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Killing Them Softly

The Hired Murderers of Medellín, Colombia, Are Lying Low­—for Now

The Russian was 13 years old when he first killed a man. He has no regrets about it; the man he killed had mistreated his little sister. He built a weapon called a chupa chupa—a blade tied to a length of PVC pipe—and plunged it into his victim’s neck. “I learned a man’s most fragile area is his jugular,” he said. Full story

Everything You Wanted to Know About the UK Drugs Scene

Authors Max Daley and Steve Sampson have put their combined 20-odd years of covering Britain's drug trade into a single, definitive guide called 'Narcomania.' It’s full of fun facts on every aspect of the UK drug scene and how it has evolved over the past 30 years, minus all that… Full story

Gunplay Doesn't Fear the Pine Box or Prison

Gunplay has an intensity that is unmatched in hip-hop, and an appetite for drugs and trouble to go with it. I talked with him while he was on house arrest about whether that same fire that has brought him to prominence as an artist could eventually destroy him. Full story

Our Guidance Counselor Likes Whores and Cocaine

David Mendelowitz was a dean of students and guidance counselor at Scarsdale High School for 15 years. He just got arrested for being involved in a prostitution ring and coke dealing operation. So, we figured it'd be a good idea to talk to his students. Full story

I Learned How to Make Blow in Colombia

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Colombia is the world’s biggest producer of cocaine, providing around 80 percent of the whole planet’s supply. In true entrepreneurial spirit, mom and pop coke shops, or “kitchens,” pepper the countryside, churning out 345 tons of the white st… Full story

Requiem for a Shithole

Today, in the wake of the shittiest storm New York has ever seen, Manhattan’s shittiest dive bar is shuttering its doors for good. St. Jerome’s was a horrible and fantastic place, a peerless dump in the belly of the Lower East Side where I used to DJ and Lady Gaga shook her ass a… Full story

How Not to Smuggle Drugs Into America

You can almost hear the lowly mules—both of whom fled the scene—cry out in that sort of self-deprecating "God damnit" that only comes when you know you really fucked up. Full story

How Much Coke Is Bad for Me?

A dentist friend treated a woman who had done so much cocaine it had rotted a hole between her nose and mouth, as well as perforating her septum. This woman had a 1" by .5" wide black rancid pit on the roof of her mouth, through which her rotting nose would drip. Her mouth was he… Full story

One in the Oven

Artist and ‘Girls’ Star Jemima Kirke Bares Her Belly and Chats with Us About Being a Grown-Up

Richard Kern and I drove out to the East Hampton family home of Jemima Kirke, the star of HBO's 'Girls,' to photograph her at eight months pregnant. I also chatted with her about the time we did key bumps together in a bathroom, dating assholes, and being famous. Full story

Drugs That Make Me Cry

I spend the vast majority of my time not being myself. I avoid expressing my true feelings if I think they will alienate others. I stifle my ego so as not to come off as self-absorbed. Due to the prevalence of the lie expressed earlier, I occasionally assume that drugs can help m… Full story