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cocaine stories: 104 news summaries

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Lawyer Blows Off Alleged Ashley Biden Coke Video

Says not involved after shopping tape to press

Mar 30, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The DC lawyer hawking a video that purportedly showed Joe Biden’s daughter snorting coke has suddenly dropped the client—a supposed friend of Ashley Biden—who provided the tape, the New York Daily News reports. Thomas Dunlap refused to identify the provider of the film, which was being shopped... More »

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Man Shops 'Biden Daughter' Cocaine Video
to Newspaper

He claims tape shows Ashley snorting coke

Mar 29, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man claiming to be a friend of Vice President Joe Biden's daughter is offering to sell the media a videotape that allegedly shows her snorting cocaine at a party this month, reports the New York Post. The man approached the Post through a lawyer, initially asking for $2... More »

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Smuggler
Makes Dishes From Cocaine

42-piece set includes cups, plates, saucers, and 20kg of drugs

Mar 20, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spanish police have seized a 42-piece crockery set—complete with cups, plates, bowls, you name it—that happens to be made entirely of cocaine, the Times of London reports. Police say a smuggler got nabbed trying to sneak the bogus dishware from Venezuela to Catalonia, by way of London. It's... More »

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 World of Warcraft: 
 the 'Cocaine of Gaming' 

Fantasy game involved in nearly every case of game addiction, foundation says

Feb 27, 09 4:45 PM CST
(Newser) - World of Warcraft is the most addictive video game on the market, the Local of Sweden reports. WoW is the most popular of the online multiplayer fantasy games—by far the most addicting game genre, according to a study by the Swedish Youth Care Foundation. The Blizzard title is "... More »

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cocaine • World of Warcraft • MMORPG • multiplayer games • crack cocaine • online gaming • video games

 S. African Crew Held 
 in $360K Coke Haul 

11 pounds of the drug discovered in suitcase

Feb 17, 09 8:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A South African Airways crew was arrested at Heathrow Airport yesterday after officials found almost $360,000 worth of cocaine on their plane, the BBC reports. Officers seized some 11 pounds of the drug from a suitcase stowed aboard the flight from Johannesburg. The 15 crew members, now in custody,... More »

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drugs • cocaine • South Africa • arrest • Britain • Heathrow Airport

Sniffing for Coke Blamed in Police Dog's Death

Vet believes years of police work doomed dog to nasal cancer

Jan 28, 09 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A police dog's owner believes his years of sniffing drugs cost him his life, the New York Daily News reports. Max, a springer spaniel, spent 7 years helping British police bust drug offenders but had to be put down last week after developing an aggressive tumor in his nose. His... More »

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 Heady Times for 
 DC Hookers, 
 Coke Dealers 

Both are booming as tourists flock to inauguration

Jan 19, 09 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has already done his part to boost the economy—for Washington’s prostitutes and drug dealers, who tell New York they’re experiencing quite the boom in business thanks to inauguration travelers. Some prostitutes came into town specifically for the event and are already “pretty booked up;... More »

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Barack Obama • prostitution • drugs • tourism • Washington DC • cocaine • sex • drug dealing • prostitute • inauguration • sex trade • President Obama • Inauguration Day

 Oprah Smoked Crack: Ex  

Tell-all dishes the dirt

Jan 16, 09 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey has admitted to a brief flirtation with cocaine in the 1970s, but the media mogul’s drug history is actually much seedier, the National Enquirer reports. Oprah’s ex-lover has written a tell-all that claims the two regularly freebased coke in the 1980s, and saying she “was... More »

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drugs • cocaine • sex • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • drug abuse • crack cocaine • celebrity tell-alls

 Partying Brits High on 
 'Special K' Horse Drug 

Cheap ketamine pushing aside cocaine

Jan 15, 09 3:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Horse tranquilizer "Special K" or ketamine has become one of the most popular illegal drugs in Britain, pushing aside cocaine, according to a crime survey. Ketamine—which can be swallowed, snorted, injected and smoked—can cause respiratory failure, but its low cost and reputation for being "safe" and... More »

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heroin • cocaine • ketamine • Special K • British Crime Survey • DrugScope • Glastonbury festival

Surprise! Coked-Up Bees
Get Buzzed, Too 

Drugged-up bees get overexcited and dance like crazy

Jan 6, 09 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Coked-up bees get as buzzed as their human counterparts, the New York Times reports. Researchers probing the nature of addiction discovered that when bees were given a dose of cocaine their judgment was altered and they became much more enthusiastic about food finds, performing the waggle dance more often, faster,... More »

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bees • drugs • drug addiction • cocaine • insects • scientific research

