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American classrooms to children on what can happen when you go down the wrong path. His story shows the true meaning of having everything you could imagine, but at what price."
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During his reign as the head of a nationwide drug enterprise, it is estimated that Ross profited nearly $ 300 million, selling nearly $ 3 million worth of drugs in one day. Ross' role in what became known as the
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TV wrote in its review, "(The book) is fascinating for its unsentimental, inside look at his career on the streets of South
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