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...
Jill Harris | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living
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.
Deborah De Santis | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
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...
Ryan Grim | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
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.
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 07.28.2009 | World
TRIESTE, Italy — The U.S. is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan's drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting ef...
The Sun | Posted 07.28.2009 | Entertainment
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 ...
Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living
The more you understand about substance abuse, the better your chances are of coping with the situation successfully.
Michael Wolff | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Laura Rogers | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living
The way we are raising our food animals -- by regularly feeding them human antibiotics -- is putting human health at risk.
The Independent | Posted 07.25.2009 | World
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...
Abby L. Ferber | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living
Health insurance companies are not in the business of making healthcare easier for us; they are in business.
Richard Farrell | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living
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.
DivineCaroline | : Bill Browne (View Profile) | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living
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...
AP | JESSICA M. PASKO | Posted 07.19.2009 | Home
ALBANY, N.Y. — Former mountain biking world champion Melissa "Missy" Giove was ordered held on $250,000 bail Thursday after federal authorities ...
AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
BADIRAGUATO, Mexico — The Mexican Navy gave reporters a firsthand look Tuesday at what they described as one of the largest methamphetamine labs...
BBC NEWS | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
map locator The Mexican Navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine hidden inside the carcasses of frozen sharks....
AP | Posted 07.16.2009 | Home
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — An 81-year-old man has drawn a five-year sentence for illegally selling the powerful prescription pain reliever OxyContin. R...
Vickie Karp | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics
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.
AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 07.12.2009 | Entertainment
LONDON — British police charged singer Pete Doherty with drunk driving, drug possession and driving without a valid license or insurance Thursda...
The News | Posted 07.11.2009 | World
At least 41 people were arrested Tuesday, among them 19 police officers, in the largest operation conducted by authorities in the Brazilian state of R...
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 07.10.2009 | Style
Are you wistful for that old-time Harlem?
AP | KEN RITTER | Posted 07.10.2009 | Entertainment
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans' death was accidental, caused by a prescription painkiller, a coroner said Tuesday. Clark County C...
AP | Posted 07.10.2009 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert has landed the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, where he talks about sex, drugs and his "Idol"...
AP | Posted 07.09.2009 | Entertainment
GENEVA — British singer Pete Doherty was fined by Geneva police for heroin consumption during a flight from London, authorities said Monday. Th...
AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment