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DEALING DEATH Most dropped out or flunked out of school but can rattle off with lightning speed the logistics and profit margins of selling cocaine. "I invest like $800, that's […]

TO DEAL AND DIE IN L.A. AS the Compton, Calif., gang unit police car pulls into an alley, Ronald, a 22-year-old drug dealer, tries to hide a small plastic packet. [...]

The misguided attempt of labeling the anti-drug efforts a war is described. Wars must have winners and losers and the country is headed toward the dispiriting knowledge that theree can be no winner because theree is no single enemy. The only hope is a collective adaptation of attitude.

African American are taking steps to make drug enforcement efforts less discriminatory according to their own interpretations but the real need is to fight drugs on all fronts. This would include educational programs and social policies aside from the reform black legislators and pushing for.

Police officials should provide leadership to the community in the battle against drugs. The year 1995 has witnessed some sensational successes in narcotics law enforcement, such as the arrest of prominent leaders within Colombia's Cali cocaine mafia. Despite these successes, there have setbacks, such as the resurgence of drug use among teenagers. Solutions to the drug problem will require long-term commitment and personal sacrifice. Police officials should devote their personal time and resources to help communities and families resolve their drug problems.

The article focuses on Monterrey, Mexico's cooperation with the private and public sectors and use of telecommunications to keep the city safe from the country's drug-trafficking problems that run through Nuevo Leon state as of November 2013. The article mentions the Center for Citizen Integration encourages people to report suspicious activity and also mentions the nonprofit organization has services for crime victims. Environmental protection and rebranding the city's image are noted.

The US Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Violent Trafficker Program earnestly attempts to operate with state and local police to combat the social threat posed by violent drug traffickers and gangs across many jurisdictions. The program will integrate the homicide and drug investigative skills of local law enforcement agencies and the DEA to protect society from violent criminals. The program, which is enhanced by the use of federal drug trafficking penalties, has been successful in a number of cities.

The article reports that despite of the arrest of Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who has been charged with drug and gun trafficking, Jamaica still faces crisis due to illegal drug use and trade.

The article discusses the fear of students attending school in the Texas border towns of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico including Fort Hancock, Texas because of Mexico's drug war. The increased services for students of murdered parents at the schools in Fort Hancock, Texas are explored. School administrators believe that many students have relatives who were killed or tortured in Mexico's drug violence. The increase in asylum claims seen by U.S. authorities in Fort Hancock, Texas is discussed.

Opinion. Comments on the proliferation of drug dealers in the Black community in Great Britain. Social implications of the trend; Escalation of violence in connection with drug traffic; Need for the police to intensify their efforts to eradicate drug trafficking.

Abstracts the article `The `hustle': Socioeconomic deprivation, urban drug trafficking, and low-income, African-American male gender identity,' by T.L. Whitehead, J. Peterson and L. Kaljee, originally published in the journal `Pediatrics.'

Reports on the benevolent acts of the Red Command gang, drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Restaurant worker Jose Severino as one of the victims of police-precipitated violence; Slum residents' appreciation of drug traffickers' generosity; Comando Vermelho (C.V.) or Red Command as rulers of Nova Brasilia.