This week in briefs: A Fired Cop! Heroin! Horses!
drugs
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Inside the Cocaine Kingdom
One Man’s Deadly Adventures in the Cocaine Manufacturing Camps
Brendan Kiley interviews an escapee from a Colombia cocaine camp.
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How to Do Drugs (A Back-to-School Primer)
How to do drugs (a back-to-school primer).
Posted inI Love Television
I Love Television™
What We Know About Hippies
What we know about hippies.
Posted inGeneral
The Continued Decline of Western Civilization
Wizards, Outdoor Drug Markets, and the Most Fervent Fans in the World: Author Matthew Vollono Attends a Phish Concert.
Wizards, outdoor drug markets, and the most fervent fans in the world:
Matthew Vollono attends a Phish concert.
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Pins and Needles
As Heroin Overdoses Double, Some Addicts Turn to Acupuncture
As super pure heroin doubles Portland’s overdoses, some addicts swap syringes for acupuncture pins.
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Leonard’s Secret List
Commissioner’s Shady Scheme Faces Legal Challenge
Commissioner Randy Leonard is subpoenaed—again—to defend his Old Town crime program.
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Pearl District Meth Bust
Cops Arrest Northwest Portland Condo Owner
THE COPS SAY they started hearing from some neighbors at the Pearl District’s Irving Street Lofts several months ago, after an unusually large number of visitors started showing up to unit 408. “We’re talking sometimes 70-80 visitors in a 24-hour period,” says Officer Mark Friedman, whose investigative work, along with the sharp eyes of some […]
