Drug Crimes

In the 1980s, cocaine was the drug everyone was afraid of. It was a popular party drug during the disco era; people under the influence were annoyingly jittery, but one must admit that neither Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours nor the classic first five seasons of Saturday Night Live would exist without cocaine. Then the media seized […]

Drug laws have changed a lot since the original passage of the federal Controlled Substances Act in 1970. Researchers are constantly developing new drugs and seeking their approval for medical use; meanwhile, previously unknown drugs turn up in the illegal drug supply. It often takes a few drug busts and drug-related medical emergencies or overdoses […]

Frank Baum chose Kansas as the setting of The Wizard of Oz, so that the protagonist, Dorothy, could grow up in a dull, monotonous place that contrasted with the colorful spectacle of Oz. The filmmakers portrayed this in the film adaptation by filming the scenes in Kansas in monochrome and the scenes in Oz with […]