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Gia Coppola’s directorial debut, “Palo Alto,” opening tomorrow at the Hippodrome State Theatre, is in some ways a mix of “Mean Girls” and “The Catcher in the Rye.” It’s a coming-of-age film that frankly addresses the sex, drugs, despondency and debauchery of adolescence, while at the same time mourning the loss of its characters’ childhoods.
A bad batch of Spice is believed to be the reason 28 people were hospitalized for seizures this weekend, leading to the raid of a local smoke shop and sending Gainesville residents reeling.
Gainesville Police arrested a local woman carrying a bag of meth and seven oxycodone pills after she tried to destroy 0.2 grams of crack cocaine in her pants.
Mac Miller, also known as “Easy Mac with the Cheesy Raps,” capitalized in his teenage years as a party rapper with chorus-driven songs of low lyrical depth like “Nikes on my Feet” and “Donald Trump.”
Editor’s Note: A version of this story ran online on May 15.
A Gainesville man was arrested after resisting arrest when police found cocaine in his pocket.
Gainesville Police arrested a man after he ran from officers and threw a 1.4-gram tube of cocaine to the side of the road, officials said.
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky wants to stir up dialogue — a word that has been forgotten in our hyper-partisan, deadlocked political climate.
Gainesville Police arrested two men and a woman for having .4 grams of cocaine, a crack pipe, weed and giving a false ID after a traffic stop on Sunday, officials said.
Former Florida wide receiver Reche Caldwell is in trouble with the law again. This time Caldwell was arrested for possession of the drug ecstasy with the intent to sell.
Gainesville Police arrested a man carrying 14.37 grams of meth Wednesday after he fled a three-car crash scene at The Polos apartment complex, officials said.
Gainesville residents are reacting to the news that the Food and Drug Administration will begin regulating the sale of e-cigarettes.
As people grow older, they tend to forget simple aspects of life, like what they need to buy at the grocery store or where they parked their cars — an inevitable effect of aging.
Barry Setlow, an associate professor at the UF College of Medicine, works in his lab at the McKnight Brain Institute. He and a team of researchers are testing a drug therapy that could help with memory loss.
“I just wanna get laid,” lamented one of the characters in “Wet Hot American Summer.”
A new study showing a relationship between marijuana use and brain abnormalities is facing scrutiny from some Gainesville experts and residents.
Gainesville Police arrested a local man Wednesday after discovering 113 grams of marijuana in his backpack.
Waldo Police arrested a Vermont man Sunday who hid marijuana in his underwear.
Shiloh took a sniff: He knew first.
Today is National Alcohol Screening Day, and more than 600 colleges in the U.S. will be holding free alcohol screenings on their campuses to help students identify any problems they may have with alcohol abuse. It’s a fantastic idea; after all, nearly 2,000 Americans ages 18 to 24 die each year from alcohol-related injuries. The annual screenings are hosted by a nonprofit called Screening for Mental Health, which advocates mental-health and substance-abuse resources to be made readily available to those who need it.
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