cocaine

News Anchor Suffers Mysterious Nosebleed During Live Broadcast

Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/07/13 10:33AM

French-Canadian news anchor Alexis de Lancer suffered some technical difficulties during a recent live broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation-owned news channel RDI when his nose suddenly started to bleed as he was in the process of signing off.

Why Isn't Cocaine as Good as Exercise?

Hamilton Nolan · 05/09/13 01:05PM

The sun has risen, and it's time for "Hey, Science," our boldly scientific weekly feature in which we have your most provocative scientific questions answered by real live scientists (or related experts). No topic is off limits in our ongoing quest for truth and time-wasting. This week, doctors explain: Why do cardio exercise when you could just do cocaine?

"Weeeeee!" Sings Alleged Coke Bag as It Soars Out of Model's Purse

Caity Weaver · 05/06/13 11:10AM

It's impossible to know for sure exactly what white substance burst forth from supermodel Cara Delevingne's pocketbook on Saturday, as she merrily searched for her keys in front of her London home. Perhaps it was a baggie of bone ash, to make a glaze for tiny ceramics. Perhaps it was a pinch of anthrax, to poison her littlest enemies. Perhaps it was 1 gram of flour, to bake a cake for a fairy queen.

Cops Nab $5 Million Worth of Cocaine from Times Square Hotel

Taylor Berman · 11/27/12 12:07AM

It's tough to beat the New York Post's lede - "There's no business like snow business" - so I'll let it stand. In what authorities are describing as a "dramatic drug gang takedown," New York State police seized over 100 pounds of cocaine – worth an estimated $5 million – from the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Times Square last month.

Super Cool America Does Far More Cocaine Than Any Other Nation

Cord Jefferson · 09/24/12 12:34PM

Brand new Atlantic Media business publication Quartz has a post up today about the boom in Brazilian cocaine use. Apparently, in the midst of its march toward becoming one of the world's wealthiest nations, Brazil is now also one of the largest consumers of cocaine, snorting 18 percent of the global supply, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. But while we're proud of the Brazilians, America, once again, is the real victor here, with citizens who inhale nearly 37 percent of all the cocaine in the world. One and a half percent of Americans do cocaine, and the average intake per user is 42 grams a year. USA! USA! USA!