Sentences with phrase «crack cocaine did»

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At a news conference, Ford said, «I do not use crack cocaine» and called the allegations related to the video «ridiculous.»

He charts the devastating consequences of the transformation of this gang and others into high - stakes, often violent corporate enterprises engaged in franchised dealing in crack cocaine — an entrepreneurial «black capitalism» that does not figure in conservative programs for urban renewal yet plays a significant role in the economic life of the inner city.

It should be noted, however, that while methadone is effective in dealing with heroin addiction, it does not work with cocaine or crack.

By the age of 15 I was addicted to crack cocaine, running the streets of New York doing everything and anything for another hit!

They may have minor anxiety or low social skills but sometimes the exposure to new technology in which they're flooded with sexual images or sexual text stories, or the opportunity to be sexual in ways that they never could have imagined, sometimes the opportunity by itself can be addictive like we saw with crack cocaine many years ago, so people got addicted to crack cocaine who did not have a typical profile, just the exposure to the drug was enough to flood the brain and get people hooked in a very short period of time.

As New York has done to combat previous public health crises including crack / cocaine, HIV / AIDS, and nicotine and cigarette smoking, we need a comprehensive plan coupled with a commitment of resources that matches the magnitude of the problem.»

Hart says he was impelled to do the research because of distortions of the evidence for harm from crack cocaine.

You could be exercising six hours a day, neglecting your family, and doing crack cocaine.

The good news is that Snowfall, the searing FX drama about the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles, does start moving at dazzling speed after a slow, plodding start.

To what extent do you view your investing life as an extension of your personal life?By that I mean to what extent do the personal morals and ethical values of Tim the man govern the investing decisions of Tim the dividend growth investor?If you ask your typical dividend growth investor if they would be willing to invest in a lucrative but immoral venture, say selling child pornography or crack cocaine, the answer would probably be «absolutely not» regardless of the yield, valuation or growth prospects of the underlying venture.And yet, ask that same investor what their thoughts are about Phillip Morris and they would probably describe what a wonderful investment it is and go on about why you should own it.Do your personal morals ever come into play when buying companies, or do you compartmentalize your conscience, wall it off from the part of your brain that thinks about investments, and make your investing decisions based on the financial prospects of the company?The reason why I'm asking is that I keep identifying stocks of companies that I love from an investing perspective but despise on a human level.I can not in good conscience own any piece of Phillip Morris knowing the impact that smoking related illness has on the families of smokers.You might say that the smoker made his choice to smoke so you don't mind taking his money, but his children never made that choice and they are the ones who will suffer when he dies 20 years too soon.

People are not starting blogs as a mini-megaphone for their unique ideas and one - of - a-kind stories of cultural immersion... They're doing it to make money by coercing you into an Amazon shopping spree, or by selling you motivational crack - cocaine (NO I DO N'T WANT YOUR COACHING E-COURSE!!!!!).

We don't want to have a «crack cocaine» problem with gaming and it's a problem that the games industry needs to find a solution to soon.

The idea that McIntyre did not accuse Briffa of cherrypicking simply does not hold up, as I showed in a previous post, entitled «Climate «auditor» Steve McIntyre: Yamal like «crack cocaine»».

The issue of balancing conflicting «freedoms» is precisely why we have traffic rules, and why we don't allow the sale of crack cocaine.

One crack cocaine sentencing reduction issue that I still don't fully understand is: why not make the sentences equal for equal amounts?

«Accepting, as I do, that crack cocaine and methamphetamine are as harmful as heroin to the individual user, I still find no basis on the evidence before me to conclude that the disparity in sentence is a result of heroin being over-punished, rather than crack cocaine and methamphetamine being under - punished,» wrote Justice Nancy Spies in a new ruling from the Superior Court.

By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer In a story that shows the importance of using overlapping tools to do criminal background checks, a jury recently ruled that negligence by the Housing Authority in a North Carolina city led to an elderly woman's death at the hands of her crack cocaine addicted neighbor in 2007.