the dope report

Griselda Blanco aka “The Black Widow” aka “The Godmother”
Country: Colombia, USA
Product: Cocaine

Born into absolute poverty in Medellin, Griselda Blanco didn’t waste any time in joining the ranks of the criminal underground. At the age of 11 it is claimed she kidnapped a kid from a rich family, tried to ransom him and when the plan eventually fell apart she killed him. Born to an absent father and alcoholic mother she became a prostitute at the age of 12 and eventually ended up in Queens, NYC and started her career in drug smuggling. After being slammed in New York by the authorities due to growing operations, she relocated to Miami where she earned her title as “The Godmother”.

Pablo Escobar
Country: Colombia
Product: Cocaine

Pablo Escobar was one of the the most notoriously violent and wealthy drug lords of all time. Lauded by drug dealers, rappers, kingpins, and financiers, he was famously listed by Forbes Magazine in 1989 as the 7th richest man in the world with his wealth estimated at $25 billion. Every drug kingpin film that you have seen has used elements of Pablo Escobar as foil for what it really means to be on top of the drug world.

Amado Carillo Fuentes aka “Lord of the Skies”
Country: Mexico, USA
Product: Cocaine, Marijuana

Amado Fuentes was the boss of the Juarez Cartel and one of the most feared and sought out drug lords in all of Mexico. The DEA estimates that he is one of the biggest drug traffickers of all time, transporting more than four times the amount of cocaine than anyone else of his era. His operation is considered one of the most lucrative, reaching a cool 25 billion.

In a nod to the pitfalls of religious repression, Utah has become the nation’s leader in the abuse of pharmaceutical drugs. There were 317 deaths related to non-illicit drug use in the state during 2008, that is far more than the number of people who died from using illegal drugs and for the first time exceeds the amount of fatalities from car accidents. It may not be definitive that this abuse stems from the serious discouragement of mind altering substances on all levels by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but even the Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has directly correlated Mormon culture with the staggering statistics.

Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha aka “El Mexicano”
Country: USA
Product: Cocaine

It’s no surprise that some of the most prolific and stupidly successful drug lords come from the Medellin Cartel, aka “cocaine is one helluva drug”. “El Mexicano” one of the leaders of the Medellin was listed in the Forbes list as one most successful global billionaires the world has known. He joined the Medellin Cartel along with Pablo Escobar, the Ochoa brothers, and Carlos Lehder in 1976, his innovation as a trafficker consisted of finding new smuggling routes that would transport the cocaine via Mexico, the Southwestern part of the US, hence the nickname “El Mexicano”.

Ambulances are lining up outside of raves in Melbourne. For the first time in Victoria, people attending large dance events are coming close to death – someone is giving them way too much GHB. Gamma-hydroxybutyrate has been famous for some time now, known most posthumously as the date rape drug. It usually comes in a clear, odorless liquid that tastes like sweat and is most commonly used as a last resort for party people in need of some sleep. It has no place at a rave and the 28 people who were hospitalized this month at a single Trance music party in Melbourne are testimony enough.

“Freeway” Ricky Ross
Country: USA
Product: Crack-Cocaine

“Freeway” Ricky Ross claims that at his peak he was selling two to three million dollars a day of crack cocaine and pushing 440 kilos a week. That’s some serious weight, son! He started out

Carlos Lehder
Country: USA, Colombia, The Bahamas
Product: Cocaine

Carlos Lehder is one of the co-founders of the Medellin Cartel in Colombia who was responsible for 85% of the cocaine that was transported into the USA during the ‘70’s and ‘80’s. A mad man megalomaniac who purchased an island in the Bahamas due to his irascible, paranoid nature and his belief that