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Estimation of heroin availability, 1995-1998 / by Johnston, Patrick.(CARDINAL)300745; Rhodes, William.(CARDINAL)300744; Carrigan, Kyla.(CARDINAL)300743; Abt Associates.(CARDINAL)140586; United States.Office of National Drug Control Policy.(CARDINAL)216060;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Heroin; Heroin industry;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Paid in full [videorecording] / by Cam'Ron.; Jay-Z,1969-(CARDINAL)345068; Ahmad, Maher.; Carroll, Kevin.; Cirulnick, Matthew.; Dash, Damon.; Davis, Thulani.(CARDINAL)738079; Hall, Regina.(CARDINAL)783379; Harris, Wood.; Martells, Cynthia.; McBride, Chi.; Morales, Esai.(CARDINAL)772966; Neal, Elsie.; Pankow, Bill.(CARDINAL)343578; Phifer, Mekhi,1975-; Ratner, Brett.; Reid, Vernon.; Sarossy, Paul.; Stone, Charles,1966-; Waterhouse, Abram.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)340297; Dimension Films (1990- ); Dimension Home Video (Firm); Loud Films (Firm); Rat Entertainment (Firm); Roc-A-Fella Films (Firm);
Director of photography, Paul Sarossy ; editors, Bill Pankow ... [et al.] ; music composers, Vernon Reid ... [et al.] ; costume designers, Abram Waterhouse ... [et al.] ; production designer, Maher Ahmad.Wood Harris, Regina Hall, Kevin Carroll, Esai Morales, Elsie Neal, Cynthia Martells, Cam'ron, Chi McBride, Mekhi Phifer.Ace works at a laundromat, struggling to get by, while his friend Mitch lives the high life selling heroin. Out delivering laundry one day, Ace meets Lulu, a big time coke dealer, who lives better than anyone Ace has ever known. When Lulu leaves some coke in the pocket of a coat he's having cleaned, Ace returns it to him, and Lulu rewards him for his honesty by letting him keep the drugs. The drugs and money flow, and Ace tries to keep everyone happy, but there are some who want what's his, and will stop at nothing to get it.MPAA rating: R; for violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and drug content.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound, Region 1 encoding.
Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Drug dealers; Heroin industry;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Seeds of terror : how heroin is bankrolling the Taliban and al Qaeda / by Peters, Gretchen.(CARDINAL)534545;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index.Examines the drug trade in Afghanistan, discussing how farmers there continue to grow poppy illegally, and how the Taliban and al Qaeda control heroin labs and distribution networks, and use drug profits to finance terrorist activities.
Subjects: Taliban.; Drug traffic; Heroin industry;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The French connection [videorecording] / by Tidyman, Ernest.(CARDINAL)709980; D'Antoni, Philip,1929-; Friedkin, William.(CARDINAL)716570; Hackman, Gene.(CARDINAL)343591; Rey, Fernando,1917-1994.; Scheider, Roy.(CARDINAL)193713; Lo Bianco, Tony.; Moore, Robin,1925-2008.French connection.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.(CARDINAL)340075; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.(CARDINAL)137420;
Disc 1. Feature film (104 min.); scene specific commentary by Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider; director's commentary; original theatrical trailer -- Disc 2. Making the connection: the untold stories: behind-the-scenes documentary; Poughkeepsie shuffle: BBC documentary; deleted scenes documentary / hosted by William Friedkin; still gallery; trailers.Music, Don Ellis ; director of photography, Owen Roizman ; film editor, Jerry Greenberg.Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi.Two New York City narcotics detectives learn of a scheme to smuggle a large quantity of heroin inside an automobile being shipped from France.MPAA rating: R; bonus features not rated.DVD; Dolby Digital, THX.Five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (Hackman).
