Tag: Drugs
In an expansion of a program that’s been running in Staten Island for about a month, cops across the city will begin carrying naloxone, a potentially life-saving drug that combats opiate overdoses. Given that heroin use is on the upswing nationwide and in NYC, it’s a prudent, laudable move. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office will subsidize […]
A New York Times report published today details New York’s role as a distribution hub for heroin, which has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years. The office of the city’s special narcotics prosecutor has seized 288 pounds of heroin so far this year, and the NYPD took in 786 pounds in 2013 — the most […]
Nineteen-year-old Jacob Lavaro from Round Rock, Texas, is being charged with a first degree felony for selling hash brownies. If convicted, he faces five years to life in prison. In Texas, getting caught selling hash oil comes with a much harsher penalty than regular pot, and somehow, this allows officials to charge Lavaro for the […]
Gabapentin (Neurontin) is a derivative of the neurotransmitter GABA. They’re used as anticonvulsants and as a painkiller specifically for neuropathic pain. Gabapentin’s effects are so similar to others, but have no direct comparison. It has its own unique magic. It’s a strange hybrid, and the closest is its stronger brother pregabalin (Lyrica). While gabapentin is […]
Cocaine use is so widespread in the UK that it’s literally in the water, according to the UK drug policy reform advocates Transform. Recent studies of drinking water have shown trace amounts of the metabolized form of cocaine in four different locations. The Independent reported: Experts from the Drinking Water Inspectorate found supplies contained benzoylecgonine, the metabolised form […]
Palcohol, the powdered alcohol that will completely change the way we brunch and justify our one bottle of wine a day habit, had its label approval cruelly torn from it after the alcohol law blog Bevlaw reported on it. The makers claim it was just an error in the packaging but from the history of […]
Palcohol was NOT approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Instead, their labels were approved. However the TTB has since recanted, and Palcohol has surrendered those approvals. Apparently, “a representative for the federal bureau said that the approval was made in error, though details were not provided about how the error […]
“Grams” (address at grams7enufi7jmdl.onion) was just launched last week, and true to its stolen web design, it’s trying to be a Google for the dark web. The developer has given out an API to let owners of these secretive dark web stores appear on Grams. These dark web stores sell anything from drugs and guns […]
Your Walter White days may be coming to a close, as device on the market in New Zealand aims to alert landlords and the police when it detects that meth is cooked on their property. From the MethMinder website, which refers to the drug by the kiwi slang term ‘P’: Designed by professional gas analysts […]
Opioid ODs now kill more people than car crashes. That’s a death around every half hour. In this epidemic, this public health disaster of our own creation, you can see why the FDA fast-tracked this new drug packaging. Naloxone or Narcan, is a powerful opioid antagonist. It runs to your brain, rips the fun out, […]
