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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

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

Date9/18/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120221F
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Snorting Cocaine: Punish the users and abusers
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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
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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
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Neil Katzman: He has a guard dog called Cocaine
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