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California church leader arrested in drugs, sex abuse probe San Jose Mercury News 12/30/2009	Texas Gang Member Pleads Guilty U.S. Department of Justice 07/30/2009
CORONA, Calif.—A Southern California church leader has been arrested on drug-related charges amid allegations that he drugged and sexually abused children, authorities said Wednesday.	Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) member David Hellums, aka "CutThroat," pleaded guilty today to a superseding indictment charging him and 16 co-defendants with various offenses related to alleged narcotics and weapons trafficking, as well as violent activities throughout Texas, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas James T. Jacks.
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Cocaine Traffickers Sentenced to 235 Months in Prison on Drug Charges U.S. Department of Justice 07/17/2009	Leader of Colombian Narco-Terrorist Group Extradited to United States on Cocaine Importation Charges U.S. Department of Justice 07/16/2009
Rene Oswald Cobar, a Guatemalan national, and Luis Angel Gonzalez-Largo, a Colombian national, were each sentenced today to 235 months in prison on federal drug charges, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced. Cobar and Gonzalez-Largo were sentenced by U.S. District Judge James C. Mahan for the District of Nevada.	Lev L. Dassin, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michele M. Leonhart, the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), today announced that Gerardo Aguilar Ramirez, aka "Cesar," a former front commander in the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC), has been extradited from Colombia to the United States to face cocaine importation conspiracy charges.
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America's Silent Crisis: Addiction -- Downturn Fuels Rising Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Phoenix House Study Reveals Phoenix House 06/22/2009
"Addiction is on the upswing, fueled by pressures from our economic downturn," says Howard Meitiner, President and CEO of Phoenix House, the nation's largest non-profit alcohol and drug abuse treatment and prevention facility. "Eighty-eight percent of the population feels that drug abuse is at either serious or crisis levels today, reflecting the devastating impact that addiction is having on individuals, families, and communities."
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California church leader arrested in drugs, sex abuse probe