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crimes and misdemeanors Aug. 29, 2014

Drug-Dealing Charges Dropped Against Philip Seymour Hoffman ScapegoatMusician Robert Aaron took the fall after the actor’s death.

By Joe Coscarelli
drugs Aug. 28, 2014

Heroin Deaths Way Up in New York City, Especially Among White Men With MoneyThe numbers last year were the highest in a decade.

By Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors July 29, 2014

Rikers Island Guards Charged With Drug SmugglingTwo of them were arrested on drug charges back in June.

By Caroline Bankoff
drugs July 28, 2014

Using Synthetic Weed Is Still a Bad Idea It sent 15 New Yorkers to the emergency room over the weekend.

By Caroline Bankoff
crimes and misdemeanors July 18, 2014

Why 46,000 People in Prison for Drugs May Get Out EarlyThe U.S. Sentencing Commission has reduced its recommended sentences retroactively.

By Joe Coscarelli
spokane man July 11, 2014

Washington Weed Hero Got His Job Back, Probably Because His Karma Is Amazing Team Mike Boyer.

By Joe Coscarelli
spokane man July 10, 2014

Chill Guy Fired for Waiting 19 Hours to Buy WeedSpokane’s first customer is not sweating it.

By Joe Coscarelli
drugs July 9, 2014

This Is What 2 Ounces of Weed Looks LikeThe not insignificant amount you can now carry in Brooklyn without fear of prosecution.

By Joe Coscarelli
weed July 8, 2014

Brooklyn District Attorney Finally Gets to Stop Prosecuting Small-Time Pot BustsKenneth Thompson has been working on this for a while.

By Caroline Bankoff
crimes and misdemeanors July 8, 2014

Hospital Pharmacist Had a Convenient Side Hustle Stealing and selling tons of painkillers.

By Caroine Bankoff
drugs July 7, 2014

Medical Marijuana Is Officially Legal in New YorkBut no one can buy it yet.

By Margaret Hartmann
school daze June 26, 2014

Scientology Sneaking Its Anti-Drug Programs Into NYC SchoolsAnd peddling unscientific scare tactics.

By Joe Coscarelli
papacy June 20, 2014

Hip Pope Not Hip Enough for DrugsHe’s anti-legalization.

By Joe Coscarelli
drugs June 19, 2014

New York Is About to Legalize Medical Marijuana (But With No Smoking Allowed)A tentative deal has been reached at the last-minute for a seven-year pilot program with.

By Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors June 19, 2014

Creative Smuggler Hid Cocaine in Suitcase HandleHis inventiveness will not go unappreciated.

By Adam K. Raymond
drug dealing June 18, 2014

Streetside Nitrous Balloon Sales Not Permitted Even Outside a Jam Band ShowLessons for a 22-year-old concert entrepreneur.

By Adam K. Raymond
drugs June 16, 2014

Cuomo Still Not Sold on Medical Marijuana“I’m not going to be part of a system that’s just going to wreak havoc,” he said.

By Joe Coscarelli
neighborhood news June 10, 2014

Prospect Heights Weed Farm Goes Up in SmokeThere was a fire.

By Caroline Bankoff
drugs June 5, 2014

Maureen Dowd Was Warned About Weed Edibles, Says Her Marijuana Tour GuideShe also doesn’t know how to roll a joint.

By Joe Coscarelli
drugs June 4, 2014

8 Other Thought Leaders Who Have Smoked PotMedia figures admit the extent of their past and present marijuana habits.

By Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors May 29, 2014

Pharmacist Admits to Trying to Make RicinNot comforting.

By Caroline Bankoff
drugs May 28, 2014

New York State Assembly Legalizes Medical Marijuana, AgainA nearly annual ritual, at this point.

By Adam K. Raymond
drugs May 27, 2014

NYPD Officers to Start Carrying Heroin Antidote The city is receiving $1.2 million to purchase naxolone.

By Caroline Bankoff
drugs May 21, 2014

FBI Director Says ‘JK!’ About Hiring Stoners (After Being Scolded)Senator Jeff Sessions was not amused.

By Joe Coscarelli
May 20, 2014

What Michael Alig’s Club Kids Are Doing NowAlig’s friends took him home from prison. Here’s what some of the (non-jailed) old gang has been up to since he went to jail.

