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  • August 2008

    • Paper Money Often Has Traces of Cocaine

      LiveScience  |  Aug 5, 08 6:50 CDT

      Paper Money Often Has Traces of Cocaine

      (Newser) - Chances are, you're carrying cocaine in your wallet. Trace amounts of it, anyway. A new Spanish study finds that paper money around the world is often contaminated with cocaine, LiveScience reports. Though concentrations vary by year and city, US bills had an average of up to 28.8 micrograms of cocaine on them—with some bills topping 1,300 micrograms. In Europe, Spain’s money is the most contaminated, with an average of 155 micrograms. By contrast, it's virtually nonexistent in Ireland. More »

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      European Union  • money  • Spain  • US dollar  • cocaine  • drug use  • drug war

  • July 2008

    • Without Doping, Where's the Fun?

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 25, 08 12:49 CDT

      Without Doping, Where's the Fun?

      (Newser) - Doping in sports makes some fans uncomfortable, but it keeps others on the edges of their seats, writes Joel Stein in the LA Times . Case in point: This year's largely shenanigans-free Tour de France has been an exercise in boredom. “Before you argue that your favorite sport has to get tough about drugs,” Stein writes, brace yourself for “years of slow, amateurish, uninspired athleticism.” More »

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      performance-enhancing drugs  • drug use  • Tour de France  • cycling  • drugs in sports

    • Colombia to Americans: Cocaine Kills Environment

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jul 19, 08 5:28 CDT

      Colombia to Americans: Cocaine Kills Environment

      (Newser) - Colombia is adding a new tactic in its campaign to persuade Americans to stop buying cocaine: a plea for the environment. The government wants to spread the message to users—especially, say, wealthy professionals who dutifully recycle but also partake of the drug—that cocaine growers are running roughshod over the land, the Christian Science Monitor reports. They've cleared 5 million acres of forest in the last 20 years and are now moving into the Amazon. More »

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      drugs  • Colombia  • cocaine  • drug use  • Amazon rainforest  • rainforest  • coca

    • Barenaked Ladies Singer Busted on Coke Charges

      Canadian Press  |  Jul 16, 08 7:23 AM CDT

      Barenaked Ladies Singer Busted on Coke Charges

      (Newser) - Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page has been busted on cocaine charges, the Canadian Press reports. The singer for the Toronto-based band, which recently released a CD for children , Snacktime , was caught with drugs in an apartment in upstate New York, according to authorities. Page, 38, posted $10,000 bail and is due in court later this week. He also posted bond for a woman arrested with him. More »

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      celebrity  • cocaine  • drug use  • felony  • drug possession

  • June 2008

    • Weed Potency Hits 30-Year High

      Associated Press  |  Jun 12, 08 8:11 AM CDT

      Weed Potency Hits 30-Year High

      (Newser) - Today's marijuana is the strongest crop since the heyday of Cheech and Chong, a new study finds. University researchers who analyzed seized samples dating back to the '70s found the level of active ingredient THC hit an average of 9.6% last year, up almost 1% from the year before and more than double the 4% recorded for 1983, the AP reports. More »

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      drugs  • smoking  • marijuana  • drug use  • cannabis

  • April 2008

    • Dude...Where's My Sponsor?

      MSNBC  |  Apr 17, 08 9:19 AM CDT

      Dude...Where's My Sponsor?

