Friday News Dump: Crack-Smoking Mayor, Plagiarizing Senator

Friday News Dump: Crack-Smoking Mayor, Plagiarizing Senator
The video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine was finally made public and therefore Mayor Ford admitted to smoking crack. Later in the week, another video surfaced in which Mayor Ford promised to kill a political opponent in … Read more on Indian Country Today Media Network

Toronto Mayor Ford: 'Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine'
Waterloo Region Record. "Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine," Mayor Rob Ford admitted at a surprise news conference just after noon Tuesday. … The admission comes six months after Ford said at a May 24 news conference, "I do not use crack cocaine. Nor … Read more on Waterloo Record

The toll of addictions
It is snorted through the nose or injected. Crack is cocaine that is processed so that it … Both cocaine and crack cocaine increase levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain, creating feelings of pleasure. “Addiction is a disease that … Read more on Toronto Star