Drugs

Getting High: On Drugs, Medication Or Meditation?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Meditation, Inner Life, Happiness, Over the Counter Drugs, Drugs, Pharmaceutical Drugs, Recreational Drugs, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

We all seek that rush or high, the feel-good factor that turns us on and makes us feel that we can succeed and even conquer the world. Getting high is...

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Jason Bateman Compares Youth To 'Risky Business,' Talks 'Blow' Use

people.com | Xiomara Martinez | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

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Jason Bateman can truly claim the title of Comeback Kid given there's been much for him to come back from. Once upon a time, he tells the August issu...

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson, We Are the World, Al Sharpton, Baptize, Dr. 90210, Off the Wall, Mourners, African-Americans, Janet Jackson, Usher, Race, Bleach, Britain, President, Prescriptions, Joe Jackson, England, 125th Street, Tanning Salon, Thriller, Army, B.E. T, Collagen, Transformer, American Idol, Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah, Bad, Heaven, The Wiz, California, Hate, Guilt, Tunisia, Broadway, Surrealism, Suntan, Los Angeles, The Staples Center, Barack Obama, Sunbathing, Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Anti-Depressants, Gender, Skin, Dancing, Pharmaceutical Companies, 50, Art, John Lennon, Bible, Motown 25, The Beatles, Genetics, Singing, Paul Mc Cartney, Justin Timberlake, Jackson 5, Rain, Apollo Theater, LaToya Jackson, Australia, Cartoons, Britney Spears, Prescription Drugs, Reality Shows, Jamie Foxx, Black Fedora, Spike Lee, Drugs, King of Pop, Musicals, Jacksons, Tummy Tuck, Child Molestation, Fans, Russia, Americans, Cosmetic Surgery, Performers, Gary, Encino, Mtv, Quincy Jones, Amateur Night, Mardi Gras, Tabloids, Associated Press, Suicide, Trials, Music Videos, Billie Jean, Moonwalk, Hollywood, Tanning Booth, Nose Job, Berry Gordy, Dermatologist, Plastic Surgery, Diana Ross, Impersonators, Beat It, Moscow, Jordan Chandler, Chris Brown, Suntan Lotion, Katherine Jackson, Memorial, Botox, Indiana, Mowtown, Rx, New York, Paris Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, Deborah Rowe, Aeg Live, Martin Bashir, Brooke Sheilds, Lauri Lyons, White-Glove, Judith Hill, Marlon Jackson, Manhattan, Cnn, Jermaine Jackson, Youtube, New Orleans, New York News
Lauri Lyons

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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I Don't Want to Cause a Diplomatic Incident, But...

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Drugs, Diplomacy, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, Cites, Dubai, Diplomats, Uae, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Allowing red passport-holders to walk freely through UAE baggage controls must stop, and there must be more scrutiny. My diplomatic peers don't mind having their bags checked through a scanner, neither do I, and nor should anyone with nothing to hide.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Amat Escalante on Los Bastardos

Dan Persons | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Haneke, Home Invasion, Migrant Workers, Lou Dobbs, Violence, Drugs, Film, The Auteurs, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Amat Escalante, Interview, Cinema, Carlos Reygadas, Suburbia, Gore, Sex, Drama, Illegal Immigrants, Bruno Dumont, Horror Movies, Dario Argento, Podcast, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Los Bastardos is a spare and brutal survey of the suburban wasteland.

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Progressives Push Against Drug War: Will Dems Listen?

Norm Stamper | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Drugs, War on Drugs, Crime, Marijuana, Progressives, Politics News
Norm Stamper

It's official. We can now talk openly about what the great majority of us have known for a long time: drug prohibition isn't working, and never will.

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Uri Geller & Ex-Bodyguard Tell Of Jackson's Drug Ause

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Uri Geller, Michael Jackson, Drugs, Michael Jackson Dies, Michael Jackson Drugs, Michael Jackson Dead, Entertainment News

LONDON — Two of Michael Jackson's former confidantes, medium Uri Geller and ex-bodyguard Matt Fiddes, say they tried in vain to keep the pop sup...

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Michael Jackson and the Overdose Crisis in America

Jill Harris | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Harm Reduction, Naloxone, Drugs, War on Drugs, Overdose, Living News
Jill Harris

If Michael Jackson's death was caused by an opioid overdose, it might have been averted had people close to him had access to a simple and reliable antidote: naloxone, otherwise known as Narcan.

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President Understands Need to Control Healthcare Costs

Deborah De Santis | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Drugs, Public Housing, Homelessness, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Deborah De Santis

As President Barack Obama tours the country making a compelling case for real healthcare reform, his message is clear: We must do a better job of cont...

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What is Recovery From Addiction?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Sobriety, Drugs, Recovery, Smoking, Sex, Health, Alcohol, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Recovery does not just mean sobriety. It is a more holistic experience that involves improving one's life in various ways.

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Exclusive Excerpt: This Is Your Country On Drugs

Ryan Grim | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Andy Warhol, Drug Culture, Lsd, This Is Your Country on Drugs, Drug War, Acid, Drug Use, Burning Man, LSD Statistics, Drugs, Ryan Grim, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Drug Policy Reform, Politics News
Ryan Grim

When approached in isolation, drug policy almost always backfires, because it doesn't take into account the powerful economic, social, and cultural forces that also determine how and why Americans get high.

