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The man who sold Michael K. Williams a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin in 2021 pleaded guilty to a narcotics conspiracy charge Wednesday. Irvin Cartagena, known as “Green Eyes,” was initially charged with narcotics conspiracy resulting in death, but took a guilty plea carrying a lesser prison sentence between 24 to 30 years, as reported by the New […]
British Columbia will become the first province in Canada to decriminalize cocaine, amphetamines, and opioids. Starting on January 31, 2023, people 18 years or older carrying 2.5 grams of the aforementioned drugs will not face criminal charges or mandatory treatment. This comes after the B.C. government asked for an exemption from the federal Controlled Drugs and Substances […]
A drug smuggling tunnel the length of six football fields was found by U.S. authorities running from Tijuana, Mexico to a warehouse in San Diego. The secret entrance was located by San Diego’s Otay Mesa border crossing and featured rail and ventilation systems, electricity, and reinforced walls, per authorities. During a Monday announcement, it was revealed that 1,762 pounds of cocaine, […]
A Michigan man has been sentenced to life in prison after putting a fatal dose of heroin in his wife’s cereal. Jason Harris was convicted of first-degree murder, solicitation of murder, and delivery of a controlled substance causing death in November, for the death of his wife, Christina in September 2014, Fox 2 Detroit reports. […]
Juicy J is opening up on the fall of Three 6 Mafia. The rapper spoke with Nas and radio personality Minya “Miss Info” Oh during the latest episode of Spotify’s The Bridge: 50 Years of Hip Hop podcast, explaining that “drugs really broke Three 6 Mafia up.” After Nas asked which drugs did it, Juicy explained that it was “the […]
On Monday, authorities announced the seizure of tens of thousands of fentanyl pills, approximated at about 25,000, as part of a multi-million dollar drug bust in New York’s Westchester County. On Wednesday 28-year-old Carlos Vasquez was arrested in New Jersey by that state’s police in connection with the drugs. The New York Drug Enforcement Task Force […]
Infamous NYC club promoter Michael Alig, who pleaded guilty in 1997 to first-degree manslaughter in connection with the murder of Andre “Angel” Melendez, died Friday at the age of 54. According to the New York Daily News, Alig was found dead inside his Washington Heights apartment by a former boyfriend at around 3 a.m. local time. […]
Amid the fuck-it-all insanity of the 2020 election, some inspiring news out of Oregon is providing a nice (albeit temporary) respite. The state will now be the first in the country to legalize therapeutic use of psilocybin, a.k.a. shrooms. This was made possible by the passing of Ballot Measure 109, per the Associated Press, which will […]
The Bad Boy Records rapper formerly known as Loon has been granted an early release from prison by U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle, the New York Post reports. Loon, who was born Chauncey Hawkins before legally changing his name to Amir Junaid Muhadith after converting to Islam in 2008, filed for a “instant compassionate release” motion in early […]
Nick Gordon, the ex-boyfriend of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown, has reportedly died Wednesday at the age of 30. His brother, Jack Walker Jr., confirmed the news to People magazine. “We are devastated by the loss of my beautiful brother,” Walker Jr. said. “He leaves a void in the hearts of my family and his friends. Nick’s […]
