A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Cocaine"
Timeline
1880 Cocaine isolated.
1980 Comedian Richard PryorRichard Pryor subject_name = Richard Pryor
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is badly burned trying to freebase cocaine.
1982John De LoreanJohn De Lorean John Zachary De Lorean was an American [i] engineer and executive in the U.S. ...
is arrested for selling cocaine to undercover FBI agents. He is later found not guilty due to entrapment.
1984John De LoreanJohn De Lorean John Zachary De Lorean was an American [i] engineer and executive in the U.S. ...
is acquitted of all 8 charges of possessing and distributing cocaine.
1988 A report by U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroinHeroin Heroin, diamorphine or diacetylmorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid [i]. ...
and cocaine.
1989 U.S. President George H. W. BushGeorge H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st President of the United States of America [i] .
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holds up a bag of cocaine purchased across the street at Lafayette Park in his first televised speech to the nation.
1999War on DrugsWar on Drugs ]
The War on Drugs is an initiative undertaken by the United States [i] to carry out an "all-out offensi ...
: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast GuardUnited States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States [i] armed forces [i] ...
intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4.3 t) of cocaine aboard, headed for Houston, TexasHouston, Texas Houston is the largest city in the state of Texas [i] and the fourth-largest in the United States [i] ...
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