Word: druggings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THREE of Hoss' buddies give terrific back-up performances. David " 'Vid" Buttaro and Randal Jean Baptiste provide moments of refreshing comic relief as astrologer and general space cadet Starman and hip deejay Galactic Jack. In addition, Glenn Kiser's clever portrayal of Hoss' doctor, a cowboy-boot-wearing drug supplier, leaves the audience wishing Shepard had given this character more lines...
...fact, the smuggling industry has been so effective that cocaine prices might have fallen further. But the entrepreneurial response among street-level dealers was to begin moving crack. The smokable, highly addictive form of the drug has increased demand and sales volume...
Lately cocaine prices have increased in a few cities, but experts on both sides of the law see no close connection between enforcement efforts and price levels. In Miami, the main gateway for drug smuggling, the cost of a kilo has jumped 44% in the past two months, to as much as $23,000. But for the U.S. as a whole, which consumes three-fourths of the world's cocaine production, wholesale and retail prices have been stable...
Even the strategy document issued by William Bennett, the director of national drug policy, concedes that interdiction is mainly a symbolic effort. Its lack of results underscores the need to intercept cocaine in other places. Specifically, the document recommends a stronger effort to cut cocaine off at both ends of the pipeline: the source of the abundant supply as well as the seemingly insatiable demand...
Thousands of companies have learned that if their products are second-rate, customers will take their business elsewhere. -- Ominously, the huge U.S. seizures of cocaine in recent months have done almost nothing to boost the price of the drug. -- Japan's Mitsubishi Estate picks up a piece of Americana with a major investment in Rockefeller Center. -- Ford buys a sporty number: Jaguar...