drugs

Drugs and Alcohol Threatened by Outside-the-Box Thinking

Hamilton Nolan · 08/18/10 10:09AM

Dutch cities are trying to crack down on "drug tourism." Russia is banning its own citizens from buying booze. Meanwhile, doctors want to give acid and mushrooms to depressed people. Is everything getting a little too wacky?

UK Cops: Local Weed Sucks, Comparatively Speaking

Jeff Neumann · 08/17/10 07:20AM

A report by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Britain concluded that marijuana is being grown on a massive scale in the country, but that "UK-produced skunk is of a lower quality than varieties available on the continent." Ouch.

How Bogus Drug Scares Get Started

Matt Harvey · 08/12/10 01:26PM

Bogus drug scares are a mainstay of mainstream media reporting and reactionary parenting. A roundup of the latest in ludicrous drug trends—and look back at how bogus substances have stirred panic for more than a century now—below.

Crack Dealer Gets Married Right After Hearing on Drug Charges

Jeff Neumann · 08/08/10 11:39AM

What better time to get married than when you're standing in front of a judge, handcuffed and in a jumpsuit, for a motions hearing on crack charges? That's what Franklin Barndt did on Friday when he married girlfriend Takesha Piazza.