Read more cocaine stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1834/cocaine.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:51:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72385/cocaine-sub-nabbed-off-guatemala.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Navy and Guatemalan forces have seized a makeshift submarine carrying 10 tons of cocaine. Three Colombians and a Mexican crewman were arrested on board. The haul is the biggest drug bust ever made in Guatemala, which has become a major transit point for drug traffickers seeking to secure...http://www.newser.com/story/72385/cocaine-sub-nabbed-off-guatemala.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 3:13:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72371/i-snorted-coke-40-feet-from-obama-at-dc-dinner-actor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWe’ve all done silly stuff on a dare, but probably not on the level of actor/author/comic/crazy guy David Cross, who says he snorted cocaine not 40 feet from President Obama at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (not, for the record, held at the White House). With cabinet secretaries, Supreme Court...http://www.newser.com/story/72371/i-snorted-coke-40-feet-from-obama-at-dc-dinner-actor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 21:05:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72182/madoff-hq-was-coke-fueled-animal-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBernie Madoff ran the druggiest, most decadent securities fraud in town, according to court papers filed yesterday. Madoff's offices were so awash in cocaine—paid for with investors' money—that it was nicknamed "the North Pole," and the firm hosted drug-fueled parties featuring topless waitresses, according to a lawsuit filed...http://www.newser.com/story/72182/madoff-hq-was-coke-fueled-animal-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 2:58:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71008/cocaine-vaccine-tackles-addiction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA vaccine-like treatment to fight cocaine addiction has shown promising results in early clinical trials and could pave the way for new treatments to battle nicotine and methamphetamine addiction as well, researchers say. The vaccine created antibodies that prevented cocaine molecules from reaching the brain fast enough to cause a...http://www.newser.com/story/71008/cocaine-vaccine-tackles-addiction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 2:09:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70420/us-coast-guard-brit-navy-seize-380m-in-cocaine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe British Navy and US Coast Guard have seized a record $380 million worth of cocaine on a fishing boat off the coast of South America. The boat was searched for 24 hours before investigators broke up the concrete floor with sledgehammers and discovered 5.5 tons of the drug...http://www.newser.com/story/70420/us-coast-guard-brit-navy-seize-380m-in-cocaine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 2:46:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69399/bobby-brown-spit-on-me-houston-tells-oprah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEmotional abuse and drug addiction marked Whitney Houston’s marriage to Bobby Brown, the singer says. “He spit on me,” Houston recalled in the first part of a tell-all interview with Oprah, broadcast today. She described their intense drug habits: Brown a full-blown, “mean” alcoholic, and Houston mixing marijuana and cocaine....http://www.newser.com/story/69399/bobby-brown-spit-on-me-houston-tells-oprah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 17:16:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67416/mexico-decriminalizes-small-scale-drug-possession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMexico has enacted a controversial law decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging free government treatment for drug dependency. The law sets out maximum "personal use" amounts for drugs, also including LSD and methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities will no longer face...http://www.newser.com/story/67416/mexico-decriminalizes-small-scale-drug-possession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 22:01:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67143/85-of-dollars-in-us-cities-test-positive-for-cocaine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US money supply is literally soaked in cocaine, the Guardian reports.Tests performed by the American Chemical Society found that an average of 85% of paper money circulating in big US cities tests positive for traces of the drug. While cross-contamination between bills bundled together is a factor, it...http://www.newser.com/story/67143/85-of-dollars-in-us-cities-test-positive-for-cocaine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 2:23:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66434/police-brutality-it-could-just-be-excited-delirium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew research could help exonerate police officers accused of using excessive force to restrain unruly perpetrators, New Scientist reports. So far the American Medical Association has not recognized “excited delirium,” a condition describing an agitated, combative person who exhibits superhuman strength and high body temperature—a rare condition common to...http://www.newser.com/story/66434/police-brutality-it-could-just-be-excited-delirium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 18:31:35 CDT