The New York Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau has launched an investigation into Amanda Bynes' claim she was sexually harassed by the two officers who arrested her for throwing a bong out of a window.
Seeing as how he's repeatedly defended the stop-and-frisk program and low-level pot arrests, we didn't expect New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to come out in favor of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to partially decriminalize pot.
After discovering that it was bath salts that turned 31-year-old Rudy Eugene into the face-eating "Miami Zombie," we did some crowd-sourcing -- ie. asked our colleagues at The Atlantic Wire -- and realized we don't know much about these bath salt things.
Discovered: Baby drug addicts, atheists can love their neighbors, too, these brand new lizard species are already dying, and humans are evolving.
Discovered: Some brains are wired to want drugs, there's no such thing as safe texting while driving, TV makes drinking look fun to kids and rats chew better than other rodents.
George Hotz, the hacker who unlocked PS3 and started a war between Sony and Anonymous in the process, told The New Yorker's David Kushner that he was done sharing his exploits online, but he seems to have forgotten that sharing with a print reporter also makes your dirty laundry public.
So, not that we condone going to the Netherlands just for the pot (The Hague is really cool guys, we promise), but if that's your plan, get your hands on a "weed pass."
Let's not be naive: This whole 4/20 business is all about the green stuff—money. But on a day full of craven marketing to stoners, the ploy we can really get roll with is the unveiling of an eight-foot-tall statue of Willie Nelson in Austin at 4:20 p.m.
Discovered: Breast cancer isn't just one type of cancer, a device that made a paralyzed monkey move, ecstasy isn't all that happy after all, and a reason to spoil kids with more toys.
Though it's no Greece, fellow EU member Spain also finds itself in dire economic straits, inspiring one Spanish village to propose growing marijuana for some extra cash.
Traces of cocaine were found on Costa Concordia cruise ship Captain Francesco Schettino's hair. Not in the hair, but on the hair.
An unfortunate drug smuggler in a plane filled with marijuana was intercepted by F-16s and later arrested after he wandered into President Obama's airspace on Thursday.
When a story like Whitney Houston's death breaks, there's always a huge rush to get information. But that often gets slowed to a near-stop when it comes to the key question: How, exactly, did she die?
Giving the term "white-glove doormen" a new meaning, The New York Post reports today on a drug smuggling ring that came up with the idea to bribe doormen at high-end city buildings to sign for packages containing cocaine.
Scarlett Johansson's new ad executive boyfriend is a "real life Don Draper" (with sleeve tattoos), The New York Times editorial board reportedly considered endorsing John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008, and human growth hormone is the fancy new in Hollywood.
In a rather ingenious method of international drug smuggling, two diplomatic bags were shipped from Mexico to the U.N. headquarters in New York containing about 35 pounds of cocaine.
Rob Lowe defends his Peyton Manning retirement scoop, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco cannot recklessly ride his skateboard in peace, and the inventor of the football flak jacket has died.
You've heard it a hundred times before, but a big new study released Tuesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association offers more good news for light pot smokers who happen to be concerned about their health.
Discovered: Everyone's doing drugs, a reason to play outside more often, we lie about our romantic attractions, when our brains start dying, the right type of food and exercise.
Now that robots have proven they can clear IEDs, tour the then-radioactive Fukushima nuclear power plant, and observe endangered tortoises, the next natural step for these overachievers is investigating dangerous drug tunnels.
A new survey of teenage drug use finds that their consumption of cigarettes and alcohol is the lowest it has been in 30 years, but that regular use of marijuana continues its sharp rise.
U.S. authorities are building a politically explosive case that Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, finances itself through a vast drug-smuggling network that links a Lebanese bank, a violent Mexican cartel, and U.S. cocaine users.
Some photo editor is having a really bad day at work, we're guessing, after accidentally illustrating a Guardian column on Canada with a joke Canadian flag bearing a pot leaf instead of the standard maple.
If you're looking for ex-Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan Jr., he's currently an inmate at Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility in Centennial, Colo., after being arrested for trying to trade crystal meth for gay sex.
A small plane skidded off a runway at an airport near Houston last night, but when police arrived on the scene to conduct a rescue they found a damaged aircraft filled with marijuana and no pilot.
With over 40 years of research to support their findings, a team of British scientists was slightly surprised to learn that people with higher IQs are much more prone to drug use.
That Steve Jobs both did LSD and was also a well respected inventor, made him a good spokesman for a drug that more often has associations with burnt out Dead Heads.
It has been a little over a month since the White House launched an outreach program promising official responses to policy ideas submitted by everyday Americans. The result? A whole lot of arguing over space aliens, marijuana legalization, and Casey Anthony, followed by vague, bureaucratic answers.
NYPD payouts have hit $117.6 mllion annually
Joe McGinniss may feel the wrath of Palin's lawyers
Jamaican drug lord Christopher Coke wrote a letter to his judge asking for leniency
Prescription drugs, not blow, now fuel well-to-do partiers in the town of Tony Montana
When it comes to salacious allegations, Joe McGinniss does not disappoint
A new survey shows meth-use has plunged by about half in the last few years
Mexico's president called it an "aberrant act of terror"
The latest of many explanations is that teens do drugs because of Facebook
"Anybody with a terminally jangled lifestyle needs at least one psychic anchor every 24 hours"
Meanwhile the booming publishing industry in freewheeling Hong Kong means delays
Seizures in two continents account for $700 million worth of powder
An engineering student admitted to selling drugs in residence halls and frat houses
News outlets found very different stories in the U.N.'s World Drug Report
The Grammy award winner was sentenced for cocaine trafficking
After a loopy performance, she's scrapping the rest of her public performances
The Department of Health and Human Services released nine new labels this morning
A tense confrontation between rivals could be construed as witness tampering
He'll make a sixth season of the show if the Attorney General calls off the drug war
One writer's lessons from smoking while touring the theme park: "Be ready to book it"
ABC News hauls out their children and straps them to hidden cameras
That's the conclusion of the Global Commission on Drug Policy
New policy will restrict its legal marijuana to Dutch citizens only
'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' inches ever closer to reality
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