Subjects: Feature films.; Police films.; Mystery films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Heroin industry; Drug traffic; Drug control;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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The old Turk's load / by Gibson, Gregory,1945-author.(CARDINAL)657759;
Angelo DiNoto is the most powerful crime lord in New Jersey, his empire sustained by pure heroin from the poppies of an old Turkish farmer. That is, until a five million dollar shipment goes missing. A shady developer and his daughter, a postal clerk dying of cancer, a private investigator, two of DiNoto's enforcers, and a collections agent all have designs on finding the shipment, which leads to an unforgettable showdown over the old Turk's load.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Drug traffic; Farmers; Heroin industry; Poppies;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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American gangster [videorecording] / by Crowe, Russell,1964-cast.(CARDINAL)346677; Ejiofor, Chiwetel,1976-cast.; Grazer, Brian,1953-production.(CARDINAL)318708; Scott, Ridley,direction,production.(CARDINAL)344901; Washington, Denzel,1954-cast.(CARDINAL)360194; Zaillian, Steven,writing.(CARDINAL)436284; Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)(CARDINAL)808538; Imagine Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)318696; Scott Free Productions.(CARDINAL)834862;
Executive producers, Nicholas Pileggi, Steven Zaillian, Branko Lustig, Jim Whitaker, Michael Costigan ; camera, Harris Savides ; editing, Pietro Scalia ; music, Marc Streitenfeld.Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin, Ted Levine, Armand Assante, Clarence Williams III, John Ortiz, John Hawkes, RZA, Lymari Nadal, Yul Vazquez, Ruby Dee, Idris Elba, Carla Gugino, Joe Morton, Common, Jon Polito, Kevin Corrigan, Rodger Guenveur Smith, Malcolm Goodwin, Ric Young, Roger Bart, Tip Harris, Kadee Strickland, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Norman Reedus.In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.MPAA rating: R.
Subjects: Lucas, Frank, 1930-; Feature films.; Drug traffic; Gangsters; Heroin industry;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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The connection [videorecording] by Diwan, Audrey,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)545169; Doutey, Mélanie,actor.; Dujardin, Jean,1972-actor.; Gouix, Guillaume,1983-actor.; Jimenez, Cédric,1976-film director,screenwriter.; Lellouche, Gilles,actor.; Magimel, Benoît,actor.; Sallette, Céline,actor.; Drafthouse Films,publisher.; Légende Entreprises.; Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française.;
Photography, Laurent Tangy ; editor, Sophie Reine ; music, Guillaume Roussell.Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette, Mélanie Doutey, Benoît Magimel, Guillaume Gouix.Marseille. 1975. Pierre Michel, a young magistrate with a wife and children, has just been transferred to help in the crack-down on organized crime. He decides to take on French Connection, a Mafia-run operation that exports heroin the world over. Paying heed to no one's warnings, he leads a one-man campaign against Mafia kingpin Gaetan Zampa, the most untouchable godfather of them all. But Pierre Michel will soon understand that to get results, he will have to change his methods.MPAA rating: R; for strong violence, drug content and language.DVD ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Crime films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Drug traffic; Heroin industry; Police magistrates;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Organized crime wave [videorecording]. by Affleck, Ben,1972-film director,screenwriter,actor.(CARDINAL)646193; Berloff, Andrea,film director,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)342902; Cooper, Scott,1970-film director.(CARDINAL)590385; Cronenberg, David,1943-film director.(CARDINAL)735697; De Luca, Michael,1965-film producer.(CARDINAL)539053; Depp, Johnny,actor.(CARDINAL)346567; Grazer, Brian,1953-film producer.(CARDINAL)318708; Haddish, Tiffany,1979-actor.(CARDINAL)350854; Hall, Rebecca,1982-actor.(CARDINAL)347765; King, Graham,1961-film producer.(CARDINAL)787011; Knight, Steven,1959-screenwriter.(CARDINAL)418872; Mallouk, Mark,1973-screenwriter.(CARDINAL)626622; Mortensen, Viggo,1958-actor.(CARDINAL)686550; Oliver, Brian,1971-film producer.(CARDINAL)595856; Scott, Ridley,film producer,film director.(CARDINAL)344901; Washington, Denzel,1954-actor.(CARDINAL)360194; Webster, Paul,1952 September 19-film producer.; Zaillian, Steven,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)436284; Binge Box (Firm),publisher.;
