drugs
Anti-Pot New York Assemblyman Busted with Pot While Speeding Down the Interstate
Cord Jefferson · 03/15/13 02:42PMMother Seen in YouTube Video Letting Her Toddler Take a Bong Hit Says It Was a Joke 'That Wasn't Really Funny'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 03/13/13 12:58PMPolice arrested a young mother from Centralia, Washington, last week after footage surfaced on YouTube showing her allowing her 22-month-old son to inhale marijuana smoke from a bong.
Doc Warns of 'Apocalyptic' Superbug 'Ticking Time Bomb'
Max Read · 03/11/13 07:20AMDrug-resistant superbugs are "a ticking time-bomb not only for the UK but also for the world," England's top medical official warns in her first annual report, released today. Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies writes that increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics could turn routine operations into life-threatening procedures if infections become difficult to treat, and in the absence of tougher restrictions on the use of antibiotics—not just in prescriptions for humans but in the agriculture and meat industries—and concerted efforts to discover new drugs—there have been no new antibiotic classes since 1987—we could be heading toward "a health system not dissimilar from the early 19th century." Of particular concern are so-called "Gram-negative" bacteria like E Coli, which are now being seen in the UK more often than previously-hyped drug-resistant superbugs like MRSA, and are more common in the old, young, and immune-compromised. "This is your own gut bugs turning on you," Professor Mike Sharland tells The Guardian. "Between 10% and 20% are resistant to drugs." Davies suggests that the UK divert more resources toward developing antibiotics, and sound a global alarm on the issue: "This threat is arguably as important as climate change," she writes. Meanwhile, in the U.S., pet frogs are giving kids salmonella. [Guardian | Independent | Reuters | GIF via]
Cops Find Meth in Woman's Crack, Loaded Gun in Her Vagina
Neetzan Zimmerman · 03/06/13 02:28PMWoman Sues FedEx for Shipping Pot to Her House, Then Telling Drug Smugglers Where She Lives
Neetzan Zimmerman · 03/01/13 11:42AMThis Makeshift Cannon Was Used to Fire Marijuana Packets Across the Mexicali Border
Neetzan Zimmerman · 02/27/13 02:26PMFifth Grader Who Faces Expulsion for Bringing Marijuana to School Says He Stole It from His Dad to Help Him Quit
Neetzan Zimmerman · 02/27/13 12:32PMFlailing Man Sacrifices Himself to Save His Car from Nature's Wrath
Neetzan Zimmerman · 02/26/13 11:10AMIt's not entirely clear what this Argentinian car lover is up to, but the leading theory is that he's desperately trying to prevent his prized possession from being damaged by a powerful hail storm that recently struck the coastal city of Mar del Plata.
Record-Setting Number of Heroin Bags Found Inside Gang Member's Anus
Neetzan Zimmerman · 02/22/13 12:05PMHamilton Nolan · 02/11/13 04:15PM
L.A. Idiot Keeps Doing Whippits as Gun-Toting Police Surround His Car
Kate Bennert · 02/01/13 03:45PMA Los Angeles man wanted for allegedly drinking and driving was stopped today after a brief low-speed car chase in which LAPD disabled the vehicle with a spike strip. With nothing left to do but wait for police to apprehend him, the suspect started filling balloon after balloon from a canister in the passenger seat of his car and furiously huffing the ones he didn't pop. Eventually, police took him out with a "non-lethal projectile," dragged him out of the car, and wrestled him to the ground.
White Man Discovers Blunts
Hamilton Nolan · 01/29/13 10:11AMPolice on the Hunt for Marijuana Thief Put Out Incredible Sketch of Likely Culprit
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/28/13 11:50AMDallas Police Very Close to Figuring Out What 'Molly' Is
Mallory Ortberg · 01/27/13 03:30PMLawmaker in Oregon Seeks to Outlaw Non-Prescription Cigarettes
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/24/13 04:50PMNaked Florida Man Jumps Off Roof Onto Homeowner, Knocks Television Over, Empties Vacuum Cleaner, Masturbates
Jordan Sargent · 01/22/13 08:59PMIt's never a dull day in Florida, our country's most fantastic state. Let's set the scene: It's Monday, January 21, and an unnamed North Fort Myers resident is lying in bed relaxing after a hard day's work. Just after 7 p.m., he hears a noise coming from his roof — he thinks it sounds like thunder. He goes outside to investigate the disturbance, when he sees 21-year-old Gregory Matthew Bruni running on his house. Bruni leaps from the roof, tackling the man. Bruni is naked.
'Investigative Journalist' Gives Out Public Safety Advice After Taking a Bunch of Different Drugs
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/14/13 02:05PMMiss America Contestant Opposes All Marijuana Use That Isn't Recreational or Medicinal
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/14/13 09:30AMMiss Iowa Mariah Cary (yup) might have been taking some of her own confusing advice when she responded to a question about Marijuana legalization by saying the drug should only be used recreationally and medicinally.
Tupac-Commemorating Alligator Found Guarding 34 Pounds of Pot (UPDATE)
Taylor Berman · 01/09/13 08:54PMThat headline says it all, really, but in case you want more info: When the sheriff's department in Alameda County, California attempted to conduct a "probation compliance" check at a home in Castro Valley, they discovered 34 pounds of processed dried marijuana and a five-foot alligator, named "Mr. Teeth," guarding said marijuana from a Plexiglas tank.