By William Van Meter
drugs May 20, 2014

Heroin in New York City, by the Numbers“We’re kind of the head of the Hydra,” says the city’s special narcotics prosecutor.

By Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors May 7, 2014

Powdered Custard Packages Not the Best Place to Hide CocaineNo one needs that much non-perishable dessert.

By Caroline Bankoff
oh canada! May 1, 2014

The Latest Rob Ford Meltdown Includes a Justin Bieber Cameo, of CourseThis is what they call rock bottom.

By Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors Apr. 24, 2014

MTA Driver Used Bus to Pick Up $3 Million Worth of HeroinWithout straying from his route.

By Caroline Bankoff
crimes and misdemeanors Apr. 23, 2014

Long Island School Bus Driver Accused of Selling Heroin Between TripsBusy lady.

By Joe Coscarelli
medical marijuana Apr. 17, 2014

Whoopi Goldberg Really Loves Smoking Weed From a Vape Pen“The vape pen has changed my life.”

By Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors Apr. 15, 2014

Uncomfortable Heroin Smuggler Busted at JFK With $70,000 in drugs in his underwear.

By Caroline Bankoff
crimes and misdemeanors Apr. 15, 2014

Obama Commutes Drug Sentence Over TypoThe system works!

By Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors Apr. 10, 2014

Three More People Arrested for Using Bronx Day Cares As Stash HousesTwo pounds of cocaine were found in some SpongeBob SquarePants bedding.

By Caroline Bankoff
crimes and misdemeanors Apr. 7, 2014

The Latest Creative But Ultimately Unsuccessful Way to Hide Cocaine: Goat MeatA good effort.

By Joe Coscarelli
stupid criminals Apr. 4, 2014

Bronx Man Tries to Retrieve Heroin From Lost and FoundHe claimed he left “children’s medicine” in a rental car.

By Margaret Hartmann
hacks Mar. 27, 2014

Most Cab Drivers Don’t Do Drugs That, or they’re really sneaky about it.

By Caroline Bankoff
crimes and misdemeanors Mar. 26, 2014

Cocaine-Addled Naked Man Rides Tricycle Through New Jersey Apartment ComplexIt happens.

By Caroline Bankoff
drugs Mar. 23, 2014

14 Cocaine-Filled Condoms Seized En Route to the VaticanIt probably wasn’t for Pope Francis.

By Caroline Bankoff
other countries’ embarrassments Mar. 19, 2014

How to Videotape a Mayor — Say, Rob Ford — Smoking CrackIt’s easy, according to instructions from the videographer.

By Joe Coscarelli
very sad things Feb. 28, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman Died of ‘Acute Mixed Drug Intoxication’It was ruled as accidental.

By Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors Feb. 28, 2014

Man Swallows Lit BluntGets arrested anyway.

By Joe Coscarelli
medical marijuana Feb. 17, 2014

Wow, All Kinds of New Yorkers Are Into Medical MarijuanaSupport is high across genders, ages, and political parties.

By Adam Martin
crimes and misdemeanors Feb. 14, 2014

Accused Hoffman Dealer Hit for Tabloid QuotesA judge slammed his decision to talk to the press.

By Joe Coscarelli
drugs Feb. 11, 2014

A Heroin Blogger Speaks, After Philip Seymour HoffmanBehind the “Yelp for heroin,” Jynxies Natural Habitat.

By Joe Coscarelli
drugs Feb. 6, 2014

Alleged Heroin Dealer Had Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Phone NumberWhile his neighbors are only facing misdemeanor cocaine charges.

By Margaret Hartmann
drugs Feb. 5, 2014

Heroin Review Blog Rated Philip Seymour Hoffman’s ‘Ace of Hearts’ BrandThe drug received a 7.5 last month.

By Joe Coscarelli
Feb. 5, 2014

Hoffman Autopsy Report Frustratingly InconclusiveMore tests needed.
sad things Feb. 5, 2014

Four Arrested in Investigation of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s DeathAs tests find no additives in the heroin found in his home.

By Margaret Hartmann and Joe Coscarelli
very sad things Feb. 4, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Last Days Sound Pretty Grim [Updated]New details as police search for the drug that killed him.

By Adam Martin