      (Newser) - Major corporations are trying to see dollar signs through the haze of pot smoke hovering over this year's 4/20 stonerpalooza, as the pseudo-holiday gains national attention with its large, (idly) devoted following on college campuses. This year, festivities will include stoner cinema debuts like "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo" and "Super High Me," MSNBC reports. More »

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      drugs  • college  • marijuana  • movies  • drug use  • marijuana legalization  • University of Colorado

    • Bobby Blames Whitney for His Drug Abuse

      E! Online  |  Apr 3, 08 8:30 CDT

      Bobby Blames Whitney for His Drug Abuse

      (Newser) - Bobby Brown has put his latest salvo at ex-wife Whitney Houston in writing, E! reports, claiming in an upcoming book that she turned him on to cocaine and that their "doomed-from-the-very-beginning" marriage was mainly aimed to quell rumors about her sexuality. Bobby Brown: The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But... hits shelves June 1. More »

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      celebrity divorces  • drug use  • celebrity tell-alls  • Whitney Houston

  • February 2008

    • Clintonites Deny Pushing Photo

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 25, 08 2:30 CST

      Clintonites Deny Pushing Photo

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton's campaign denies circulating a 2006 photo of Barack Obama wearing traditional African clothing and a turban, even as the Obama campaign blames its rival, calling the incident “shameful, offensive fear-mongering,” the Chicago Tribune reports. The Drudge Report ran the image this morning, saying it had been pushed by Clintonites; the Obama camp says they were trying to make him look un-American. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Africa  • Islam  • drug use  • smear campaign  • Drudge Report

    • Obama Drug Use Minimal: Old Friends

      New York Times  |  Feb 9, 08 7:07 AM CST

      Obama Drug Use Minimal: Old Friends

      (Newser) - In his memoir Barack Obama makes a rare admission—for a politician—of  “some bad decisions” as a teenager, of indulging in drinking and drugs before political activism led him out of apathy. But friends remember an already-focused Obama: an eloquent, poised young intellectual, active against South African apartheid and moderate in his lifestyle. "He was not even close to being a party animal," a college friend tells the New York Times . More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • teenagers  • Hawaii  • drug use  • Dreams From My Father

  • December 2007

    • Winehouse = Cobain?

      Salon  |  Dec 16, 07 9:47 AM CST

      Winehouse = Cobain?

      (Newser) - Amy Winehouse’s career, writes James Hannaham for Slate , is just the sort of brilliant train wreck you’d think would get cut short by tragic rock 'n' roll death: With her considerable talent and public penchant for self-destruction, Winehouse evokes other music casualties such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix or Ian Curtis. More »

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      Amy Winehouse  • drug use

    • Clinton Rejects Staffs' Attacks on Obama

      Associated Press  |  Dec 15, 07 5:40 AM CST

      Clinton Rejects Staffs' Attacks on Obama

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton yesterday rejected and distanced herself from an official in her campaign who suggested that Barack Obama's teenage drug use could be used against him if he becomes the Democratic nominee. The official's statement "was in no way condoned," Clinton said. "I didn't know about it, and he stepped down." More »

    • Hillary Aide Out Over Obama Drug Comments

      Boston Globe  |  Dec 13, 07 5:20 CST

      Hillary Aide Out Over Obama Drug Comments

      (Newser) - Bill Shaheen, Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign co-chairman, resigned today over his remarks that rival Democratic candidate Barack Obama’s teenage drug use could leave him vulnerable to Republican attacks in a general election, the Boston Globe reports. Clinton apologized personally to Obama for Shaheen’s remarks at Reagan National Airport before they headed for today's debate in Iowa. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • New Hampshire  • drug use

  • September 2007

    • Golf Groups Ban Drugs, Will Start Screening

      Associated Press  |  Sep 20, 07 4:44 CDT

      Golf Groups Ban Drugs, Will Start Screening

      (Newser) - Finally catching up with other professional sports, major golf groups today announced new anti-doping policies, to be put into effect in 2008. Though the PGA Tour isn't adopting the World Anti-Doping Association list of banned substances, the AP reports, it has its own laundry list, which includes anabolic agents, hormones, stimulants, masking agents and narcotics. More »

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      steroids  • golf  • drug use  • doping  • drug test

