law Deposition of opioid profiteer Richard Sackler reveals his bizarre defense: definitional games and insistence that words mean their opposite Cory Doctorow

drugs Watch Jeanette go from pills to reefer to heroin in this 1961 anti-drug film Andrea James

conspiracy theories How come so many Christians fall for conspiracy theories? Thom Dunn

new york city Legendary East Village corner store, Gem Spa, closes its doors Gareth Branwyn

books The best 250 adventure novels of the 20th century Mark Frauenfelder

prison Watch a video of my prison and opioids play "Streets Like This," performed by actors who have all dealt with incarceration Thom Dunn

Boston Marathon A healthcare worker ran her own Boston Marathon to spell out "Boston Strong" but she spelled it wrong Thom Dunn

drugs Guy shows how easy it is to buy drugs near the Taj Mahal in India Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes Cookie Monster found OD'd in idling car, charged with child endangerment Rob Beschizza

law Judge reassigned after complaint he called black juror "Aunt Jemima" Rob Beschizza

drug policy Video about heroin users who travel from Sweden to Denmark to shoot up Mark Frauenfelder

drugs A sober look at kratom, a psychoactive plant that has many claimed benefits, and has also inspired a moral panic Cory Doctorow

Weird Kentucky man who wished to go to jail to support jailed girlfriend gets wish Xeni Jardin

Weird Alaska man arrested for $400,000 of heroin and meth stuffed in rotten goat guts Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Kickstarting a new feminist bicycle science fiction: this one's about dragons! Cory Doctorow

mistakes Coroner says two rugby players who overdosed on heroin 'did not mean to buy drug' Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Karl Schroeder's "Stealing Worlds": visionary science fiction of a way through the climate and inequality crises Cory Doctorow

cool story bro That guy who made up a story about stealing a brick of heroin from an MS-13 gang member says he now regrets it Mark Frauenfelder

Be evil [UPDATED] Google disables Baltimore officials' Gmail accounts created during ransomware recovery Mark Frauenfelder

drugs Scientific study reports that CBD reduces opioid cravings and anxiety David Pescovitz