Cocaine

It’s easy to draw a lot of conclusions from the title of Ozzy Osbourne‘s new single with friend Billy Morrison, “Crack Cocaine,” without listening to it. But the singer says it’s more nuanced than that. “The song’s not about crack cocaine,” the Prince of Darkness tells Rolling Stone on a call from his L.A. home. “It’s about being in love with a chick. But it’s kind of what you might think Ozzy Osbourne would do. It’s, like, the two loves in my life: drugs and women.” “I love Ozzy’s lyrics,” says Morrison, who’s…

Andy Cohen is demanding a retraction and an “apology” from Real Housewives of New York City alum Leah McSweeney, claiming in a new letter from his lawyer that her recent lawsuit accusing him of cocaine use with cast members is “baseless” and a “shakedown.” “While virtually every statement about Mr. Cohen contained in the complaint is false and will be proven so if this baseless lawsuit proceeds, we demand that you immediately retract and withdraw all allegations relating to Mr. Cohen’s purported ‘cocaine use,’…

Research from the University of Geneva reveals that impulsivity affects cocaine abuse risk not by altering dopamine production but through other mechanisms, indicating new directions for understanding and treating drug abuse vulnerability.A team from UNIGE has demonstrated that the production of dopamine, often referred to as the “happiness hormone,” is not linked to a higher risk of drug susceptibility.Why do some people who try drugs struggle with substance abuse while others don’t? This question has long puzzled…

Some facts about Pepe are certain. He was heavy even for his thick-set genus, reported to have weighed between four and five tonnes. With a land speed of up to 22 mph and ivory stakes protruding from those pink gums at random angles, he was a forceful reminder that his species is one of the deadliest on the planet, causing an estimated 500 human deaths per year.Native to sub-Saharan Africa but born in Colombian cocaine king Pablo Escobar’s private menagerie and shot in its vicinity after escaping from captivity in 2009,…

Most remember Griselda Blanco as the “Black Widow,” a ruthless Colombian drug lord whose network flooded Miami with cocaine, brought in $80 million a month nationally, and who’s been personally implicated in a rumored 200 murders. Michael Corleone Blanco, her youngest son raised at the height of her drug-trafficking empire, admits she was a rigid, stern woman he affectionately called cariñosa — an endearing term given to loved ones.   “As a kid, you can’t really comprehend what is wrong, what is right, and what is…

Jailed rap star Kodak Black scored a legal victory Friday when a Florida judge dismissed his drug charge linked to his Dec. 7 arrest for possession of a substance deemed “cocaine” at the scene but was actually oxycodone through subsequent lab testing. Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, submitted a prescription for the oxycodone to the court prior to the ruling. Prosecutors tried, but failed, to convince the court that more was needed to substantiate the script. “ do not refute or negate the material fact that…

Kodak Black is asking a judge to dismiss his pending drug charges in Florida after lab tests proved the white substance collected during his recent arrest was the prescription painkiller oxycodone, not cocaine. In a sworn motion filed Monday in Broward County, defense lawyer Brad Cohen says the multiplatinum-selling rapper had a legal prescription at the time of his arrest on December 7, 2023, so his charges should be stricken. Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, has been locked up in the case for weeks. Cohen…

Broward County prosecutors quietly charged Kodak Black with oxycodone possession Monday, not cocaine, following the multiplatinum-selling rapper’s widely reported arrest in South Florida last month. The new court filing, obtained by Rolling Stone, contradicts an affidavit from the arresting officer in the case that stated the “white chunky substance” allegedly found in Black’s possession on Dec. 7, 2023 “field tested positive on scene for cocaine.” Black’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, tells Rolling Stone that the…

Ventura County sheriff’s narcotics investigators busted a “large-scale transnational drug trafficking organization” this week that was operating a cocaine delivery service in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, authorities said.Detectives made eight arrests and seized more than 5 pounds of cocaine, five firearms and “a significant amount of suspected drug proceeds,” sheriff’s officials announced in a news release Friday. The bust followed a five-month investigation into the drug trafficking operation.The delivery service…

The artist was charged with improperly stopping or parking his vehicle, cocaine possession, and tampering with evidence Kodak Black has been arrested on charges of possessing cocaine in South Florida, AP reported. According to the outlet, the Broward County jail listed Bill Kapri, the rapper’s legal name, as being booked into custody on Thursday. Records show that he has been charged with improperly stopping or parking his vehicle, cocaine possession, and tampering with evidence. In January…