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Jamaica Declares
Emergency Over
Drug Gang
Violence

May 24, 2010 6:48 AM CDT

Jamaica Declares Emergency Over Drug Gang Violence

Gangs blockade Kingston to protect drug boss

(Newser) - Jamaica has declared a state of emergency as gangs backing a reputed drug lord sought by the US blockaded a huge section of Kingston and attacked police stations. The violence erupted as US authorities moved to extradite drug boss Christopher "Dudus" Coke after his indictment for heading a criminal...

Hong Kong Cops
Make $43M Coke Bust

Apr 27, 2010 8:17 AM CDT

Hong Kong Cops Make $43M Coke Bust

26 boxes of cocaine found stashed on suburban rooftop

(Newser) - In their largest haul ever, police in Hong Kong have seized 820 pounds of cocaine that was reportedly part of a botched drug shipment sent to the southern Chinese territory by mistake. Officers discovered the stash—which has a street value of $43.4 million—on the roof of a...

Cops Take Dim View
of 'Sparkle' Drug

Apr 19, 2010 4:04 AM CDT

Cops Take Dim View of 'Sparkle' Drug

Mystery ingredients scare health experts

(Newser) - No sooner is one apparently dangerous drug made illegal when another pops up. Now, just days after Britain cracked down on the stimulant mephedrone following deaths linked to the drug, police are warning about the latest legal high, "Sparkle." The drug, dubbed "legal mephedrone," causes euphoria...

New Site for Meth Labs: Inside Cars

Apr 15, 2010 2:58 PM CDT

New Site for Meth Labs: Inside Cars

Cops find evidence of drug trend along roadsides

(Newser) - Police are discovering that it’s a lot harder to bust a meth lab when it’s in someone’s backseat. Meth users and dealers have discovered a new way of making the drug that requires just one pot rather than a big setup, meaning it can be done in...

3rd-Grader Gives Classmates 60 Bags of Heroin

Apr 15, 2010 2:21 PM CDT

3rd-Grader Gives Classmates 60 Bags of Heroin

Baggies were marked 'Trust me'

(Newser) - It's sort of an extreme way of making friends and, er, putting people under the influence: A third-grader brought in more than 60 baggies helpfully stamped "Trust me," and gave them out to his classmates, Pittsburgh-area cops tell the AP . The problem? The baggies all contained heroin. While...

If California Legalizes Marijuana...

behind the ballot

Mar 25, 2010 8:35 AM CDT

If California Legalizes Marijuana...

...you'll be able to carry an ounce, grow 25 square feet of it

(Newser) - California's ballot initiative to be considered this November would legalize use and sale of marijuana—but exactly how much pot are we talking? If the initiative passes, adults over 21 will be allowed to possess up to an ounce for personal use, and each residence would be able to grow...

Teens High
on Scary
'Man-Made
Marijuana'

NEW WARNINGS

Mar 24, 2010 2:08 AM CDT

Teens High on Scary 'Man-Made Marijuana'

Mystery ingredients give health officials the willies

(Newser) - A new synthetic substance that mimics the high of marijuana—and is legal—has American teenagers buzzing. But the herb-based substance, known as K2 or Spice, is giving health authorities the willies because its ingredients and effects are largely unknown. It's made in Asia and sold online and in some...

Mom's Wrenching
911 Call: Please,
Core, C'mon, Baby

Mar 17, 2010 2:12 AM CDT

Mom's Wrenching 911 Call: Please, Core, C'mon, Baby

'I am alone with my son and I don't know what I'm doing'

(Newser) - Corey Haim's mom desperately pressed on his chest and tried to talk her dying son back to the light during a wrenching phone call to a 911 dispatcher. "He wanted to go to the bathroom and he fell and that was it, his eyes went backwards," Haim's mom,...

DC Couple Receives Box Full of Drugs

Feb 26, 2010 12:50 PM CST

DC Couple Receives Box Full of Drugs

Police say dealers often send goods to random homes

(Newser) - When the box arrived, Melanie Sloan just pulled it inside and left it there. “We have an 11-month-old,” says her husband, Eric Anderson. “Sometimes somebody will send us a present and we don’t know what it is.” It was only hours later when they tried...

Cops: Lingerie
Model Runs
Drug Gang

Feb 24, 2010 3:13 PM CST

Cops: Lingerie Model Runs Drug Gang

Group uses other models as drug runners

(Newser) - Police worldwide are on the lookout for Angie Sanselmente Valencia, a former lingerie model who authorities believe runs a global drug trafficking ring. Valencia is said to use other models as "mules" because beautiful women can make it through airport security more effectively. Her group was exposed when a...

