Word: heroines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Having approached the subject through analysis of other peoples' work, Wilson admitted last week he has not done "a whole lot" of original research. Nevertheless, he has written or collaborated on numerous articles and books on the subject, covering topics ranging from gun control to heroin...
...streets of cities throughout the U.S., a heroin panic is about to hit. The bad news for strung-out junkies is the result of an extraordinary strike by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Last week, after ten days of intricately coordinated arrests in 35 cities, federal narcs had bagged 309 men and women described by DEA Chief Peter Bensinger as "distributors and kingpins in the heroin market involving Mexican Brown." It was the biggest -and perhaps most important-federal drug bust ever. In addition, warrants were out for another 150 people...
...prisoners with Norman Carlson, director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, and consulted Dr. Robert Du-Pont, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about treatment requirements for addicts who would suddenly be in trouble as the supply of horse fell (the average addict needs five grams of heroin a day, at a cost of $60). Local hospitals were even alerted in case the planned arrests led to any injuries...
...crank calls and pressured by their editors to finish early and come home. No matter. The reporters say they have already dug up enough new information to turn the project from vindication of a slain colleague into a valuable story in its own right. "We've learned that heroin dealers in Arizona are selling guns to Mexican guerrillas in exchange for dope," reports one member. Says another: "It's not just Arizona. We've followed leads into six other states. It's a hell of a story...
Mixed doubles? I also avoid heroin, soap operas, junk food and bridge...