Tag: DRUGS

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The NYPD just busted a ring of alleged drug dealers that had reportedly cornered the heroin market in Brooklyn's North Williamsburg area. The group of seven was caught on surveillance cameras openly selling drugs on a street corner near the Cooper Park housing projects; they were even recorded hiding their product in a magnetic lock-box stashed behind a metal sign. And if you've ever wondered ...

Looking for the perfect wristwatch to complement your LSD-laced lifestyle? Still searching for a Christmas gift for your chronically late delivery guy? Look no further than Tokyoflash's new 'Wasted' LED watch -- a crunchy chronometer designed to simulate a chemically heightened, psychedelic state of mind (or so we're told). Priced at $85, this USB-rechargeable watch features a sleek plastic ...

Marijuana enthusiasts have never exactly been known for their lightning-quick speed, but as Californians prepare to vote on a measure that would legalize the drug, many have been rushing to the Internet to secure themselves marijuana-related domain names. The logic behind the rush is pretty straightforward: legalized weed constituting a brand new kind of marijuana industry. And a new marijuana ...

We all know that we can't trust everything we read on the Web, yet when many of us get sick, we still tend to seek medical advice online before consulting doctors or health care professionals. Although some online sources do offer valid, fact-based advice, others can often misinform and mislead curious web surfers, who may suffer severe health consequences as a result. Rhys Morgan, a 15-year-old ...

Addiction researchers at UCLA have designed a virtual meth house in 'Second Life' as part of a study looking at the triggers of addictive response. In studies like these, real addicts are often shown images or videos of drug paraphernalia or other people using, so that doctors can measure their physical and emotional responses to those cues. Second Life was chosen because it's ostensibly more ...

There was once a time when crooked dock workers pulled off relatively straightforward, conventional crimes, like drug smuggling or human trafficking. Today's law-breaking longshoremen, however, are apparently expanding and embellishing their criminal operations, thanks to social networking. As Reuters reports, federal prosecutors have charged 11 suspects, including one New York Harbor ...

We're not sure exactly how high you have to be to text the local sheriff to score some weed, but we figure it's somewhere in the range of "really" to "inspiringly." Where this Helena, Montana teenager lands on the scale doesn't really matter. What does matter is that the boy and his friend managed to confuse their dealer's phone number with that of the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff. Sheriff Leo ...

A federal judge in California recently ruled that police can place a GPS on a person's car without his or her knowledge without seeking a warrant. CNN reports that Juan Pineda-Moreno's appeal was rejected for the third time in early August by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers nine West Coast states. Pineda-Moreno claimed that Oregon DEA agents had violated his privacy by ...

In the U.S., most vending machines provide only corn syrup confections. Vending machines in the U.K., however, may soon deliver something substantially more healthy: medicine. Sainsbury's, a U.K. supermarket chain, has already begun testing one drug delivery machine in its Essex stores. In order to use the device, customers have to use a unique ID or fingerprint, along with a special PIN ...

Twelve tons of cocaine is not to be taken lightly (or at all, really). But put this plethora of drugs underwater, shipped out by way of a diesel-powered submarine, and you've got a genuine James Bond plot. Friday, when Ecuadorian Police found this 100-foot-long, 9-foot-high submarine in the jungle, they discovered that the vessel was, in fact, a narco-sub used to transport drugs outside of the ...

As most Phish Phans know, terrible music and illicit drugs go together like Trey Anastasio and egomania. After all, you can't expect any sentient being to sit through 26 minutes of 'Down With Disease' without a pair of saucer-sized pupils and a parched mouth, right? Little did Trey know, though, that he never had to rely on a fabricated, Dead Head drug culture to make his music palatable. Because ...

Great job, Science! Thanks for devoting your giant brains to something as important as Ozzy Osbourne's drug-strewn genetic makeup, and not worrying about those feeble "problems" like AIDS or the hellish oil hole that, goshdarnit, seems to resist the powers of partisan bellyaching. Admittedly, DNA lab Knome is a private enterprise that maps the human genome with the aid of "internationally ...

Last week, a hacker group known as Goatse Security exposed a major security hole in AT&T's site, and gained access to more than 100,000 iPad users' e-mail addresses and ID numbers. Now, the lead hacker behind that breach has landed himself in jail. According to CNET News, the FBI executed a search warrant of 24-year-old Andrew Auernheimer's home in Arkansas, and found cocaine, ecstasy, LSD ...

Most iPad owners probably wouldn't trade their beloved gadget for much of anything -- unless, of course, they're stoned enough to take the kind of deal two burnouts in Arizona offered last week. As AZFamily reports, Jacob Walker and Joseph Velarde recently came up with the brilliant idea of offering a third generation iPod touch and a .25 ounce of fluffy marijuana in exchange for an iPad. As ...