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Barry Chappell's Nicorette gum collection weighs 175 pounds. He's been collecting it for six years, carefully adding new pieces to his giant gum ball measuring 62 inches in circumference. So big it's actually registered as the world's largest medicated gum ball by Ripley's, Pop Candy reports. In 20...

If you needed more reassurance that smoking cigarettes is an unhealthy lifestyle choice, take a look at these conceptual cigarettes. Inspired by video games, Ukraine designer German Ljutaev came up with a clever idea that prints a game life meter, a visual reminder of life slowly depleting, on ciga...

Think we are winning the war on drugs? Think again. Hundreds of tons of cocaine and other narcotics are making their way to our shores every year. How are they eluding our sophisticated, high tech detection systems and highly trained (and well armed), drug enforcement agents? The go-fast boats that...

They may be the party favor of choice for rock stars and a source of illicit income for chemistry teachers breaking bad, but many highly illegal and often abused drugs have real medicinal benefits. While we've all heard the debate over the medical uses of marijuana, according to information gathere...