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Most of the violent crime in Miami during the period was directly related to conflicts in the city's growing drug trade. [1] In 1979, there were 349 murders in Miami. [11] The next year, the city had 573 murders and the year after that, it had 621 murders. [1] By 1981, the city morgue had an overload of dead bodies and was forced to rent out a ...
The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91–513, 84 Stat. 1236, enacted October 27, 1970, is a United States federal law that, with subsequent modifications, requires the pharmaceutical industry to maintain physical security and strict record keeping for certain types of drugs. [1]
The operation was established in response to the explosive growth of money laundering in South Florida following the increase in drug trafficking in the region. [1] [2] A 1979 cash-flow study by the Federal Reserve Bank found that Florida had a $5.5 billion cash surplus at a time when the rest of the country had a cash deficit.
War on drugs, a campaign, led by the U.S. federal government, of drug prohibition, military aid, and military intervention. Miami drug war , a series of armed conflicts in the 1970s and 1980s. See also
By late 1970s and early ‘80s, Miami Beach, after its first heyday from the 1930s through the ‘60s, was a place in transition. ... The Prairie Avenue campus opened in the early 1960s.
By the end of the 1960s, a rapidly expanding Dadeland was enclosed and converted to a mall. By the 1970s, Kendall had become Miami-Dade’s fastest growing community, with this trend accelerating ...
Though the elected office hasn’t existed in Miami-Dade since the 1960s, the county will have an independent sheriff as part of a state-mandated expansion of constitutional offices approved by ...
War on drugs A U.S. government PSA from the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration with a photo image of two marijuana cigarettes and a "Just Say No" slogan Date June 17, 1971 – present (53 years, 8 months and 3 days) Location Global Status Ongoing, widely viewed as a policy failure Belligerents United States US law enforcement Drug Enforcement Administration US Armed Forces ...