All Blog Posts Tagged 'DRUG' (72)

The L.A. County District Attorney has REJECTED the felony drug case, because cops only found a very small amount of drugs -- which they say is meth. Given that Short does not have a felony record, the D.A. decided not to prosecute and sent the case over to the L.A. City Attorney for misdemeanor review.

TMZ was told the City Attorney will look at the case ... probably…

A star of the VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hop is among three men accused of trafficking heroin and cocaine in the Rochester region, court papers show.

A sweeping investigation led to the federal criminal charges against the reality show star, Mendeecees Harris, who is already facing secksual abuse of a minor charges in New Jersey, records show.

Harris, who…

Stormy singer Chris Brown got a lecture and another court date from a California judge Monday after flunking a Virginia drug test related to his probation for assaulting Rihanna.

The drug test, done June 18, wasn’t ordered by his California judge. But random testing is customary in Brown's former home state of Virginia, where he’s been serving the community labor…

The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS.

In a series of votes, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended approval of the daily pill Truvada for healthy people who are at high risk of…

On Tuesday, rapper Lil Boosie took a guilty plea for smuggling narcotics into prison.

According to reports from a local news station…

Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie arrived at district court Tuesday morning for a pre-trial motion and ended up pleading guilty to drug charges. Lil Boosie, whose real name is Torrence Hatch, pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiring…

"Rhythm of the Night" singer El DeBarge was arrested for drug possession in L.A. yesterday ... and cops believe El may have been trying to deal the junk.

El was popped around 2 PM in Encino, CA ... after LAPD officers observed him participating in what appeared to be a drug deal with another man near the 101 Freeway.

DeBarge was arrested for possession of…

Nearly 40 pounds of cocaine stuffed inside hollowed-out textbooks were intercepted at the United Nations Headquarters’ mail room, officials announced Thursday.

Two bags - bearing only the UN symbol with no addressee or return address - were X-rayed around 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 16 by the Security and Safety Service after they were deemed suspicious by workers, police and…

Pharmaceutical companies are cooking up a prescription painkiller that’s far more powerful than Vicodin, the Associated Press reports.

Treatment for prescription painkiller abuse has skyrocketed 430% over the last ten years, federal statistics show, and addiction experts and drug control advocates are concerned the proposed mega-dose opiate will make things…

Usher's ex-wife Tameka Raymond is freaking out that testing the singer for drugs will soon be useless -- because the more time that passes, the more time Usher has to cleanse his system of illicit substances.

In case you haven't been following -- Tameka demanded Usher take a drug test recently because she thinks the singer is popping pills and who-knows-what-else…

The Harlem World member and G-Dep collaborator was detained at the borders for drug trafficking in North Carolina years ago.

Former Bad Boy Records artist and Harlem World member Loon has been arrested in Belgium. According to DDotOmen.com, the Harlem, New York emcee was reportedly arrested while trying to enter the European country after he had been indicted in May…

LOS ANGELES - Singer Bonnie Pointer, a founding member of the seminal recording group The Pointer Sisters, was arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance early Friday.

Pointer, 61, was pulled over and taken into custody shortly after midnight following a traffic stop in Hawthorne, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff.

She was booked into…

An estimated 17 tons of marijuana were seized in the discovery of a cross-border tunnel that authorities said Wednesday was one of the most significant secret drug smuggling passages ever found on the U.S.-Mexico border.

The tunnel discovered Tuesday stretched about 400 yards (400 meters) and linked warehouses in San Diego and Tijuana, authorities…

A moderator for a popular Mexican site was found tortured and decapitated Wednesday, making him the fourth victim in Nuevo Laredo since September killed for reporting on drug cartels through social media.

The man's body was dumped in the Mexican border town after blogging about the Zetas drug cartel, according to the Houston Chronicle.

"This happened to me…