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Marion Barry's Eulogy to Pay Homage to a Different Side

...  Barry's eulogy to pay homage to a different side But Barry didn't fall for it. “They were trying to get Barry to take kickbacks, but anybody who knew Marion knew he wasn't in it for the money,” Smith said. “But they couldn't find anything on Marion, so they ended up doing the drug thing.” Cox … Read more on Washington Post Former DC Mayor Marion Barry Dies A lot of people will tell you, now, I got my first job through Marion Barry's summer job program. And that was the way he endeared himself to the public, despite his occasional flamboyant excesses. VIGELAND: Well, in later years, his problems with drug … Read more on NPR Read ...

Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Passes at 78

...  D.C. mayor Marion Barry passes at 78 His accomplishments are often forgotten in light of his arrest for drug abuse when he was caught in a Washington hotel room with a much younger woman. "Bitch set me up," Barry famously cursed when FBI agents burst in, referring to the woman who helped … Read more on Christian Science Monitor Christopher Barry, son of Marion Barry, jailed in DC for driving without license The adult son of D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) was ...

Marion Barry Drug Abuse

Attendee List Benefits – Public Workshop Julie Aker …Richard Diamond, Food and Drug Administration . Barry Dickinson, American Medication Association Michelle Monroe, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Heather Sanial, Food and Drug Administration . Marion Scocca, Millennium … Retrieve Doc Jury System?A jury's refusal in 1990 to convict Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry (D) of felony drug-possession to the defense argument that the Menendez brothers acted in self-defense after years of abuse. … Get Doc Read ...