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US Announces Shift In Afghanistan Drug Policy

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan Drug Policy, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, US Foreign Policy, Drugs, American Foreign Policy, War on Terror, Foreign Policy, World News

TRIESTE, Italy — The U.S. is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan's drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting ef...

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Michael Jackson's Supposed Drug Cocktail: Demerol, Dilaudid, Vicodin, Zoloft, Xanax...

The Sun | Posted 07.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Drugs, Michael Jackson Death, Zoloft, Michael Jackson Died, Michael Jackson Dies, Michael Jackson Drugs, Demerol, Xanax, Dilaudid, Entertainment News

Jacko, 50, was taking up to THREE powerful narcotic pain relievers at the same time when any more than one is deemed potentially fatal. Sources close ...

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The Road to Addiction: 14 Triggers -- Why, When and How it Starts

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Drugs, Peer Pressure, Parenting, Substance Abuse, Family, Alcohol, Living News
Carole Bennett, MA

The more you understand about substance abuse, the better your chances are of coping with the situation successfully.

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Who Killed Michael Jackson?

Michael Wolff | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Dies, Drugs, Michael Wolff, Music, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Drugs, Entertainment News
Michael Wolff

While his is an end long foretold, it will nevertheless receive and, by tabloid rules, require obsessive explanation and a search for both evil parties and an appropriately squalid back story.

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Who's Hogging Our Antibiotics?

Laura Rogers | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Farm Animals, Drug-Ads, Health, Antibiotics, Drugs, American Medical Association, Animals, American-Academy-of-Pediatrics, Meat, Living News
Laura Rogers

The way we are raising our food animals -- by regularly feeding them human antibiotics -- is putting human health at risk.

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UK Cocaine Market Is Europe's Largest

The Independent | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

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The UK is the cocaine capital of Europe, the UN said today. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said the UK was Europe's largest cocaine m...

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MY Healthcare Problem

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

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Abby L. Ferber

Health insurance companies are not in the business of making healthcare easier for us; they are in business.

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Fighting My Own Drug War: An Excerpt From What's Left of Us

Richard Farrell | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Excerpt, Entertainment, Memoirs, Author, Books, Drugs, War on Drugs, Heroin, Aa, Rehab, God, Richard Farrell, Memoir, Living, Narcotics, Cocaine, Living News
Richard Farrell

Heroin is not a cold-shake like cocaine. The impurities used to cut heroin need to be cooked off in boiling water before you shoot it intravenously.

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Giving On A Budget: How To Make A Big Impact With Very Little $$

DivineCaroline | : Bill Browne (View Profile) | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Generosity, All for Good, Drugstore, Service, Budget, Summer of Service, Helping Others, Drugs, United We Serve, Giving, Aids, The Giving Life, Recession, Living News

With the price of gas, food, and other amenities on the rise we all have been cutting back on the things we normally spend on. Unfortunately one thing...

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Ex-mountain bike champ Giove hit with drug charges

AP | JESSICA M. PASKO | Posted 07.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Melissa Giove, Drugs, Melissa Missy Giove, Mountain Biking, Home News

ALBANY, N.Y. — Former mountain biking world champion Melissa "Missy" Giove was ordered held on $250,000 bail Thursday after federal authorities ...

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Drug War: Mexico Military FInds One Of Country's Largest Meth Labs

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mexico Drug War, Mexico Cocaine, Mexico Meth Lab, Mexico, Mexico Drugs, Sinaloa, Drug War, Drugs, Methamphetamine, Mexico's Drug War, Drug Violence in Mexico, Drug Traffickers, Mexico Drug Bust, Mexican Drug Cartel, Drug War Mexico, Mexico Drug, World News

BADIRAGUATO, Mexico — The Mexican Navy gave reporters a firsthand look Tuesday at what they described as one of the largest methamphetamine labs...

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Mexico Cocaine Found Hidden In Sharks, Says Navy

BBC NEWS | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mexican Navy, Cocaine Sharks, Mexico Smuggling, Mexico's Drug War, Mexico Cocaine Sharks, Mexico Cocaine, Mexico, Drugs, World News

map locator The Mexican Navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine hidden inside the carcasses of frozen sharks....

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Rayfield Dupree: 82-Year-Old Gets 5 Years For Selling OxyContin

AP | Posted 07.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Crime, Wtf, Drugs, 82 Year Old Arrested, Octogenarian Arrested, Rayfield Dupree, Home News

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — An 81-year-old man has drawn a five-year sentence for illegally selling the powerful prescription pain reliever OxyContin. R...

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Third Screen: The Next Manhattan DA May Be A Woman

Vickie Karp | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leslie Crocker Snyder, Ed Koch, New York City Politics, Crime, Manhattan DA, Mayor Koch, Death Penalty, Drugs, War on Drugs, Gangs, Feminism, Politics News
Vickie Karp

Leslie Crocker Snyder is running to be the first woman to be Manhattan District Attorney. Snyder has prosecuted mafia members and drug lords and gang members. She created the first sex crimes unit in the United States, writing the Rape/Shield law that, to this day, saves rape victims from malicious and overly-broad cross-examination.

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