drugs

Meet the 'Samsung Heiress' Who Smuggled 500 Lbs. of Pot (Updated)

Maureen O'Connor · 06/16/10 05:39PM

Lisette Lee arrived in Ohio from Beverly Hills on a chartered jet carrying $500,000 worth of marijuana. False eyelashes fluttering, she claimed to be an electronics heiress. But she used to use a different name and be an actress.

Violent Nuns Busted for Growing Weed

Jeff Neumann · 06/11/10 12:26AM

Two Ugandan nuns, Sisters Nanteza and Rita, were arrested this week for growing weed on the grounds of their convent, which they told police was used for farm animals. Natenza attacked the officers for entering the convent without her permission.

Larry King's Wife Overdoses on Pills

Jeff Neumann · 06/09/10 05:20AM

Larry King's wife, Shawn King, overdosed on pills on May 28, according to RadarOnline. In a recording of the 911 call, her father tells the operator "I can't wake her up," and "I don't think she did it on purpose."

You Can Fit A Lot of Stuff Up Your Butt

Jeff Neumann · 06/06/10 08:32PM

Three days in jail can seem like a lifetime. So before 24-year-old Gavin Stanger surrendered to authorities in Washington state for a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge, he crammed some goodies up his ass to help pass the time.

TexMex Weapons Smugglers Busted Near Border

Jeff Neumann · 06/03/10 05:46AM

Police in Texas have arrested two men with a truck carrying 147 assault rifles, 10,000 rounds of ammunition, and 53 bayonets (what?!) bound for Mexico. Over 23,000 people have died in Mexico's drug war since 2006. [BBC, pic]

Ted Haggard Has a New Lease on Life

Jeff Neumann · 06/03/10 05:08AM

Yesterday, we asked you what Ted Haggard's big announcement could possibly be. There was great speculation! Well, he's starting a new church with the novel idea of helping people (and pulling in some cash), because "something is better than nothing."

Texas Woman Finds $2 Million of Cocaine on the Beach

Max Read · 06/02/10 11:54PM

There are so many things you can find at the beach. Shells! Sea glass! Driftwood! And, uh, cocaine: A beachcomber in Galveston, Texas, stumbled across a bag with 16 bricks of coke—an estimated $2.1 million haul.

Liars Talk Bad About Coffee

Hamilton Nolan · 06/02/10 02:00PM

A new study found that caffeine addicts don't actually get an energy boost from their morning cup of coffee; instead, it just mitigates their withdrawal symptoms. Bullshit. Okay, fine, whatever...I'm not gonna debate you this early in the morning. [Reuters]

Cocaine Will Eat Your Skin

Richard Lawson · 06/01/10 03:42PM

Feeling young and free while blowing lines in the bathroom of some glitzy LES rat hole? Well, you won't look young for long. Scientists are finding that 80% of impure cocaine in the US contains a chemical that rots flesh.