quite a disparity. With the new law and federal sentencing rules, it will now take 28 grams of crack cocaine to trigger the five year minimum mandatory prison sentence. The threshold for the ten year minimum mandatory prison sentence has been increased from 50 grams of crack cocaine to 280 grams of crack cocaine.
Under the new federal criminal sentencing rules, the sentences for crack cocaine and powder cocaine crimes are not equal, and not really close to being equal. However, they are now much more similar than they were in the past prior to the Fair Sentencing Act."

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Sex workers outed in Suresh Nair murder trial | The Australian

Sex workers outed in Suresh Nair murder trial The Australian: "daughter of a CEO, a media worker and five other women will be outed as former sex workers in court this week after a NSW magistrate rejected an application to have their names suppressed. The women have been called to give evidence at a committal hearing for wealthy Sydney neurosurgeon Suresh Nair who is facing charges of murder and manslaughter over the cocaine-overdose deaths last year of two high-end escorts.

Victoria McIntyre, 23, and Suellen Domingues Zaupa, 22, both died in separate incidents in Dr Nair’s luxury apartment in Elizabeth Bay, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, in February and November last year respectively.

On the first day of hearings this morning, Crown prosecutor Kate Thompson sought to have the names of eight former and current sex workers suppressed, arguing the publication of their names would expose them to public embarrassment and could harm their personal relationships and careers."

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Escort dies from cocaine binge supplied by Indian origin doctor | World News

Escort dies from cocaine binge supplied by Indian origin doctor World News: "Indian origin doctor in Australia has been charged with manslaughter after an escort, who he supplied with a large amount of cocaine, died.
Neurosurgeon Dr Suresh Surendranath Nair is said to have given three prostitutes a huge dose of cocaine, and while two left his Sydney apartment to buy a sedative, the third died while they were away.
He has now been charged with the manslaughter of Victoria McIntyre, 23, in February 2009 and the murder of Suellen Domingues-Zaupa, 22, in November 2009.
Nair had engaged both women as prostitutes at his Elizabeth Bay apartment in Sydney’s east, and it is alleged he supplied both with cocaine.
Giving evidence via video link from the US, a former prostitute, known to the court only as Emily, recalled speaking to McIntyre in the hours before her death."

Cops Subpoena Charlie Sheen's Medical Records To Prove He Was Coked Out The Night Of Hotel Meltdown! | PerezHilton.com

Cops Subpoena Charlie Sheen's Medical Records To Prove He Was Coked Out The Night Of Hotel Meltdown! | PerezHilton.com: "escort Capri Anderson has filed a criminal complaint against Charlie Sheen, regarding his 'alleged' cocaine-fueled meltdown in which he locked her in the bathroom of his Plaza Hotel room, New York authorities have subpoena'd the actor's medical records in order to prove that he was in fact high on the aforementioned substance that night!
A source explains:
'Cops will subpoena Sheen's records to see if he was using drugs as part of their investigation into what happened that night with Walsh. The investigation is ongoing.'"