US Agents to Embed With Mexican Drug Police

Feb 24, 2010 7:30 AM CST

US Agents to Embed With Mexican Drug Police

Obama administration willing to work more closely with Mexico

(Newser) - The US has hatched a plan to embed American intelligence agents in Mexican police units for the first time, in an effort to hunt down drug cartel leaders. In the past, the US has hesitated to share intelligence with Mexican police, viewing them as largely corrupt and incompetent. To avoid...

After 20 Years, Scientists
Crack HIV Puzzle

Feb 1, 2010 8:11 AM CST

After 20 Years, Scientists Crack HIV Puzzle

Enzyme integrase made visible for first time

(Newser) - After 40,000 failed trials and "painstakingly slow progress," scientists have solved a puzzle that stumped AIDS researchers for more than 20 years—and their findings could help develop more effective HIV drugs. The researchers at Harvard and Imperial College London grew a crystal that for the first...

Redmond O'Neal Busted Again

Jan 5, 2010 5:05 PM CST

Redmond O'Neal Busted Again

2nd drug-related probation violation for Fawcett son

(Newser) - Redmond O'Neal has been busted again on drug charges. The son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal was taken into custody on Dec. 29 on a felony drug charge—the second violation of his probation for a 2008 drug arrest. O'Neal was ordered to go to an in-custody drug-treatment center...

Astronauts Are
Sky-High—Figuratively

just say no

Dec 4, 2009 4:31 PM CST

Astronauts Are Sky-High—Figuratively

Space explorers have access to some high-test drugs, man

(Newser) - Space is full of unique challenges, and astronauts use contemporary pharmacology to meet them. Discovery News compiles a list of the drugs our ambassadors to space could be on right now:

Modafinil. A strong stimulant taken by astronauts when the mission calls for unnaturally long periods of wakefulness.
Scopolamine. Crew

...

Rachel Uchitel Had
'Crazy Ambien Sex' With Tiger

PLUS: ASHLEY DUPRE!

Dec 4, 2009 10:21 AM CST

Rachel Uchitel Had 'Crazy Ambien Sex' With Tiger

Plus, Ashley Dupre, of all people, weighs in on Woods scandal

(Newser) - The Tiger Woods news just keeps on getting more disturbing: The latest revelation involves the drugs he allegedly did with Rachel Uchitel before they slept together. Uchitel, aka alleged mistress No. 1, bragged to friends about her “crazy Ambien sex” with Tiger, sources tell Radar . Why the insomnia drug?...

Survivor: Days of Fasting Before Sweat Lodge Disaster

Oct 21, 2009 7:07 PM CDT

Survivor: Days of Fasting Before Sweat Lodge Disaster

Self-help guru James Arthur Ray ignored pleas to help those collapsing

(Newser) - Participants in the fatal Oct. 8 sweat-lodge ceremony had already been through five days of fasting and sleep deprivation, a survivor says—and the self-help guru leading the proceedings saw their gasping, vomiting and fainting as signs of weakness and urged them to push on through it. No charges have...

Obama Pot Policy a Victory for States' Rights

OPINION

Oct 19, 2009 5:31 PM CDT

Obama Pot Policy a Victory for States' Rights

Administration takes long-overdue steps to end Bush-era excesses

(Newser) - The Obama administration’s decision to respect state laws on medical marijuana is good policy—and not just because it demonstrates compassion toward cancer and AIDS patients, writes Glenn Greenwald. Despite his critics’ charges of “socialism” and “fascism,” President Obama is showing that his administration, unlike the...

Feds Will
Back Off
Medical Pot
Operations

Oct 19, 2009 7:27 AM CDT

Feds Will Back Off Medical Pot Operations

No more crackdowns on outlets that comply with state law

(Newser) - The Obama administration will stop cracking down on medical marijuana centers operating legally under state law, according to a new policy expected to be released today. The move is a significant departure from the Bush administration, which continued to bust such operations for breaking federal law. Under the new strategy,...

Judge Bans Talk of Anna Nicole's Lesbian Tryst

HOWARD K STERN HEARING

Oct 16, 2009 9:45 AM CDT

Judge Bans Talk of Anna Nicole's Lesbian Tryst

Alleged affair with shrink off limits, but bodyguard spills on near-death

(Newser) - Anyone hoping for steamy testimony of Anna Nicole Smith’s alleged lesbian affair with her shrink will be disappointed: The judge in Howard K. Stern’s hearing squelched that topic yesterday, saying, “I’m not going to turn this into some circus sideshow,” the New York Daily News ...

Stern Gave Smith
Valium Shots: Guard

HOWARD K STERN HEARING

Oct 15, 2009 8:27 AM CDT

Stern Gave Smith Valium Shots: Guard

Lawyer, shrink accused of drugging Anna Nicole

(Newser) - Howard K. Stern injected Anna Nicole Smith with Valium “four or five” times in the months between her son’s death and her own, her bodyguard testified yesterday. “She couldn’t swallow,” he said. “Anna and Howard felt if they put it in the blood system...