Is Cuomo's Bill Banning Criminal Bus Drivers Too Harsh?
Yesterday we wrote about how Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill which ban, among other things, drug dealers, sex traffickers and murderers from being hired as school bus drivers. Now uber-blogger Matt...
View ArticlePresident Obama Is (Literally) On Drugs
"Orange Obama Head" Ecstasy pills. (Photo: PillReports.com) President Barack Obama is the drug brand of choice for many dealers. Since his election in 2008, the Commander-in-Chief's name and face has...
View ArticleMitt Romney Does Not Want To Talk About Medical Marijuana [Video]
Mitt Romney (Photo: Getty) Mitt Romney was appalled when a reporter asked him about medical marijuana during an interview with a local CBS affiliate in Colorado today. He responded by angrily listing...
View ArticleTweets From The Trail: Drugs and Drones
Today, political types were focused on Chris Matthews' screaming, drugs and drones. Here’s our roundup of the day’s best Tweets from the campaign trail. Andrew Stiles of the Washington Free Beacon...
View ArticleRevisiting President Obama’s High School Pot Use
President Obama visiting his high school in Hawaii in 2008. (Photo: Getty) This morning, Buzzfeed published excerpts from Dave Maraniss' upcoming biography of Barack Obama that detail the president's...
View ArticleMultiple New Marijuana Proposals Waft Towards Albany
Seattle resident displaying a bag of marijuana shortly after a lew legalizing recreational use of the drug took effect in Washington State last month. (Photo: Getty) While a growing number of states...
View ArticleAssemblyman Steve Katz Arrested for Marijuana Possession After Traffic Stop
Steve Katz (Photo: NYS Assembly) Republican Assemblyman Steve Katz is due to appear in court later this month after he was arrested for marijuana possession following a traffic stop on the New York...
View ArticleKristin Davis Arrested on Drug Charges
Kristin Davis. (Photo: ManhattanMadam.com) The circus surrounding this year's electoral season doesn't end. Kristin Davis, who claims to be the former madam for ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer and is now running...
View ArticleEx-Manhattan Madam’s Consultant Urges Her to Drop Comptroller Bid
Kristin Davis and her attorney this evening. Kristin Davis was arraigned today in Manhattan federal court on charges she sold hundreds of prescription pills illegally, hours after her "stunned"...
View ArticleBloomberg Shocked and Boggled by City’s Inability to Fire ‘Heroin Teacher’
Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (Photo: Getty) New York City's efforts to fire what it calls the "heroin teacher" received a setback this week that has Mayor Michael Bloomberg fuming. An arbitrator earlier...
View ArticleChiara de Blasio Releases Video Admitting Drug, Alcohol Problems
Chiara de Blasio, speaking in the video. Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio's 19-year-old daughter, Chiara de Blasio, released a video today acknowledging her struggle with long-rumored substance abuse...
View Article‘We Are So Proud of Our Daughter’: Bill de Blasio Reflects on Chiara’s Video
Chiara de Blasio in her video last week. In his first press conference since his daughter publicly revealed her struggle with drugs and depression, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio praised Chiara de Blasio's...
View ArticleNew York Medical Pot Backer Not Worried About Abuse
Dick Gottfried. (Photo: Facebook/Richard Gottfried) Assemblyman Dick Gottfried isn't worried about New York going to pot if the governor's plan to legalize medical marijuana is enacted--because the...
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