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Long-term abuse of the recreational drug ketamine, often called “Special K” by the young partygoers who use it, is now linked to a heightened risk for pelvic pain and urinary incontinence.

The finding is based on a 2009 survey conducted by a team of researchers out of Hong Kong. They questioned 66 male and female teen and young adult ketamine users (13 to 25 years old) about their drug experience.…

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Cheyenne gangs: "They're legit ... not just wannabes," says Sgt. Rob Dafoe



By Lindsey Erin Kroskob

lkroskob@wyomingnews.com



CHEYENNE -- The Cheyenne Area Gang Enforcement team is putting an ear to the ground.



It has positively identified 109 gang members living in Laramie County and is in the process of researching 67 more.



The team of 11 Cheyenne police officers and one supervisor is spearheading the…

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The suburbs face more Mexican drug-trafficking activity as smugglers use "tactics to fit in" with the general immigrant population and avoid conventional areas of high scrutiny like the inner city, according to the new head of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Chicago.

"This is what makes me sick," said Jack Riley, special agent in charge of the DEA's Chicago bureau. "When I see the hardworking other Mexican population being used by these people, it gets…

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ST. CHARLES, Ill. (CN) - Illinois and the City of Elgin sued 70 alleged members of the Latin Kings gang to bar them from "standing, sitting, walking, driving, gathering, meeting, or appearing anywhere in public view with any other gang member". The state claims the gang has committed violent felonies for more than a decade, including shooting and killing its own members and others, for reasons as petty as "wearing his hat to the right."

Kane County State's Attorney John Barsanti filed an… Continue

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09/21/10

Mexican drug cartels run the billion-dollar trafficking operations that bring so much crime and violence to both sides of… Continue

Methamphetamine confiscated near the border. Photo courtesy of DEA

ON THE SOUTHWEST BORDER

Going After the Major Players

09/08/10…

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