drugs

Watch Miley Cyrus Take a Hit of Salvia, For Real

Christopher Han · 12/10/10 11:17AM

She's 18 and her own woman! TMZ reports that this bong rip is not pot, but salvia — the intense psychedelic drug (legal in California). Watch her lose her shit and speak in tongues.

Are Our Soldiers Using the Proper Crash Diets?

Hamilton Nolan · 12/08/10 04:25PM

Discount drugs! Energy drinks! Capitol Hill junk food! Cancer moneymakers! Meditation depression! Food allergies! Youth sports fat! Baby thumb fat! Soldier fat! It's your Wednesday Health Watch, where we watch your health—dipped in Icy Hot, furiously skipping rope!

The Great Columbia Frat Boy Drug-Dealing Ring

Maureen O'Connor · 12/07/10 01:32PM

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.

Nevada's 'Burning Man' Towns Face Burn Out

Jeff Neumann · 12/05/10 10:43AM

The small Nevada towns near the 'Burning Man' festival site are effectively jobless and broke after USG Corp., which owns a gypsum mine and produces wallboard, announced the closure of its local operations. What will happen to the drug festival?

Every Pound You Gain Brings You Closer to Death (Not Even Kidding)

Hamilton Nolan · 12/02/10 04:05PM

Obesity surgery! Overweight death! Diabetic exercise! Medvedev pull ups! McDonald's health care! DC water! Prostate drugs! Fish oil eyes! Miscarriage hearts! And deaf smoke! It's your Thursday Health Watch, where we watch your health—in stereo-o-oh!

Scientists, of All People, Call Something Boring

Hamilton Nolan · 11/30/10 04:43PM

Bee colors! Useless vitamins! Bad medicine! Big mammals! Cell trickery! Eating kids! Deer danger! And something else extremely boring! It's your Tuesday Science Watch, where we watch science—and try not to doze off, because dang!

Hot Girl in a Bikini Holds an Awkward Dance Party of One

Matt Cherette · 11/29/10 02:18PM

Here's a two-and-a-half minute video of a hot girl in a bikini at some sort of pool party. Oh, also: she appears to be on a couple of party drugs, and holds an impromptu dance party of one. Watch inside.

When the Drug Lord's Away, the Children Will Play

Jeff Neumann · 11/28/10 02:10PM

[Children play at the home of an alleged drug trafficker in Rio's Complexo do Alemao slum today, as Brazilian security forces declare victory against the city's infamous drug gangs. Image via AP]