Veteran CBS Radio reporter Howard Arenstein and his wife, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reporter Orly Azoulay, were arrested yesterday at their home in DC for growing 11 marijuana plants. Selling drugs is better than working in media these days, apparently.

A new study from the UK shows that only users of potent "skunk" weed experienced short-term memory loss while high. Hash or herbal pot had no affect on memory due to prevalence of the chemical cannabidol, which mitigates THC's effects.

[Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong expend their precious few remaining brain cells for the cameras at last night's Stony Awards sponsored by High Times. Image via Getty]

Max Moreno was a 21 year-old Pace University business student who cops say was selling weed out of his luxury apartment in the Financial District. Wednesday morning, two people ran up in his apartment and shot him dead.

New Jersey chef Joe Cerniglia, who once appeared on Kitchen Nightmares, committed suicide last week. Since then, his ongoing affair made the papers. And today, we find out he OD'd on coke last summer. Suicide kills reputations, too. [NYP]

Ladies: Don't count on a "female Viagra" hitting the market anytime soon. It's a scam!

A three-year-old in Lake City, Florida, brought 20 grams of marijuana to school before another student ratted him out to the teacher. They start them early these days, don't they? And since when do three-year-olds go to school?

Reggae star Buju Banton's cocaine trafficking case ends in a mistrial. New trial in December.

Did you know that Elvis Presley's favorite sandwich was fried peanut butter and bananas? Fans say the King added bacon, too. Some NPR reporters decided to recreate "The Elvis," and the first bite got this reaction: "Wow, this is gross."

Attention heroin smugglers: Most large airports, like JFK, have drug sniffer dogs. Crazy, right?

Tonight, Access Hollywood was just a bit more ridiculous than usual when Maria Menounos admitted to "smiling and laughing" about Lindsay Lohan's drug problems, Menounos and Billy Bush joked about Lohan's mugshots, Bush talked about a possible lip job, and more!

Here's something rare: a Democrat embracing George W. Bush, warrior-king. In this ad, Rep. Earl Pomeroy touts his support for Bush's 2003 Medicare prescription drug act. Since old people can't even remember Bush but do enjoy free drugs, this works.

Not to alarm you, but forces beyond your control are working right now to limit your right to be bombarded with ads for dick-hardening pills during every televised sporting event and prime time show. Sex-hating Puritans? Even worse: doctors.

Comedian Greg Giraldo overdosed on prescription pills last weekend. He's reportedly in critical condition.

Banking on the world's assumption that Lindsay Lohan has, at this point, tried every drug on the planet, News of the World today published some blast-from-the-past photos depicting America's favorite trainwreck kissing Paris Hilton and shooting heroin, allegedly.

And another drug lord goes down: Mexican authorities have arrested Margarito Soto Reyes, also known as "The Tiger," in Guadalajara with eight other alleged members of the Sinaloa cartel. [BBC; pic: AP]

The producers of the anemia drugs Epogen and Procrit, Amgen Inc, has recalled several hundred lots of the medication fearing that glass flakes will develop in the bottle, leading to blood clots. Glass flakes in the bloodstream sounds pretty awful.

Prescription danger! Nobel cheater! Cat in tree! Communication screwups! Bad science learning! Slob doctors! And coreshine won't get you more shine! It's your Friday Science Watch, where we watch science—in a hat, on a mat!

Unlimited health care! Avandia outlawed! Mammograms dismissed! MS pills! Safe sex banned! Fat Canadians! Overweight college girls! And scary AIDS facts! It's your Thursday Health Watch, where we watch your health—while eating and sexing, all at once!

After a six-hour grilling by immigration officials, Paris Hilton was denied entry into Japan today, where being a convicted cokehead is apparently frowned upon. She joins Wings-era Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones on Japan's list of druggie deportees.