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Tech NewsYour Fingerprints Can Now Reveal Your Raging Coke Habit
Occasional tokers and functioning cokeheads beware. The latest in narc technology will now come in the form of a device that can tell if you’re stoned just by your fingerprints. In minutes! The method is being developed by researchers at Intelligent Fingerprinting, led by one Paul Yates. They found that the by-products of your drug … Continued
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$107,000 Worth of Cocaine Found Hidden Inside Shoe Soles
When airport officials were examining leftover abandoned luggage (not really sure why they do this), they found suspicious looking sneakers that were heavier than normal. Turns out the shoe soles were hiding 5 pounds of cocaine. Them drug mules are really resourceful when it comes to hiding their goods. I guess I would too with … Continued
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We’ve found the part of the brain that makes people want to do cocaine
Cocaine is a hugely addictive drug, capable of fundamentally changing the brains of those who use it. But that dependence doesn’t necessarily come out of nowhere, as we’ve now discovered what part of the brain predisposes people to cocaine use. Cambridge researchers scanned the brain of sixty people who had cocaine dependencies and another sixty … Continued
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Coca-Cola’s Secret Recipe Finally Revealed (Updated)
The secret recipe of Coke has been hidden and locked down for 125 years. But apparently, not anymore. This American Life says they’ve found the ingredients that make up the delicious bubbly cola and have revealed it to our delight. Updated The story starts with John Pemberton, a Civil War veteran who’s credited with inventing … Continued
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The self-portraits of an artist under the influence of meth, PCP, and other drugs
Artist Bryan Lewis Saunders explores the effects of various drugs — legal and illegal — on his self-perception by creating self-portraits while under the influence. This is his face on drugs. Saunders claims to have created a self-portrait every day since 1995, and after a bought of hallucination brought on by severe dehydration, it occurred … Continued
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Buy a Vacuum Cleaner, Get a Giant Bag of Meth for FREE (a $280,000 Value!!!)
A woman in Green Bay, Wisconsin was opening her new Christmas present from her kids—a vacuum cleaner!—when she discovered more than four pounds of cocaine and crystal meth inside. Now that’s what I call a bargain! The drugs likely came from Juarez, Mexico, where the vacuum had been refurbished and shipped back to the U.S. … Continued
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Cocaine vaccine could make drug addiction a distant memory
The first ever vaccine for drug addiction has just been created. By combining a cocaine-like molecule with part of the common cold virus, you get a vaccine that turns the immune system against cocaine, keeping it away from the brain. So far, the vaccine has only been tested on mice, but the results are extraordinary. … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Life and Times of a Colombian Cocaine Submarine Captain
Gustavo Alonso was the captain of a cocaine submarine based in Colombia, until he was arrested at sea with 3.5 tons of coke on board. He soon realized that solitary confinement in prison was better than working for the cartels. German weekly Der Spiegel interviewed “Alonso,” who spoke on condition of anonymity for obvious reasons. … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & Security
TSA Employee Was Busy Pranking Passengers With Fake Bags of Coke Instead of Testing New Security Equipment
Ah, the old “planting a fake bag of cocaine on a stressed traveler” trick—a classic! A recently released document reveals an idiotic TSA screener who, earlier this year, joked around with fake cocaine instead of doing his job. The man, whose name has been redacted from the disclosed reports acquired by The Smoking Gun, was … Continued
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ScienceSpace & Spaceflight
Cocaine Found in NASA Shuttle Work Area
It looks like it takes more than passion and drive to stay up all hours of the night working on the space shuttle. NASA has discovered a bag with cocaine residue in the Discovery hanger in Cape Canaveral. The bag was discovered Tuesday when a shuttle worker spotted it outside a bathroom and reported it … Continued
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Putting Mutated Enzymes In The Water Could Prevent Cocaine Addiction
If you could slip a harmless substance into your town’s drinking water that would prevent people from getting high on cocaine, would you do it? A new discovery means this is no longer a hypothetical question. Researchers have discovered a mutated version of a common bacterial enzyme called cocaine esterase can prevent cocaine addiction by … Continued
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Tech NewsPerfect Cocaine Simulator Will Never Make It to the iPhone App Store
This is funny because a) it’s ultra-realistic and b) it is precisely one of the main uses of the iPhone in many clubs all around the world. And you gotta love their on-your-face sales pitch: Be the envy of in-crowd. Get ejected from nightclubs. Shock and amaze your so-called friends. Get oral sex from Z-list … Continued
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Guitar Captured with Enough Coke Stashed Aboard to Take Us All to Electric Ladyland
What on earth would make this Stratocaster clone worth well over a million dollars? As you can see in the pic above, the electric guitar was stuffed with lots of cocaine, that’s what. We former musicians are well aware that the gigsters always have the best blow, but this guitar player went overboard when he … Continued