Drugs

CRIME ARCHIVES

Kid Kingpin: The Rise and Fall of a Drug Dealer

“At the end of the '80s, while America concerned itself with the consequences of crack, and crack dealers continued in that hyper trade, Boy George was running five heroin locations in the South Bronx”

by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

Originally published: December 10, 1991

NEW YORK CITY ARCHIVES

Where Have All the Dealers Gone?

“The great library of New York dope has been going up in smoke this month. I want it all smoked up by September One, when I clear out for good. Here,” he said, tossing me a Baggie full of grass. “Try some 1967”

by Anonymous

Originally published: September 27, 1973

COMEDY ARCHIVES

Tears of a Clown: Charlie Barnett Cracks Up

“Motherfucking drug dealers. They want me to kill myself. They always smiling, saying, ‘Hey, Charlie, how many? You got my money?’ Nah, I can’t do it. It’s a fuckin’ nightmare.”

by Ivan Solotaroff

Originally published: January 17, 1989

From The Archives

Keep Dope Alive: Why the Hip Hop Nation Is Getting High on “The Chronic”

“Blunts have made it fashionable to smoke pot again. Just about nobody in hip hop circles smokes crack or cocaine anymore.”

by Isaac Fergusson

Originally published: June 22, 1993

From The Archives

Keep Dope Alive: The $1000 High

“Owing to the success of the Reagan-Bush crackdown, marijuana prices in New York City have doubled and tripled in recent years, with top-end product selling routinely for $500 an ounce, and up.”

by Philip Nobile

Originally published: June 22, 1993

From The Archives

Keep Dope Alive: The Noise of One Mind Tripping

“I tend to take my drugs at exactly the times those PSA films from grade school warned not to: when alone, when depressed, anxious, etc. That one can do this with X and live to tell is one of its charms.”

by Lisa Kennedy

Originally published: June 22, 1993

From The Archives

The Day They Got Mr. Untouchable, Nicky Barnes

“You know, kid, I never thought they were going to get me.”

by Timothy Crouse

Originally published: December 12, 1977

From The Archives

Nicky Barnes: Geronimo Takes on the Man No One Can Convict

“He is a muscular man, 44 years old, no taller than five foot eight inches, and precise in all his movements. Mythology holds him to be the most powerful man in Harlem.”

by Timothy Crouse

Originally published: October 24, 1977

Kid Kingpin: The Rise and Fall of a Drug Dealer

“At the end of the '80s, while America concerned itself with the consequences of crack, and crack dealers continued in that hyper trade, Boy George was running five heroin locations in the South Bronx”

Where Have All the Dealers Gone?

“The great library of New York dope has been going up in smoke this month. I want it all smoked up by September One, when I clear out for good. Here,” he said, tossing me a Baggie full of grass. “Try some 1967”

Tears of a Clown: Charlie Barnett Cracks Up

“Motherfucking drug dealers. They want me to kill myself. They always smiling, saying, ‘Hey, Charlie, how many? You got my money?’ Nah, I can’t do it. It’s a fuckin’ nightmare.”

Keep Dope Alive: Why the Hip Hop Nation Is Getting High on “The Chronic”

“Blunts have made it fashionable to smoke pot again. Just about nobody in hip hop circles smokes crack or cocaine anymore.”

Keep Dope Alive: The $1000 High

“Owing to the success of the Reagan-Bush crackdown, marijuana prices in New York City have doubled and tripled in recent years, with top-end product selling routinely for $500 an ounce, and up.”

Keep Dope Alive: The Noise of One Mind Tripping

“I tend to take my drugs at exactly the times those PSA films from grade school warned not to: when alone, when depressed, anxious, etc. That one can do this with X and live to tell is one of its charms.”

The Day They Got Mr. Untouchable, Nicky Barnes

“You know, kid, I never thought they were going to get me.”

Nicky Barnes: Geronimo Takes on the Man No One Can Convict

“He is a muscular man, 44 years old, no taller than five foot eight inches, and precise in all his movements. Mythology holds him to be the most powerful man in Harlem.”

Dennis Hopper’s “The Last Movie” Is as Essential as Cinema Gets

Reminder: Recreational Marijuana is Considerably More Popular Than Governor Cuomo

Drugs

“At the end of the '80s, while America concerned itself with the consequences of crack, and crack dealers continued in that hyper trade, Boy George was running five heroin locations in the South Bronx”

“The great library of New York dope has been going up in smoke this month. I want it all smoked up by September One, when I clear out for good. Here,” he said, tossing me a Baggie full of grass. “Try some 1967”

“Motherfucking drug dealers. They want me to kill myself. They always smiling, saying, ‘Hey, Charlie, how many? You got my money?’ Nah, I can’t do it. It’s a fuckin’ nightmare.”

“Blunts have made it fashionable to smoke pot again. Just about no­body in hip hop circles smokes crack or cocaine anymore.”

“Owing to the success of the Rea­gan-Bush crackdown, marijuana prices in New York City have doubled and tripled in recent years, with top-end product selling routinely for $500 an ounce, and up.”

“I tend to take my drugs at exactly the times those PSA films from grade school warned not to: when alone, when depressed, anx­ious, etc. That one can do this with X and live to tell is one of its charms.”

“You know, kid, I never thought they were going to get me.”

“He is a muscular man, 44 years old, no taller than five foot eight inches, and precise in all his movements. Mythology holds him to be the most powerful man in Harlem.”

“Blunts have made it fashionable to smoke pot again. Just about nobody in hip hop circles smokes crack or cocaine anymore.”

“Owing to the success of the Reagan-Bush crackdown, marijuana prices in New York City have doubled and tripled in recent years, with top-end product selling routinely for $500 an ounce, and up.”

“I tend to take my drugs at exactly the times those PSA films from grade school warned not to: when alone, when depressed, anxious, etc. That one can do this with X and live to tell is one of its charms.”