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Marijuana lode: Cocaine is now seized more often than pot
Marijuana lode: Cocaine is now seized more often than pot

Marijuana lode: Cocaine is now seized more often than pot

Date8/31/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Marijuana lode: Cocaine is now seized more often than pot.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120210F
Cash cache: In a Montreal sting set up bythe RCMP, this money was part of $400,000 seized when it was used to buy sugar passed off as cocaine
Cash cache: In a Montreal sting set up bythe RCMP, this money was part of $400,000 seized when it was used to buy sugar passed off as cocaine
9/18/1990
Stuffed with Marijuana worth $250,000, African tribal drums are broken open and emptied by RCMP officers who seized 150-pound shipment yesterday. Cpl.(...)
Stuffed with Marijuana worth $250,000, African tribal drums are broken open and emptied by RCMP officers who seized 150-pound shipment yesterday. Cpl.(...)
11/22/1968
Under Arrest: Nabbed selling cocaine to an undercover Metro policeman, a female suspet is handcuffed and hustled intoa waiting police car as part of a crackdown in the Regent Park area
Under Arrest: Nabbed selling cocaine to an undercover Metro policeman, a female suspet is handcuffed and hustled intoa waiting police car as part of a crackdown in the Regent Park area
9/6/1989
Speed lab: Inspector Sefrin Ginther of the RCMP, left, and Inspector Forbes Ewing of Metro police look over equipment seized in a drug lab near Penetanguishene this week
Speed lab: Inspector Sefrin Ginther of the RCMP, left, and Inspector Forbes Ewing of Metro police look over equipment seized in a drug lab near Penetanguishene this week
9/27/1979
Tools of trade: At an Elm Bank Community Centre press conference, Jennifer Phillips, left, and Bonnie Killam look at some of the knives and guns seized in drug sweep
Tools of trade: At an Elm Bank Community Centre press conference, Jennifer Phillips, left, and Bonnie Killam look at some of the knives and guns seized in drug sweep
2/6/1989
Addiction research Drs. William Miles (left) and Wilfred Boothroyd examine belts woven by marijuana smokers in an experiment at the centre. The 30,000(...)
Addiction research Drs. William Miles (left) and Wilfred Boothroyd examine belts woven by marijuana smokers in an experiment at the centre. The 30,000(...)
3/1/1972
The danger of ignoring Marijuana
The danger of ignoring Marijuana
4/27/1988
Drug deal: As an undercover Metro drug squad officer, Bobby made 300 buys of cocaine, heroin, LSD and other street drugs in four years
Drug deal: As an undercover Metro drug squad officer, Bobby made 300 buys of cocaine, heroin, LSD and other street drugs in four years
9/28/1985
Snorting Cocaine: Punish the users and abusers
Snorting Cocaine: Punish the users and abusers
8/27/1973
Distraught Mother: Clutching her daughter's doll, this 24-year-old Regent Park woman says she has overcome her cocaine abuse and will fight to win back custody of her three young children
Distraught Mother: Clutching her daughter's doll, this 24-year-old Regent Park woman says she has overcome her cocaine abuse and will fight to win back custody of her three young children
11/16/1989
Cocaine influence: It is used by some, ignored by others and laughed off by a few, who say their salaries don't allow such extravagance
Cocaine influence: It is used by some, ignored by others and laughed off by a few, who say their salaries don't allow such extravagance
7/15/1982
Grim Message: Experts say that even after the cocaine is out of an addict's system, withdrawal symptoms and intense cravings can continue for weeks
Grim Message: Experts say that even after the cocaine is out of an addict's system, withdrawal symptoms and intense cravings can continue for weeks
5/2/1989