Drugs

How Humboldt became America’s marijuana capital

In the 1970s, hippie pioneers mastered a new way of growing pot -- and transformed the economy of Humboldt County

Emily Brady Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 19
Business Books, marijuana, Editor's Picks

“How to Make Money Selling Drugs”: The war America keeps on losing

A slick documentary with a jokey premise argues that the "war on drugs" has been a soul-destroying disaster

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 44
Entertainment Movies, Documentaries, Drugs

Chasing the dragon with Tao Lin

For the disaffected hero of "Taipei," drug use is less about changing the world than it is about adjusting to it

Audrea Lim, LA Review of Books Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Life LA Review of Books, Books

State Department accused of covering up sexual assault overseas

A leaked memo says that department officials may have covered up sexual misconduct and other crimes VIDEO

Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 4:05 PM UTC
Life Video, Sexual assault

Teacher may face disciplinary action after reminding students of their Fifth Amendment rights

High school teacher John Dryden warned students that a survey on drug and alcohol use could incriminate them

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, May 28, 2013 5:10 PM UTC 18
Life High School, U.S. Constitution

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologizes to media for calling them “a bunch of maggots”

Meanwhile, Gawker is attempting to obtain video of the mayor smoking crack cocaine

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:48 PM UTC
Media Toronto, rob ford, Drugs, Crack

Diet soda rots your teeth “like meth and cocaine”

A new study claims a soda habit can damage your chompers as badly as a drug habit

Valerie Tejeda, The Fix Saturday, May 25, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 19
Life The Fix, Soda, Cocaine, Drugs

Is recreational pot use safe?

While 48 percent of Americans say they've smoked marijuana, researchers say it might not be as harmless as we think

Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:18 PM UTC 219
Life Scientific American, Drugs

Punk, dance music and drugs

The lures of ecstatic communion are strong, but so are the dangers of addiction

Cary Tennis Monday, May 20, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 19
Life Since You Asked, Music, Drugs

Toronto mayor reportedly caught on video smoking crack

A group in the drug trade is shopping around a video showing Rod Forb inhaling from a crack pipe

Natasha Lennard Friday, May 17, 2013 1:26 PM UTC
News Crack, Gawker, rob ford, Toronto

He made me his drug mule

Twenty years after I almost went to jail, I found the guy responsible on Facebook -- and something amazing happened

Alix Wall Wednesday, May 1, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 47
Life Life stories, Drugs, Facebook

FDA lets drugs approved on fraudulent research stay on market

The drugs in question include sophisticated chemotherapy compounds and addictive prescription painkillers

Rob Garver and Charles Seife, ProPublica Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 12:14 PM UTC
Business ProPublica, FDA, Chemotherapy

Going green at California’s first pot farmers’ market

You won't find homemade apple pie at the Organicann Harvest Market, but you'll most likely leave pretty baked

David Downs, Modern Farmer Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 16
Social Modern Farmer, marijuana

Prescription pill epidemic has spiraled out of control

The death of a West. Va. sheriff should persuade the federal government to fighting this blight

Evelyn Nieves, Alternet Monday, Apr 8, 2013 11:55 AM UTC 17
Business AlterNet, Drugs, appalachia

Can the Supreme Court hike drug prices?

How the industry uses the high court to allow bribery, evade the FDA, and boost medicine prices 5 times their cost

David Dayen Friday, Mar 29, 2013 6:14 PM UTC 25
Technology Supreme Court, FTC, Drugs

SCOTUS: No sniffs without a warrant

The Court ruled police need a warrant to investigate private property and its surroundings with sniffer dogs

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 8:50 PM UTC
News police dogs, SCOTUS, Privacy

Losing my twin

As Cara fought drug addiction, I tried to help. But she slipped into darkness, and I was left without my other half

Christa Parravani Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Life Life stories, Real Families

Elmo voice actor Kevin Clash sued over allegations of crystal meth-fueled sex parties

There are now four lawsuits against the former puppeteer

Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 1:02 PM UTC
Entertainment kevin clash, Drugs, Crystal meth

Your tap water is probably laced with antidepressants

Water supplies in urban areas often contain trace amounts of SSRIs -- much to the chagrin of environmentalists

Matt Harvey, The Fix Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 9:01 PM UTC
Life The Fix, Environmentalism, SSRIs

Was an ex-girlfriend trying to out Whitney Houston?

The FBI released decades' old files: The singer was allegedly being blackmailed by a "friend"

Kera Bolonik Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 12:55 PM UTC
Entertainment Whitney Houston, blackmail

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