drug trafficking laws

• Laws Target Prescription Drug Dealers ; Trafficking Penalties Toughened

Acting Governor Codey on Wednesday signed into law a package of bills that treats prescription drug traffickers like narcotics dealers. The bills prohibit unlawful possession or distribution of prescription drugs, restrict the sale of certain over-the-counter cough medicines, and establish licensing requirements for pharmaceutical wholesalers.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• August 25, 2005

• 'Medical' Pot Up in Smoke

To those who have worked on federal narcotics legislation for decades, the notion of state referenda allowing "medical" marijuana, as an exception to federal drug trafficking laws, has always been an oxymoron. There was nothing "medical" about smoking marijuana; the two words were mutually exclusive. The idea made no more sense than "medical glue sniffing, or free-lance "medical heroin injection." It was dangerous, indulgent nonsense at best, a cynical hoax at worst. Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court's lucid ruling this week, the hoax is over.

• The Washington Times
• June 09, 2005

• Defendant Pleads Guilty in Federal North Side Drug Case

A man affiliated with a violent North Side drug trafficking ring pleaded guilty last week to violating federal drug laws, federal prosecutors said. Jordan McKoy, 20, no address given, admitted to conspiring to distribute, and possessed at least 100 grams of heroin between January 2010 and March 2011, prosecutors said. A federal grand jury in June named McKoy as one of 41 members or associates of Manchester OG's charged with being part of a drug ring.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• December 27, 2011

• Guilty Plea Entered in Federal Drug Case

A man affiliated with a violent North Side drug trafficking ring pleaded guilty last week to violating federal drug laws, federal prosecutors said. Jordan McKoy, 20, no address given, admitted to conspiring to distribute and possession of at least 100 grams of heroin between January 2010 and March 2011, prosecutors said. A federal grand jury in June named McKoy as being one of 41 members or associates of Manchester OG's charged with being part of a drug ring.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• December 26, 2011

• 28 CFR 16.82 - Exemption of the National Drug Intelligence Center Data Base—limited access.

... investigation pertaining to narcotic trafficking or related activity of the fact and nature of the ... responsible for civil proceedings related to laws against drug trafficking); lead to the destruction...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 28: Judicial Administration

• Gangs Taking Aim at Mexican Sea Turtles; Laws Protecting the Creatures Have Been As Effective As Those On Drug Trafficking

SAN VALENTIN, Mexico (AP) - Laws barring the killing of protected sea turtles and the sale of their eggs have been as effective as anti-drug trafficking programs: driving the practice underground but failing to stop it. The latest threat is a horseback-riding gang whose members wield Kalashnikov rifles to drive away police and unarmed environmental activists.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• February 12, 2004

• 10 United States v. Patrick White Mountain, (8th Cir. 2010)

... be tried and punished according to its laws . . . . . Treaty with the Sioux, Apr. 29, 1868, U.... argument from a criminal defendant in a drug prosecution in United States v. Drapeau, 414 F.3d ... who has violated the federal drug trafficking laws. Rather, the treaty imposes an obligati...

• Federal Circuits

• Feds to Announce Gang Member Arrests

POMONA - Federal agents and Pomona police are expected today to announce the arrests of several gang members in a crackdown of drug trafficking in the area. The gang members are being charged with violating federal drug trafficking and weapons laws.

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• February 18, 2008

• Coca Growers Resist Bolivia Crackdown ; La Paz Faces Cutoff of U.S. Funds

Indigenous coca farmers who helped put President Evo Morales in power are violently resisting even the token eradication efforts demanded by the United States to avoid Bolivia's decertification as a country cooperating against drug trafficking. Dissatisfied with new laws permitting peasant farmers to grow up to half an acre of coca for traditional use, the farmers are backing demands for increased acreage with road blocks and gunfights that so far have killed two growers and wounded two police officers.

• The Washington Times
• October 29, 2006

• Federal Agents Hit Pot Clubs; Officials Say the Businesses Are Operating As Fronts for Large Dealing Operations

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Authorities described this week's raids on San Francisco pot clubs as one of the largest drug crackdowns in the area in recent memory, and said the arrests were the first step in uncovering a major international drug operation. S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan said agents raided three pot clubs that operated as fronts for marijuana and Ecstasy trafficking, and warned that federal drug laws would be strictly enforced even in cities tolerant of medical marijuana.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• June 24, 2005