All Things Considered Coverage
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The Landscape
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In 1974 American George Jung and Colombian Carlos Ledher revolutionized the delivery of cocaine in the United States. They introduced planes, fleets of planes and joined forces with a Colombian cocaine dealer named Pablo Escobar. It was the first drug cartel. Miami: It's early evening, and a police boat lands on an island park. An undercover officer says he read on a Web site about to the rave party taking place. This is latest battleground on the war on drugs. While the statistics show that drug use is down from its high point in the 1970's, still 20% of 18 to 25 year olds say they use illegal drugs. While teenage use gets the media attention, it is hard core adult users that bring the most social cost. Nearly four million adult users consume 75% of the cocaine and heroin in the United States. New York City: Women and children line up for buses every weekend which will take them to see husbands and sons in prison. More than 60% of federal prisoners are drug offenders, 23% in state and local jails.
Tuesday |
| The Mexican Connection (14.4 | 28.8)
Wednesday |
| Money Laundering (14.4 | 28.8)
Thursday |
| Corruption (14.4 | 28.8)
Friday |
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Treatment (14.4 | 28.8)
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