drugs

Smoking Pot Is American as Heck

Max Read · 07/17/12 02:00PM

Here's Romney surrogate John Sununu on Fox News telling Megyn Kelly someone that President Obama "has no idea how the American system functions" because "he spent his early years in Hawaii smoking something [and] spent the next set of years in Indonesia."

Are Authorities Closing In On the Online Drug Market Silk Road?

Adrian Chen · 07/16/12 06:44PM

Just over a year ago, we broke the story of Silk Road, the underground online market that's like an eBay for illegal drugs. It's been thriving ever since. But as the summer drags on, Silk Road users are becoming increasingly paranoid over a series of unexplained disappearances. And the Drug Enforcement Agency has now revealed it's investigating the site. Is Silk Road really as invincible as it seems?

Prosecutors Allege Dr. Drew Was Paid to Talk Up Wellbutrin

Louis Peitzman · 07/02/12 09:13PM

Today, pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay a $3 billion fine in a fraud settlement for illegally marketing drugs and withholding safety information. But Celebrity Rehab fans may be more interested in another aspect of the case against the company — the claim that TV personality Dr. Drew was paid $275,000 to promote the antidepressant Wellbutrin SR for uses not approved by the FDA.

Good News For Crack Dealers

Hamilton Nolan · 06/21/12 11:13AM

One of the most blatant injustices in our nation's drug laws (which are themselves an injustice) has always been the disparity in sentencing between those who were caught selling crack and those who were caught selling powder cocaine. Crack sentences have always been much, much harsher. (Racism, by scaremongering "tough on crime" politicians? Yes, it's racism by scaremongering "tough on crime" politicians.) A 2010 law finally brought crack sentences down to earth, very relatively speaking. And now: a bit of good news, for crack stragglers.

White People Offing Themselves Has Silver Lining for Race Relations

Jessica Benjestorf · 06/14/12 03:00PM

It's news that should be refreshingly optimistic: a study has found that the life expectancy gap between races has finally been whittled down to its lowest point in history. While the chasm has slowly been decreasing over the last two decades, the years between 2003 - 2008 proved especially fruitful in leveling the gap. Incidentally, as the study points out, that's right around the time everyone started giving up on life.

A Night At the 2012 Clio Awards On Mushrooms

Emma Carmichael · 05/20/12 03:10PM

At about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday night, while standing in the Roosevelt Rotunda at the American Museum of Natural History on 81st Street and Central Park West, my friend Sam and I stuff an eighth of psychedelic mushrooms into egg rolls and eat them. It is time for the 2012 Clio Awards, the advertising world's version of the Oscars.