drugs

  • Handyman Accidentally Shot By Police After Making Ironic Statement

    Helio Ribeiro, a supermarket Manager, was using a power drill on his balcony in a Rio de Janeiro slum well known as being a lawless area. The last thing he said to his wife was: It’d be funny if they thought I was waving a gun around. He was spotted by...
  • Cannabis Grower Slow-cooked By Hydro Setup

    A 28-year-old marijuana grower died of hyperthermia, as a result of excessive heat generated by his hydroponic setup. ...
  • Tsunami Warning Prompts Drug Dealer To Get Self Busted

    A drug dealer in New Zealand who feared that a tsunami was about to strike was busted when he tried to move his moldy pot stash to higher ground. Police said that they spotted 57-year-old Richard Toihau Carlson driving with a broken tail light on the North Island after...
  • Britain ‘Retoxifying’ Pre-release Inmates to Reduce Post-release Overdoses

    British prisoners who have been clean for years are being reintroduced to narcotics before being set loose in a bid to increase their tolerance levels before they hit the streets. The controversial practice of preparing reformed heroin abusers for release with small doses of methadone aims to save lives....
  • Inmate Busted After Telling Mom Where to Find Coke

    Osceola County Jail, Florida: It is generally good to take things that people tell you in prison with a pinch of salt, unless of course it is a message on the prison phone telling you that your call is being recorded. A 300-pound alleged drug trafficker chose not to...
  • Baby Unharmed After Father Left Him in Oven

    McCracken County, Kentucky: A night of whiskey and marijuana could have turned out worse for Larry Long, but not a lot worse. After smoking marijuana at work, the 33-year-old cook returned home to consume the lion’s share of a fifth of whiskey with the baby’s mother, Brandy Hatton. After...
  • Man Fatally Overdoses at Clean Drug Test Party

    Polk County, Florida: There are ways to celebrate testing clean at your court-ordered drug test: a champagne toast, a cup of herbal tea, a few moments of reflection on the fact that you avoided court-ordered prison; and then there is the Michael Edwin Berg way. According to The Florida...
  • Man Assaulted After Purchasing Crack With Monopoly Money

    I’m not a drug dealer, never have been a drug dealer, and I don’t ever plan on being a drug dealer.  However, despite my lack of experience in the world of selling illegal drugs, I’m pretty sure that dealers prefer to be paid in real money–not Monopoly money. Actually,...
  • Tradesman Fueled Three-week Sleepless Bender With Evidence Room Drugs

    Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia: Authorities at a police station in Maroochydore, Queensland, unwittingly hired a concrete cutter with a 20-year amphetamine addiction to modify their evidence room. Perth Now reports that while cutting a ventilation hole in an evidence room, 37-year-old Tony Jackson decided to help himself to the biggest...