The kitchen / produced by Michael De Luca, Marcus Viscidi ; written and directed by Andrea Berloff (2019 : R : 102 min.) -- American Gangster / produced by Brian Grazer, Ridley Scott ; written by Steven Zaillian ; directed by Ridley Scott (2007 : UR : 177 min.) -- Black Mass / produced by Brian Oliver [and four others] ; screenplay by Mark Mallouk, Jez Butterworth ; directed by Scott Cooper (2015 : R : 122 min.) -- The Town / directed by Ben Affleck ; screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard ; produced by Graham King ; produced by Basil Iwanyk (2010 : R : 125 min.) -- Eastern Promises / directed by David Cronenberg ; screenplay by Steve Knight ; produced by Paul Webster, Robert Lantos ; a film by David Cronenberg (2007 : R : 101 min.).American gangster: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Josh Brolin.Black mass: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons.Eastern promises: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinead Cusack.The kitchen: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, Margo Martindale.The town: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively.American gangster: Based on a true story, American Gangster is the story of two men: Frank Lucas, former driver, bouncer, and collector for Bumpy Johnson, the so-called Robin Hood of Harlem; and Richie Roberts, night-school lawyer, detective, and honest cop. Frank is importing heroin direct from Bangkok--by-passing the Italian and Sicilian mafia--undercutting their prices, delivering superior product, and making a fortune. Richie, loathed by cops on the take for turning in a million bucks in unmarked bills found in a suspects car, is heading a newly formed Federal investigation force for narcotics, tasked with finding and arresting North American drug kingpins. These two men are destined to meet, a meeting that will change their lives.Black mass: In 1970s South Boston, FBI agent John Connolly persuades Irish mobster Jimmy Bulger to collaborate with the FBI in order to eliminate their common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement while consolidating his power and becoming one of the most ruthless and dangerous gangsters in Boston history.Eastern promises: Anna, a midwife at a North London hospital, finds the diary of a Russian teenager who dies giving birth to a baby, and resolves to find the young girls' relatives in the hopes of providing the orphaned child with a loving family. As Anna follows the clues the diary provides, she finds evidence of a local Russian mob's criminal activities, and meets Nikolai, a formidable mob enforcer. Anna and Nikolai find themselves growing close as the Russian mobsters behind the girl's death become aware of Anna's discoveries regarding their crimes.The kitchen: Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but an ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands, proving surprisingly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition, literally.The town: Doug MacRay is leader of a Boston bank robber gang but not cut from the same cloth as his fellow thieves. When Doug falls into a passionate romance with the bank manager briefly taken hostage in their last heist, he wants out of this life and out of the town. As the Feds close in and the crew questions his loyalty, he has one of two choices: betray his friends or lose the woman he loves.Rating: R.DVD, wide screen.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Crime films.; Feature films.; Gangster films.; Bank robberies; Gangsters; Heroin industry; Organized crime; Organized crime;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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First do no harm [audio-enabled device] / by Kenda, Joe,author,narrator.(CARDINAL)675900; Hastings, Bradford,narrator.; Playaway Digital Audio,issuing body.(CARDINAL)565887; Playaway Products, LLC,issuing body.(CARDINAL)868990;
Read by Joe Kenda and Bradford Hastings.Sound files.Former homicide detective and star of Investigation Discovery, Joe Kenda follows his authentic and fascinating debut novel with First Do No Harm, another addictive tale of crime and punishment as only he can tell it.A string of overdoses in Colorado Springs has Detectives Joe Kenda and Lee Wilson on the lookout for a bad batch of heroin that has been cut with a drug they've never seen before.Meanwhile, at Springs General Hospital, Dr. Blair Moreland-the notoriously unpleasant head anesthesiologist-has found a way to feed his deepening addiction to the very same powerful new drug: fentanyl.But when Dr. Moreland starts supplying the dangerous painkiller to dealer Lula Lopez-planning to manufacture the drug himself-he angers a Mexican crime syndicate and sets into motion a cycle of death and violence that threatens to engulf the entire city.Detectives Kenda and Wilson must track down the source of this killer heroin before anyone else can overdose-and stop Moreland before he can escape the long arm of the law.--Adult.Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.Title from Playaway label.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Playaway (Preloaded audio player); Detective and mystery fiction.; Police; Drugs; Heroin industry; Drug dealers; Murder;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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American gangster / by Collins, Max Allan.(CARDINAL)354104;
After the death of his mentor, Frank Lucas rises to become the drug czar of Harlem--a wealthy, successful, powerful, and untouchable kingpin--until the arrival of Richie Roberts, an honest NYPD drug enforcement investigator determined to bring him down.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Movie novels.; Novels.; Heroin industry; Drug dealers; Police; Police.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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