Another Kind of White Powder Hits Ski Slopes

Cocaine arrests up
60% at Europe's
leading winter resorts

Dec 29, 08 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - In the lodges of Austria's winter resorts, mulled wine has given way to more stimulating après-ski treats: cocaine and ecstasy. Austrian police report a 60% rise in drug-related arrests in ski areas and say that bartenders and ski instructors are turning into part-time dealers during the season. "... More »

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 Ruffalo 'Played 
 Russian Roulette' 

Ruffalo often 'played' with firearms on drugs, says suspect's attorney

Dec 10, 08 4:33 AM CST
(Newser) - A Saudi billionaire's daughter, accused of killing actor Mark Ruffalo's younger brother, has told police he shot himself in the head during a drug-fueled game of Russian roulette, reports the New York Daily News. Shaha Adham, 26, surrendered to Beverly Hills police Monday, the day Scott Ruffalo was taken off... More »

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cocaine • murder • Mark Ruffalo • Scott Ruffalo • Shaha Adham • Brian Scofield • surveillance video • Russian roulette



 Terrorists 
 Reportedly 
 Coked Up, 
 on Steroids 

Explains why they didn't need sleep

Dec 4, 08 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The men who terrorized Mumbai did so with the help of cocaine, steroids, and even LSD, claims a report in the Telegraph. Police found syringes tainted with those drugs at the scene, according to an unnamed official, and later found the drugs in their blood.  “This explains... More »

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terrorism • steroids • India • cocaine • Salafist • terrorist • Mumbai • terrorist attack

 Metallica 
 Drummer 
 Skips to 
 the Loo 

Lars Ulrich can't stop hanging out in bathrooms

Dec 1, 08 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - He’s quit cocaine, but Lars Ulrich still likes to hang out in bathroom stalls, the Metallica drummer tells Blender magazine, “Two guys in a bathroom stall—it feels like the most important place in the whole world in that moment.” He pops in to not use the... More »

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Coke Addicts Can Blame It
on DNA

Newly uncovered gene boosts chance of
getting hooked

Nov 10, 08 8:34 PM CST
(Newser) - A newly discovered gene can improve your chances of getting hooked on cocaine, scientists said today. A study of 670 cocaine addicts and 700 non-users found that addicts were 25% more likely to have the gene variant. The discovery could lead to DNA screenings for those likely to try the... More »

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Painkillers Dragged Ex-NFL Player to His Grave

Tom McHale overdosed after battling addiction

Nov 9, 08 5:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The drug-fueled depression of 9-year NFL veteran Tom McHale crept up on friends who considered him a font of generosity and enthusiasm, the Washington Post reports. His upbeat post-football life, running restaurants and working in real estate around Tampa, Fla., seemed unlikely to end in an accidental overdose. But the... More »

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NFL • cocaine • drug abuse • Oxycodone • drugs in sports

'Marcia Brady' Thanks Prozac for Her Life

Actress fought misery, addiction for years before drug saved her

Nov 2, 08 7:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Maureen McCormick fought drug addiction and depression for years after The Brady Bunch until antidepressants helped her “feel like a normal person for the first time in my life,” she writes in Newsweek. She struggled with private fears even when shooting the show and hit bottom in... More »

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Bolivia Prez Shuts Down
'Spying' US Drug Team

US officials call accusations 'absurd'

Nov 2, 08 5:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales has barred US federal drug agents from operating in his country after accusing them of "spying" and financing violent anti-government protest groups. He halted all Drug Enforcement Administration efforts to battle the cocaine trade in Bolivia, but stopped short of expelling agents. US officials... More »

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 Marcia: 'I Traded Sex for Drugs' 

Brady Bunch darling reveals struggle with addiction, depression

Oct 14, 08 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The actress who played the nation's perky darling Marcia in the wholesome Brady Bunch TV family once traded sex for drugs during years in the abyss of depression and drug addiction, reports E! Online. Maureen McCormick, now 52, reveals her very un-Brady life in her new memoir, Here's the Story:... More »

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Steven Spielberg • drug addiction • cocaine • Steve Martin • Maureen McCormick • Marcia Brady • Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice. • Barry Williams • Quaaludes • Sammy Davis Jr. • Playboy Mansion

Drug Users OD by
Confusing Coke, Ecstasy 

They die by accidentally snorting MDMA, UK council finds

Sep 27, 08 7:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the biggest dangers of ecstasy, the drug’s opponents say, is that it looks a lot like cocaine. Hospitals have faced a rash of accidental overdoses from drug users who unwittingly snorted the psychedelic drug, the Independent reports. Britain's drug advisory council is probing the spate as it... More »

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drugs • cocaine • overdose • ecstasy

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