Drugs

Man arrested for allegedly smoking medicinal weed on flight

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If that were pot, this dude would look way more relaxed.

Medicinal marijuana is a hot button issue in this country. You can debate the pros and cons of legalizing it all day (mostly pros). But if there’s one thing that’s probably not a good idea, it’s smoking pot on a cross-country flight, like this guy. Read more

VIDEO: ‘Intervention’ without the interventions is a fun mash-up of life-ruining drug abuse

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Did you know that when presented with out the interventions, A&E’s hit Intervention is just a feel-good show about man’s triumph over chemicals? Well, check out this mash-up, set to Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” and you’ll see what I mean. Read more

VIDEO: CNN contributor jokingly admits to smoking pot, makes Erin Burnett uncomfortable

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I don’t know what the consensus is about Erin Burnett, host of CNN’s OutFront. She seems okay to me whenever I’ve seen her. But her reaction to this news story about smoking pot, and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin’s joking confession, makes her seem like the goofy white mom in an anti-drug ad. Read more

Pot brownies of a deceased elderly person leads to three more getting sick

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While pot certainly gets an unfair rap from some segments of society, it’s also not for everyone. Case in point: A bunch of elderly people gathered for a memorial had to go to the hospital after eating the deceased’s pot brownies. Read more

Mother arrested after child brings crack pipe and meth to school ‘Show and Tell’

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Ah “Show and Tell.” A time to sit back and look at other kids in your class’s stupid toys and useless family artifacts. Or, in one Missouri school’s case, for a kid to bring in a crack pipe and get his mom arrested. Now that’s more exciting. Read more

Teen does Ritalin to enhance his Xbox experience, and it backfires

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Not that we condone the drug abuse, but surely there are better motivations than extending your Halo: Reach sessions. Read more

VIDEO: Pac-Man IRL (and on a dark and lonely road, while tripping)

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Or, if David Lynch ever made a video game movie, it would look something like this… Read more

VIDEO: This is your game on drugs (and other bits of Minecraft related business)

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The game isn’t even official out yet, but it’s all people can talk about (and in some cases play). Read more

7 of the most hilarious TV addictions of all-time

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You may be familiar with the A&E show Intervention, a show chronicling people’s journeys to get a loved one into rehab. It’s real, gritty, touching, and often depressing. Addiction is a serious problem, when presented in most situations. Unless it’s taken so far that it becomes hilarious. Read more

Chicago pizza chains serve as home to massive cocaine ring

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When looking to deal drugs on a massive level, it’s often not as glamorous as Al Pacino or Michael Bolton dressed as Al Pacino made it look. Sometimes, you have to get creative. Like the 19 people arrested in connection with a Chicago drug ring operating out of pizza stores. Read more

VIDEO: A complete failure of smoking blunts by pot-loving “rapper”

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I put the word “rapper” in quotes in the headline because there have been better flows captured on the latest “Kidz Bop” album, but this video of an aspiring hip hopper rapping about pot, taking a hit, then collapsing like tranq-ed bear is worth a watch. Around 0:45 is the money shot. Read more