Posts tagged as Cocaine
Britons Are Champion Coke-Doers
Congratulations to Britain, which has won the prestigious "Cocaine Capital Of Europe" award for the second year in a row.
If You Give A Mouse Cocaine You Should Probably Give Him A Cigarette First
"Nicotine causes changes in gene regulation that enhance the brain's subsequent response to cocaine. The finding, in mice, provides the first clear evidence for a molecular mechanism supporting the idea of 'gateway drugs'.... In a study published today in Science Translational Medicine, the team shows that, in mice at least, nicotine causes epigenetic changes–long-lasting changes in the control of gene expression–that subsequently boost the response to cocaine."
The Cocaine Economy
"Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Undersecretary Carlo Giovanardi said the government will study if it’s feasible to conduct drug tests on stock- exchange traders, with the help of the Milan Bourse and the country’s market regulator. Giovanardi, who is in charge of family policy and drug prevention, said that the abuse of drugs including cocaine might explain part of recent stock volatility."
Cocaine Fans Would Rather Have Money Now Than Cocaine Later
"A new study by addiction and neuroscience researchers sheds new light on understanding how cocaine addicts make decisions, and how they value the drug against the immediate and delayed reward of other items, such as cash. The upshot is that addicts discount cocaine at a steeper rate than they do money, consistently choosing to have money now, rather than twice the value of cocaine later.... Until now, researchers believed that cocaine addicts valued the drug above any other commodity, no matter what the situation. Bickel’s findings however show that cocaine addicts place extra value on the drug only when it is immediately available, and future values of cocaine are heavily discounted."
Here Is The Cover Art For Diamond's New Mixtape
Diamond is an Atlanta rapper who came to fame six years ago as a part of Crime Mob, a group of high school kids who signed to Lil John's label, BME Records. (So you know they were crunk, because Lil John, he always tells the truth.) They made a couple good records with Lil Scrappy, who will always have a place in my heart because of his song "No Problem," which is one of the most crunk songs I know, a great favorite of mine. Diamond, who is now Lil Scrappy's girlfriend (and, unfortunately, suffering some recession-related problems with him), has left Crime Mob and started a solo career. Her new mixtape is called Cocaine Waitress. The music, from what I've heard, is less remarkable than that title—and the cover, which pretty much speaks for itself, I think. Here it is large-scale, to better appreciate the details. READ MORE
Kid Cudi On Cocaine
"No more blow. People do drugs to camouflage emotions and run away from their problems. Now I'm going to deal with certain things as they come, prioritize shit-man up, so to speak. Just for the record, it bugged me out that people said it was liquid cocaine. No, I'm just fucking rich, and my blow comes in a jar. There was no liquid in it-that shit makes no sense." READ MORE
Who Ate All The Pies? British Kids
Will the youth of Knifecrime Island soon be too rotund to take up the blade? READ MORE
Waka Flocka Flame As Coke-Dealer Lebron James In Space
Awesome! Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame goes back to the glory days of the old Pen-and-Pixel designs for the cover to his new mixtape, Lebron Flocka James Pt. 2. Here is Flocka, headband in place, superimposed upon the NBA superstar's body, dribbling a basketball out of a fiery explosion in space (a microquasar, perhaps?), between a packaged brick of illicit-looking product and a large mound of cocaine, which seem to have been left, rather cavalierly, at center court of a basketball arena. There's nothing left to say, really, except thank you. Thank you, Waka Flocka Flame. Thank you. Here, to better appreciate the details: READ MORE
Years Later, Comedian Finally Finishes Skit
Adult male brags about doing cocaine on a dare in same room as President Obama.
Long Player with D.R. Adams: Q-Bert (*&%$#)
There are two ways to think about Q -Bert. Or not. Maybe there are an indefinite number of ways. Look at all this punctuation. READ MORE
