By: Amira Lawson It is officially the day after Halloween, which means for most children, you are still picking through your leftover candy from trick or treating. Normally, parents inspect their children’s candy before letting them indulge in all of the trick or treating fun and then allow them to eat their candy without any […]
This gives the term “a slap on the wrist” a totally different meaning. According to confirmed reports, a Toms River, New Jersey man was originally arrested with 80 sleeves of heroin and $740 in cash. An additional search of his storage uncovered a whopping 83 bricks of heroin, which averages out to about 4,200 doses […]
According to CNN, US Customs and Border Patrol have executed a record-breaking drug bust, uncovering over $1.3 billion in illegal drugs, including methamphetamines, cocaine, and heroin, which was all headed for down under. Two Americans and four Aussies were taken into custody as the authorities seized the drugs at California’s Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. According […]
Quincy Jones made headlines recently when he did a rare interview with Vulture and spilled all the tea. Jones was busy again on Wednesday when he sat down with Scott Feinberg for the most recent episode of the Awards Chatter podcast. In a wide-ranging interview, the legendary musician, composer, and producer revealed that Ray Charles got […]
Demi Lovato reportedly suffered from a heroin overdose in her Hollywood Hills home, as per TMZ. The singer was out celebrating a friend’s birthday on Monday night, and she appeared to be happy in the pictures she uploaded to her Instagram. But she was found unconscious when paramedics arrived Tuesday afternoon. She was treated with […]
Possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine will no longer be punishable by a jail term in Oregon. Under a new bill treatment will be prioritized with the offence reduced from a felony to a misdemeanour. House Bill 2355 passed last week meaning felony charges will no longer be associated with the possession […]
Words by: Milca Pierre From The Source Magazine Issue #270 | 2016 Advertisement The United States isn’t new to the heroin epidemic, but its latest response to the issue is revealing the scary double standards of public health. In 1991, the search was on for a trio the Drug Enforcement Administration asserts was responsible […]
A Baltimore drug kingpin who inspired characters on HBO’s classic series The Wire has died in federal prison in North Carolina. Baltimore Health Department spokesman Sean Naron confirmed on Tuesday that 54-year-old Nathan “Bodie” Barksdale died in a medical prison in Butner. Barksdale ran a heroin business in Baltimore in the 1980, and served 15 […]
Federal authorities pulled over two pickup trucks in Elmhurst, Queens Tuesday (January 26) and discovered that both vehicles were carrying 100 pounds of heroin between the two, worth an estimated $14 Million. The two drivers, 65-year-old Jose Guadencio Lantan-Vela and 33-year-old Peter Omar Garcia-Romero, were driving the trucks with North Carolina plates and were pulled […]
It is being revealed that Eminem’s former sister-in-law Dawn Scott, passed away earlier this week after an apparent heroin overdose in her hometown of Warren, Michigan. 40-years-old at the time of her death, Scott was the twin sister of Eminem’s ex-wife Kim Mathers, as well as a childhood friend of the former couple. The rapper, […]
In an effort to mock Buzzfeed, a site called SourceFed made a parody video titled, ‘People Try Heroin for The First Time.’ The video parodies a series of videos done by Buzzfeed in which people try unconventional foods, products, or lifestyle services for the first time. SourceFed opted to parody the series by making a […]
Police in Massachusetts are warning about an “exceptionally deadly” lethal batch of heroin called, “Hollywood,” which claimed eight lives in the past week in Hampden County — four of the suspected fatal overdoses occuring just four days ago. According to the Boston Herald, suspected fatal heroin overdoses with the “Hollywood” stamp were found in Holyoke, […]
