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Ex-Hedge-Funder Shares His 'Wealth Addiction' Recovery Story in New York

...  Shares His 'Wealth Addiction' Recovery Story in New York … Polk describes his collegiate addiction to alcohol, pot, cocaine, Ritalin, and ecstasy and his decision to get sober with the help of a therapist around the time he doing… Continue reading

Contra-Cocaine Was a Real Conspiracy

...  Was a Real Conspiracy According to New York Magazine, the Contra-cocaine story – smugly dubbed “the last great conspiracy theory of the twentieth century” – started with the claim by ”crack kingpin” Ricky Ross that he was working… Continue reading

How Do You Explain to Your Child What a Crackhead Is?

...  help or bad things will happen. Add your own answer in the comments!   Nikko Jenkins' extended family has wreaked havoc on Omaha for generations A World-Herald examination of the Levering history shows that 38 descendants of Levi Levering… Continue reading

Rap-Loving Florida Congressman Busted With Cocaine

...  Florida Congressman Busted With Cocaine Rappers, he wrote on Buzzfeed (where he's also blogged about SkyMall), "described their experience as young, black men coming of age during the crack epidemic, gang wars and violence in every direction. Where else… Continue reading

Drug-Fuelled Chilean Drama Is a Long, Strange Trip

...  Chilean drama is a long, strange trip He plays Jamie, an American tourist in Santiago who lives in his own little bubble of self-realization (Jamie at a party, sampling Chilean cocaine: "It's actually really good") and is seeking to… Continue reading

RETAIL CRIME: Laundry Detergent Traded for Drugs, Cash

...  CRIME: Laundry detergent traded for drugs, cash Those Tide bottles can be exchanged for $ 5 cash or $ 10 worth of marijuana or crack cocaine, according to New York Magazine's “Suds for Drugs” article, which said the… Continue reading