Back in 2009, my Buffy the Vampire Slayer crush Tom Lenk tweeted that he'd just finished shooting a role for the Joss Whedon-produced The Cabin in the Woods. Directed by Drew Goddard, the film gained a lot of early buzz for being a totally unconventional take on the horror genre,...

I didn't expect much from the MTV special Demi Lovato: Stay Strong, figuring it would be a lot of spin about the former Disney star's rehab stint -- a generic, PR-laced message of salvation with no real details about what the 19-year-old is truly like.

I'm happy to be proven...

A recent episode of ABC's Happy Endings ended with Max, the resident gay character played by Adam Pally, stretched out on a couch, shirtless, with a look of ecstasy on his face. Because he was stuffing it with a huge sandwich, its contents spilling out all over his large, exposed...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration released a study Thursday saying that rehab admissions for prescription medication abuse grew by 400 percent over a 10-year period. SAMHSA administrator Pamela S. Hyde stated that, "The non-medical use of prescription pain relievers is now the second most prevalent form...

Well, it happened. We finally, FINALLY got an authentic peek inside Lindsay Lohan's medicine cabinet. Conjecture can end, and based on the medication list -- Zoloft, trazodone, Adderall, and Dilaudid, I can officially welcome her into the Pill Head club without a libel suit. Truth be told, there's...

As a recovering painkiller addict still nursing the wounds of a five-year habit, I'm probably the last person you'd expect to come out in opposition to a ban on Vicodin and Percocet. Unless you think I'm anticipating a relapse and don't want my candy taken away from me.

Not...

Heroin was never my drug -- I loved painkillers. Pills like Vicodin and OxyContin gave me a pure, clean high similar to the euphoric effects one gets from heroin, but I never had to worry that the pills I was getting came from a bad batch. Remember the big heroin...