    • Landis Must Forfeit Tour Title

      Associated Press  |  Sep 20, 07 3:07 CDT

      Landis Must Forfeit Tour Title

      (Newser) - Cyclist Floyd Landis lost his doping case today, and must give up his 2006 Tour de France title after arbitrators voted to uphold test results showing Landis cheated during his victory. He was banned from cycling until 2009; short a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the American will be the first to lose a Tour title. More »

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      drug use  • Tour de France  • cycling  • doping  • Floyd Landis

  • August 2007

    • Richie Squirts Out of Jailhouse in 82 Minutes

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 24, 07 4:48 AM CDT

      Richie Squirts Out of Jailhouse in 82 Minutes

      (Newser) - Nicole Richie was in and out of  the jailhouse yesterday in less time than it takes to get her highlights done. The pregnant socialite was sentenced to four days after she pleaded no contest to a DUI rap, but spent just 82 minutes being processed, providing fingerprints and posing for a mug shot. She never made it to her cell, AP reports. More »

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      celebrity  • California  • Los Angeles  • jail  • drug use  • Nicole Richie  • Vicodin

    • Lohan Escapes Drug-Possession Charges

      Associated Press  |  Aug 23, 07 6:04 CDT

      Lohan Escapes Drug-Possession Charges

      (Newser) - Lindsay Lohan scored a lucky break today when LA County authorities decided not to bring felony drug-possession charges against the actress in two DUI arrests. She faces seven misdemeanors—including being under the influence of cocaine—but police decided the amounts of coke found at the crime scenes either were negligible or couldn't be linked to her. More »

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      celebrity  • cocaine  • Lindsay Lohan  • jail  • drunk driving  • rehab  • drug use  • DUI  • conviction  • drug possession  • misdemeanor

    • US Tour? Winehouse Says 'No, No, No.'

      BBC  |  Aug 22, 07 2:51 CDT

      US Tour? Winehouse Says 'No, No, No.'

      (Newser) - Another overseas import has been held up due to a high level of suspicious substances -- Amy Winehouse has canceled her U.S. tour to address her "health problems." A publicist's statement made no mention of rehab, but said the chanteuse was advised by doctors to shelve her tour, and that her affliction was caused by "the rigours involved in touring." More »

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      music  • Amy Winehouse  • musician  • drug use  • MTV  • tour  • singers

    • WWE Wrestles With Drugs, Lifestyle

      Washington Post  |  Aug 16, 07 11:47 AM CDT

      WWE Wrestles With Drugs, Lifestyle

      (Newser) - Chris Benoit's murder-suicide last June spotlighted the disproportionate number of early deaths among professional wrestlers; one activist has counted more than 60 dead before reaching 50 over the past 10 years. And a taxing, drug-addled lifestyle plays a big role. More »

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      steroids  • death  • drug use  • painkiller  • wrestling  • WWE  • Chris Benoit  • World Wrestling Entertainment  • wrestler

    • Lance’s Team Bites the Dust

      New York Times  |  Aug 10, 07 11:03 AM CDT

      Lance’s Team Bites the Dust

      (Newser) - Lance Armstrong’s former cycling team is shutting down after failing to find a new corporate sponsor. The Discovery Channel squad would normally have no trouble staying afloat after one of its riders won the Tour de France this summer, the New York Times reports. But  doping scandals have had a disastrous effect on the sport. More »

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      scandals  • drug use  • Tour de France  • doping  • Lance Armstrong  • bicycling  • Discovery Channel

    • FBI Mellows Out on Drug Standards

      Washington Post  |  Aug 7, 07 6:09 CDT

      FBI Mellows Out on Drug Standards

      (Newser) - The FBI no longer disqualifies applicants who admit to past drug use, the Washington Post reports. The agency previously turned away wannabes who acknowledged smoking marijuana more than 15 times, but times have changed. Potential employees must still swear they have not partaken in recent years, and the FBI's policy is still tougher than the CIA's—and even the DEA's. More »

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      FBI  • drugs  • marijuana  • drug use  • employment  • drug addiction

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