Drug ring smuggles cocaine into the UK inside office furniture
A drug-smuggling operation brought over £10 million worth of cocaine into the UK under the guise of a Leicester-based interior design company, a jury has heard. More
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North Korean builders use crystal meth to speed up skyscraper progress
Methamphetamine is being doled out to North Korean construction workers in a bid to speed up progress on a skyscraper in the capital city of Pyongyang, according to reports. More
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Grobo home gardening system makes growing weed easier
A Canadian startup has designed an app-controlled home growing system that is intended to make growing organic food and cannabis easier (+ movie). More
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Fast Food Aid is a laboratory-like shop that serves vitamin supplements to junk food lovers
Fast-food lovers in Tokyo can follow up their guilty pleasures with vitamin supplements, supplied by this laboratory-like pop-up shop (+ slideshow). More
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Printabowl uses 3D printing to create sculptural marijuana bongs
Seattle startup Printabowl has created water pipes for smoking pot that are intended to be put on display rather than be hidden "in a shoebox under your bed". More
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Will Patrick's Farma bioreactor could let owners brew their own drugs
MIT Media Lab graduate Will Patrick has designed a prototype desktop bioreactor that could enable the production of pharmaceutical drugs at home. More
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Snoop Dogg launches edible marijuana range with branding by Pentagram
US rapper Snoop Dogg has launched a line of edible cannabis products with packaging designed by Pentagram to skirt around US laws on controlled substances (+ slideshow). More
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House of Smart drugs shop by Maurice Mentjens features maze-like wooden beams
Dutch Design Week 2015: design agency Maurice Mentjens referred to the convoluted structures of the brain when creating the interior for this boutique selling stimulants in Eindhoven (+ slideshow). More
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"My mission is to elevate cannabis through design" says Megan Stone
Interview: Megan Stone designs interiors for the USA's booming marijuana industry. She told Dezeen why "2015 is the year for cannabis in our country". More
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Tiny devices replicate human organs to provide an alternative drug-testing method
Scientists at Harvard University have developed a microchip that can be lined with human cells to mimic the complex tissue structures of human organs. More
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Wear a representation of your favourite narcotic around your neck
These necklaces by Canadian studio Ahora Silhouettes display the molecular structures of drugs, allowing the wearer to accessorise with the illicit substance of their choice (+ slideshow). More
