Word: illicited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...July, and wage increases gave consumers the wherewithal for a huge spending binge. But the buying spate has created shortages -- at official prices -- of such items as automobiles, meat and eggs, leading merchants to ask for under- the-table sweeteners, meaning renewed price pressure. When the raids were launched, illicit greenbacks were selling in Brazil for 88% more than the legal rate, or nearly 26 to the dollar. That was the highest unofficial premium in 33 years...
...stingy with heroes, the fall of sports stars to the lure of cocaine and other narcotics has helped spur the growing national concern about drug abuse. It has also prompted college and professional sports officials to search for new ways to crack down on the illicit indulgences of those who are supposed to serve as exalted role models...
...even as they announced the Chief Executive's bold plan to use "the full power of the Presidency" to counter illicit drug use, Mr. Reagan's spokesmen were forced to make a humbling admission: that there are no plans underway to increase funding for drug-treatment centers already overwhelmed by the increased abuse of crack and devastated by previous cutbacks in federal subsidies. But that should come as no surprise. For years, while his wife has toured the country spouting anti-drug rhetoric, Ronald Reagan's budgetary priorities have overlooked drug-abuse prevention and rehabilitation programs...
Although small in scope and results, the operation represented a significant escalation in the Reagan Administration's open-ended commitment to use the military against cocaine, the addictive white powder that is now the fastest-growing segment of the approximately $125 billion illicit U.S. drug market. American soldiers will remain in Bolivia for at least two months, transporting the Leopards on search-and-destroy missions into the countryside. U.S. officials are said to be reviewing similar requests for military assistance from Peru, Ecuador and Colombia -- countries that, along with Bolivia, produce almost all the cocaine sold...
Barco, a 40-year public servant whose posts have ranged from mayor of Bogota to Ambassador to Washington, must now confront the Betancur legacy. High on the new President's agenda: the continuing terrorist attacks, growing pressure from the U.S. to clamp down on illicit drug traffic, and a 13.4% unemployment rate. Barco will have to move quickly to contain the proliferating drug business. He has already pledged support for programs to eradicate the coca plant, which provides the raw material for cocaine, and he has indicated to Washington that he will cooperate with efforts to extradite Colombians accused...