Drug abuse

... Missing drug dealer Mokbel jailed .gut1{background:#003366} .maincol {width:459px;} .rghtcol {width:170px;} body .schbtn{margin-top:3px} #hd_list {float:right} #hd_list a, #sch a {color:#003394;text-decoration:none} #hd_list a:hover, #sch a:hover {color:#CC0000;text-decoration:underline} #hd_list img {margin:4px 6px;vertical-align:middle} - Search: messenger hotmail NEWS HOME NATIONAL NEWS MELBOURNE Friday Mar 31 13:18 AEDT Missing drug dealer Mokbel jailedFriday Mar 31 12:20 AEDTMissing millionaire Tony Mokbel has been sentenced in absentia to 12 years in jail for drug trafficking.The 40-year-old, who has not been seen for almost two weeks, was found guilty on Tuesday of one charge of being knowingly concerned in the importation of a trafficable quantity of cocaine.He was involved in the importation of 2kg of pure cocaine from Mexico to Melbourne in late 2000.

The case was interrupted when he did not appear for the start of the seventh week of his trial on March 20.Victorian Supreme Court Justice Bill Gillard on Friday sentenced Mokbel in his absence to 12 years in jail, with a minimum sentence of nine years.Justice Gillard described Mokbel as the "brains and moving force behind the cocaine importation".He said there was "substantial and compelling" evidence against him.ba href=/drug abuse/a/b was an evil with far reaching consequences for the community, he added."The use of drugs is becoming increasingly prevalent and a source of community c...

... TownOnline.com - Local News: Numbers viewed on local drug use A:hover {color: CC6600} Home Reading Advocate Local News RSS Feed Numbers viewed on local drug use By Mac McEntire/ Staff Writer Thursday, March 30, 2006 E-mail article View text version View most popular Members of the town's newly-created substance abuse task force viewed some sobering statistics about underage drug and alcohol abuse in Reading at a recent meeting.

Members from each of the group's subcommittees met last Thursday to go over their progress, and to suggest recommendations to make when the entire task force meets as a whole on Thursday, April 6.

The meeting kicked off with a look at some statistics about the issue, compiled with the help of the police and fire departments, the Reading Health Department, and the 2005 Reading Memorial High School youth risk behavior survey.

In 2005, there were 36 drug-related arrests in Reading.

Of these, 17 were Reading residents, and 12 were juveniles.

In just January and February of 2006, the number of arrests were 18, more than half of 2005's total.

Seven of these were Reading residents and four were juveniles.

For incidents where an overdose, either alcohol or drugs, was listed as the cause of death, there were four in 2005, down by half from eight in 2004.

For non-lethal overdoses, there were 11 in 2004, nine of which were Reading residents, and eight in 2005, all of which were residents.

The first two months of 2006 saw two non-f...

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Last modified Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:07 PM PST Email this story Print this story Comment in our Blog Vista's camera is watching By: North County Times Editorial - 3/30/2006 Our view: Deputies public spying system offends libertyVista deputies seem just delighted with their new, $20,000 spy camera, which is capable of secretly watching people for days at a time.

We are decidedly less thrilled.

It is hard to imagine a more blatant and offensive invasion of privacy: Government officials using a hidden camera to record ordinary folks as they go about their business.

This is downright creepy.

Sheriff's deputies hasten to explain that they will spy only on public areas with the camera, which is disguised as a utility box and capable of beaming days' worth of video signals to remote receivers.

The cops say that they intend to watch public areas where crime has been a problem.Indeed, officials say that if they decide to secretly install their camera across the street from your house, their computer is capable of blacking out the view through your bedroom window.Of course, we predicted that police cameras were next after North County cities began instal...