drugs
Oreo Cookies Are as Addictive as Cocaine
Lacey Donohue · 10/15/13 08:55PMNever Before Seen Super-Potent Meth Found in Texas Middle School
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/11/13 03:19PMFlesh-Eating Drug Krokodil Is Now Attacking Chicago Suburbs
Lacey Donohue · 10/09/13 06:55PMHamilton Nolan · 10/09/13 11:31AM
A Silk Road Employee's Tearful Goodbye
Adrian Chen · 10/03/13 04:36PMThe notorious drug market Silk Road was shut down Tuesday by the FBI and its alleged owner arrested, but for some reason the site's active forums remain intact. Since yesterday's news, they've been been filled with commiserating and frantic organizing by dealers headed to safer passage. It's like the last day of camp, only with more felony charges. One post stood out: The teary farewell of Silk Road employee named Libertas.
Feds Raid Underground Drug Market Silk Road, Arrest Alleged Owner
Adrian Chen · 10/02/13 11:10AMThe FBI says it's unmasked the man behind the notorious underground online drug market Silk Road. 29-year-old Ross William Ulbricht has been charged with running Silk Road under the moniker "Dread Pirate Roberts," according to a complaint released today. According to the complaint, Silk Road was a massive business, doing in total $1.2 billion in sales and leading to $80 million in commissions. Ulbricht has been hit with conspiracy charges related to possession with intent to distribute drugs, hacking and money laundering.
Do They Sell Molly at Willie Nelson Concerts?
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/30/13 08:35AMDad Injects Self, Son With Heroin the Day Divorce Was To Be Final
Lacey Donohue · 09/29/13 09:22PMEric Emil Lehtinen, 37, of Redmond, Washington is accused of injecting his 4-year-old son with heroin, ketamine, morphine and codeine on the day his divorce with the boy’s mother was to be finalized. When the mother showed up to the house to pick up her son after a job interview, she found them both Lehtinen and the boy unconscious.
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 09/28/13 02:27PM
Man’s Penis Amputated After “Enthusiastic” Viagra Overdose
Lacey Donohue · 09/22/13 06:55PMA 66-year-old farmer and “self-proclaimed politician” from the town of Gigante, Huila in Colombia apparently—and “enthusiastically”—took too much Viagra in an attempt to “please his new girlfriend.” According to a local paper, he then suffered an erection for several days before going to a local hospital when the perma-boner began to cause pain.
Authorities Discover 1.3 Tons of Cocaine Hidden on Air France Flight
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 09/22/13 11:00AMAuthorities in France noticed something very strange when a Air France cargo flight arrived from Venezuela: it contained 30 suitcases that weren't registered to anyone on the plane, or anyone expecting to pick up the cargo. Intrigued, the officials opened the bags and found 1.3 tons of pure cocaine. That's a lot of cocaine.
Teen Asks Friend to Attack His Mom with a Sword So They Can Eat Her
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/19/13 04:48PMZac Efron Went to Rehab For "Serious" Cocaine Problem
Lacey Donohue · 09/17/13 06:29PMIf you want to hide a raging cocaine problem, all you have to do is tell people you’re going to rehab for a drinking problem. According to TMZ’s latest report, that’s what Zac Efron did when he entered rehab “roughly 5 months ago” and it was “insinuated” he was being treated for alcohol. But Charlie St. Cloud was hiding a much bigger secret on the set of Seth Rogen's new film Neighbors:
Why Everything You Think You Know About Crack Addiction Is Wrong
Cord Jefferson · 09/17/13 04:41PMOne of the reasons America's idiotic war on drugs has existed as a punitive project rather than a therapeutic one is because it's easier to write off drug addicts as losers with no self-control instead of damaged people deserving of sympathy. The nation is a rat race for money, and the fewer people competing for that money the better, so who cares if some sad guy addicted to crack gets thrown in jail for years on end? More for me.
This Is Cory Booker’s “Crack House”
J.K. Trotter · 09/17/13 03:14PMCat Marnell Told Friends She Overdosed on Heroin the Other Night
Camille Dodero · 09/13/13 11:48AMCat Marnell is a writer whose persona is tightly wound up with her acknowledged drug use. Last March, the book proposal for her tentatively titled memoir How to Murder Your Life, a Basketball Diaries meets The Devil Meets Prada sketch, sold to Simon & Schuster for $500,000. Earlier this week, we received a concerned tip with the subject header: "Cat Marnell almost died the other night."