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News

Pot Bacon

Screen cap from NWCN report of "pot fed pork", BBQ and bacon frompigs fed marijuana and vodka.
Pigs eat anything, so why not feed them discarded marijuana crops and rejected premium Vodka? A Washington State farmer's "Pot-fed Pork" sold out quickly in Seattle's Pike Place Market shop. Read
Prescription Drugs

Military to use Snake Venom for Non-Addictive Pain Relief

The makers of Nyloxin hope to sell a pain reliever derived from snake venom to the US military, since it is non-addicting (non-opiate/opioid).
Nutra Pharma is developing a 'military strength' version of Nyloxin™, its OTC pain medication derived from cobra (snake) venom. They plan to market this non-addicting pain reliever to the US military. Read
Trends

Adderall: Mommy’s New Little Helper

Adderall prescriptions for US women between 26 and 39 years old increased 750% between 2002 and 2010. Are mother's abusing Adderall as "mommy's little helper" so they can "have it all"? Read
DUI

Prosecutor Forrest Wegge: DUI is not Wreckless Behavior (even when it kills)

Jefferson County (MO) Prosecuter Forrest Wegge thinks killing someone while driving drunk is not "reckless behavior", so he did not pursue manslaughter charges. The victim is dead. The drunk driver got 30 days in jail. Read
DEA

Walgreens to Pay $80 Million Oxycodone Settlement with DEA

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Walgreens (South Florida) will pay the largest settlement in DEA history - $80 Million in civil penalties, to settle charges it had enabled a black market in prescription medications. Read
Celebrity

Miley Cyrus: “We Can’t Stop” Taking Drugs?

Twenty-year-old Miley Cyrus’s has been proving that she is not a child star on Disney anymore. Latest lyrics: "Dancing with Molly"? Read
Alcohol

Drinking, Driving and Sex Don’t Mix

What goes best with fast cars, booze, and fast women? How about having sex while driving drunk? Round it out with a car crash and DUI charges, and you get this incredible story. Read
Drugs

Maybe the Dog Did It? Cleveland Indians pitcher Chris Perez Caught with Pot

Cleveland Indians pitcher Chris Perez was charged with misdemeanor drug possessioni when police confiscated packages containing marijuana addressed to his dog at his Rocky River house.
One day after being placed on the 15-day disabled list, Cleveland Indians closing pitcher Chris Perez is charged with misdemeanor drug possession for mail-order drugs delivered to his dog Brody. Read
News

Florida Man Hides Drugs in Dirty Diaper

No cop would ever search through a dirty diaper for drugs, right? Wrong. Ewwww.
Cop stops car. Driver gets out and fusses with baby in back seat, emerges with dirty diaper which he throws into trash. Of course, this patrolman was a true "doody" cop and guess what he found in the diaper? Read
Celebrity

Philip Seymour Hoffman Heroin Addiction Treatment

Philip Seymour Hoffman broke 23 years of sobriety and ended up out of control, using prescription painkillers and snorting heroin. He's fresh out of a 10 day detox, telling his story.
Philip Seymour Hoffman broke 23 years of sobriety and ended up out of control, using prescription painkillers and snorting heroin. He's fresh out of a 10 day detox, telling his story. Read
Celebrity

Jiah Khan Dead : No Drugs No Alcohol

Jiah Khan at a 2011 clebrity event (PR Photo).
She was a celebrity, she was depressed, and she may have been despondent after a breakup. But no drugs and no alcohol were connected to Jiah Khan suicide. Read
DUI

Boulder Colorado DUI Officer Tells Cop “I’m Drunk”

Colorado BAC threshold for DUI is 0.08%, but this DUI Enforcement cop blew over 3 times the DUI limit.
A Boulder Police Department DUI officer has resigned after pleading guilty to DUI charges. This is the second time this year a Boulder police officer has resigned after being charged with DUI, but the first time one made it so easy to convict her. Read
Celebrity

Amanda Bynes Bong Toss

Child star Amanda Bynes apparently doesn't get enough attention, and is acting out (again). This time she's arrested in New York City for bad bong behavior.(PR Photo)
Amanda Bynes is filling the Celebrity Disaster void left by Lindsay Lohan, who is away in rehab. Child star Bynes has been arrested for reckless endangerment, attempted tampering with evidence and marijuana possession. Gossip reports say she threw a bong out the 36th floor window when cops arrived. Read
News

Papa John’s now has both Coke AND Pepsi

A delivery man was allegedly delivering more than pizza and pepsi in his Papa John's Pizza delivery uniform. The arrest came after cops ordered a $27,500 kilo of cocaine.
In NY City a delivery man was allegedly delivering more than pizza and pepsi in his Papa John's Pizza delivery uniform. The arrest came after cops received delivery of a $27,500 kilo of cocaine they ordered. Read
Drugs
Photo of illegal street drugs captured by Montreal Police,  including fake Viagra, Tim Hortons pills, Facebook pills. Some of the drugs included desmethyl fentanyl, a super powerful pain killer considered very dangerous.

Photo of illegal drugs collected by Montreal Police, which included Facebook Pills, Tim Horton’s “Always Fresh” pills, Hello Kitty pills, fake Viagra, and powerful synthetic opioid called desmethyl fentanyl. Click photo for larger view, or read the story.

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