Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration yesterday crushed the New Year's Eve plans of many New Yorkers when they busted two men who arrived on a flight from Puerto Rico with 92 pounds of cocaine in their luggage. Bummer. [NYP]
Today saw the arrest of five Columbia frat boys accused of selling every drug a co-ed could ever need. We located three on Facebook earlier today. Here's the fourth: Stephan Vincenzo, "campus character," Reggaeton singer, thrower of "sick" parties.
You know it's a good story when it begins with a narcotics task force called "Operation: Ivy League." After months undercover with kids who are reading the Iliad, the NYPD busted five alleged frat boy drug dealers at Columbia University.
Did you know the Office of National Drug Control Policy has a publicly-accessible database of "street terms" for drugs? It's like the feds' own Urban Dictionary. But with even less accountability and oversight! Here's an abridged version.
Italian police have seized 2,200 pounds of coke entering the country in a shipping container. The smugglers should have considered using a jet, since that's the hot new trend in drug smuggling. And we thought Italians were so fashionable!
A new report by the EU's drug agency places Britain on top of the world's cocaine consuming nations, with more young Britons having used cocaine than Americans in the same age group. There's also been an increase in crack smoking.
—Charlie Sheentalking about his recent coke-fueled evening which led him to destroy a room at the Plaza while a porn star locked herself in the bathroom. [Photo via Bauer-Griffin]
This is just unbelievable: A new study in the medical journal Pediatrics found that 52 percent of teens were more likely to test positive for cocaine than they were to admit they use it. Kids lie about using drugs?! [CNN]
A man claiming to be Angelina Jolie's old drug dealer gave an interview to Life & Style. Among his accusations: She did a Charlie Rose interview high on cocaine. Here's video of the interview—does this woman seem high?
Uma Thurman did which of the following at a gala last night? a) Buried her face in cocaine; b) shot a Pulp Fiction sequel; c) pissed off her makeup artist; or d) ate a powdered sugar doughnut, messily. Let's investigate.
Australian authorities have seized a South American ship carrying over 1,000 pounds of cocaine, valued at $159 million, after a tip-off from the DEA. Australian Justice Minister Brendan O'Connor said the bust was "a great blow" to drug smugglers.
Good news for Lindsay Lohan: All press really is good press, and cocaine scandals are good for business. Kate Moss' annual income has doubled since pictures of her doing lines appeared in the British press.
X Factor contestant, unabashed teen prostitute, and reality TV clown Chloe Victoria has been caught doing cocaine on camera. Even scarier: There's footage from an old makeover show in which she ditches her trademark tarantula eyelashes and pancake makeup.
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.
[Paris Hilton's attorney couldn't keep his eyes to himself when the heiress appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom today. She pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and will serve a year of probation, but won't serve jail time. Image via AP]
Lindsay Lohan failed a drug test for cocaine and now TMZ reports she failed a second test, this time for amphetamines. Possibly it was due to her Adderall prescription. Update: An arrest warrant has been issued for LiLo.
Oh no! Illegal drug use in America has risen to the highest level since 2002, according to a government report, driven by increases in the use of marijuana, ecstasy, and methamphetamine. Here are some of the figures:
Moms and dads, you might be disappointed with how your kids turned out. But always remember it's not as bad as it could be. Edgar Valdez Villarreal went from a high school football star in Texas to Mexican drug lord.
Still angry after his failed bid for president of Haiti, Wycef Jean hit back at Sean Penn for questioning his ability to handle the job: "maybe he ain't see me in Haiti because he was too busy sniffing cocaine."
When Las Vegas police found a bag of cocaine in her purse, Paris Hilton said the purse belonged to a friend. But earlier this summer, she tweeted a picture of her "new Chanel purse." Did Twitter just solve a crime?