cocaine
Sean Parker Gets Friendly with Lindsay Lohan
Ryan Tate · 06/30/11 07:09AMDid Anyone Happen to Leave Their Cocaine-Stuffed Sneakers at JFK?
Seth Abramovitch · 06/27/11 11:45PMHere's a Helpful Chart of Global Cocaine Prices
Adrian Chen · 06/24/11 04:27PMMexican Drug Kingpin 'The Monkey' Now Behind Bars
Seth Abramovitch · 06/22/11 02:08AMFlesh-Eating Drugs Hit U.S., Russia
Max Read · 06/21/11 06:36PMYou should really stop doing cocaine. Not because it's addictive, or anything, but because it's likely laced with levamisole, a veterinary drug used for de-worming livestock, and it will make your flesh rot off.
While We're At It, Let's Free All Nonviolent Drug Offenders
Hamilton Nolan · 06/02/11 09:39AMAttorney general Eric Holder has come out in favor of reduced sentences for thousands of people currently imprisoned on nonviolent crack cocaine convictions. (A recent law corrected the insane sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine; Holder is simply recommending that the new sentencing guidelines be applied to some people already in jail.) That's a great first step. Then can we let out all the other drug war victims, too?
'Bundles' of Cocaine Floating in New Mexico Lake
Jeff Neumann · 04/25/11 05:03AMA small plane crashed yesterday in New Mexico's Lake Heron, and there are no reports of survivors. However, shortly after the crash, police told the Santa Fe New Mexican that "several packages began surfacing," referring to packages of cocaine. Police have cordoned off the area and will dutifully report every last gram of cocaine that is retrieved from the lake.
Dennis Quaid's Favorite Mistake is Cocaine
Seth Abramovitch · 04/10/11 08:34PMCourtney Love: I Saved Kelly Osbourne's Life, It Was Just Like Pulp Fiction
Maureen O'Connor · 04/01/11 03:15PMFourth Grader Busted With Cocaine At School
Jeff Neumann · 03/18/11 05:38AMIs NASA Selling Cocaine to Aliens?
Max Read · 03/16/11 02:13AMA small packet of cocaine has been found at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, almost exactly 14 months after cocaine was last found at the Kennedy Space Center, as keen observers of space and/or cocaine will no doubt note. But does this indicate that NASA is the most fun government agency—or that it's a front organization for a vast, interplanetary drug ring? Seems to us it's time to put the space-detectives on the case! (This can be the basis for the sixth season of The Wire.) When asked if the recent discovery had any link to the death of a NASA contractor on Monday, spokeswoman Renee Juhans said, "maybe." No, ha, she actually said "no comment." And then she had the reporter whacked. [AFP]
Man Arrested for Complaining to Cops About His Stingy Coke Dealer
Brian Moylan · 03/15/11 12:41PMBuju Banton Guilty in Cocaine Case
Hamilton Nolan · 02/22/11 05:55PMReggae star Buju Banton has been found guilty on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Miami. His first trial ended in a hung jury; no such luck this time. He was also found guilty of a gun charge. He faces up to 20 years in prison. Fellow reggae stars and fans are upset. [Miami New Times, photo via Getty]
Police Say Man Hid Drugs in Penis
Max Read · 02/08/11 08:51PMPolice say they found a "small bag" of crack hidden inside the foreskin of one Antoine Banks, late of Fairdale, Ky., during a strip search ordered after another small bag of cocaine was found "tied to the waistband of Banks' boxers." There are, probably, better places on one's body to secrete contraband—certainly there are more comfortable places—but the drug-concealing ability of the male human foreskin is, I think, an under-explored aspect of the circumcision debate. [WLKY]
Florida Bans Snortable 'Bath Salts'
Jeff Neumann · 02/08/11 07:41AMFollowing Louisiana's lead, last week Florida slapped an emergency ban on synthetic drugs that are marketed as "bath salts" because people are losing their minds after snorting and smoking "Vanilla Sky," "White Lightning," and "Ivory Snow." The state's attorney general was pushed to ban the "drug" after some people flipped out, according to NPR: