Drugs

Cocaethylene Studied: Cocaine, Alcohol Mix To Create Toxic 3rd Chemical

The Observer | Jamie Doward | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living


Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the ...

Britain Becomes "Designer Drugs" Capital Of Europe

guardian.co.uk | Alan Travis in Brussels | Posted 11.05.2009 | World


Britain has become the online "designer drugs" capital of Europe with more than a third of all internet retailers that sell "legal highs" based in the...

Really Special Education: State Investigation Confirms "Lap Dance Therapy" Allegations

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living


Maia Szalavitz

A series of investigations could spell the beginning of the end for the billion dollar, taxpayer funded troubled teen industry.

High Time!

Shan Wells | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver


Shan Wells

When even old George Will thinks Mary Jane is riding the Freedom Express, you know that national legalization can't be too far away.

Jodie Sweetin: I Faked Sobriety, Hid Drug Use (VIDEO)

Posted 11.02.2009 | Entertainment


Former "Full House" child star Jodie Sweetin has an autobiography, "Unsweetined: A Memoir," coming out chronicling her battle with drugs and alcohol, ...

Mark McGwire Needs to Tell the Truth

Graham Bensinger | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment


Graham Bensinger

He retired from the game just before the Steroid Era came to light. While he previously denied illegal performance enhancing drug use, those denials stopped when under penalty of perjury.

Inside The Tripper's Brain: Scientists Create 3D Maps Of Brains On Drugs (VIDEO)

Posted 10.26.2009 | Technology


See video below "What does a trip to hell look like inside the mind?" this National Geographic segment asks. Find out in the video below, which tak...

An Endless -- and Escalating -- War at Home, Part II

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver


Wayne Trujillo

After gentrification the problems populating inner-city neighborhoods like Five Points aren't solved. They just relocate.

Scott Weiland's Ex Details Their Heroin Use

nypost.com | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment


Mary Forsberg Weiland and her husband, Stone Temples Pilot frontman Scott Weiland, were so addicted to heroin they showed up to a Fourth of July party...

David Cross: I Snorted Cocaine 40 Feet From Obama

popeater.com | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment


He's a comedian, so who knows if he's joking or not, but David Cross is claiming he brought cocaine to the recent White House Correspondents' Associat...

John Haig Marshall: Former Reserve Cop Accused Of Drugging, Raping And Shaving Friend

The Los Angeles Times | Tony Barboza | Posted 10.20.2009 | Los Angeles


A former Redondo Beach reserve police officer has been arrested for allegedly drugging an acquaintance, raping him and shaving off the victim's body h...

Amy Winehouse's Dad: Rehab A Waste

AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment


LONDON — Amy Winehouse's father says Britain is wasting money on drug addicts who are too quick to say "yes, yes, yes" to rehab. Mitch Winehous...

An Endless -- and Escalating -- War at Home, Part I

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver


Wayne Trujillo

Once destitute, dilapidated and shunned, speculators and trendsetters now serenade the Five Points or LoHi neighborhoods, singing their praises to the tune of million dollar residences.

Selebi Trial: SA Police Chief Jackie Selebi Accused Of Accepting Designer Clothes In Drug Smuggling Scheme

New York Times | BARRY BEARAK | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home


JOHANNESBURG -- The drug trafficker and the police commissioner were once nattily attired pals, or so the allegations go. The two men would shop toget...

Larry Birkhead: Anna Nicole Took Drugs, Had Seizures, Took Methadone While Pregnant

AP | LINDA DEUTSCH | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — The father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter testified Friday the ex-Playmate "took more medications than I've ever seen anyone take...

Drug-Linked Karzai Brother Helps U.S. Intelligence

Jeff Stein | Posted 10.15.2009 | World


Jeff Stein

A key member of the House Intelligence Committee says the controversial brother of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai regularly helps U.S. intelligence, but should not be considered a spy.

Is Relapse Part Of Recovery?

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living


Carole Bennett, MA

Relapse is common when the alcoholic/addict has not had enough recovery under their belt through 12-step meetings, sponsorship, counseling or their own personal determination to rely on an arsenal of "tools" to ward off the relapse demon.

Anna Nicole Repeatedly Injected With Drugs: Bodyguard

AP | LINDA DEUTSCH | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — An anguished bodyguard, saying he had to tell what he knew about Anna Nicole Smith's death "or I'm going to die," testified Wednes...

Drug Addiction On The Rise In Gaza

Reuters | Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ivan Karakashian | Posted 10.14.2009 | World


GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinians struggling to cope with the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the trauma of war are turning to painkillers and tran...

Police: Man Found Asleep In Closet With A Dead Man

AP | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home


HOUSTON — A Houston man found asleep with a corpse inside a closet of a vacant home has been charged with misdemeanor drug offenses, authorities...

Pot Legalization Gains Momentum In California

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 10.07.2009 | Home


SAN FRANCISCO — Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot in 2010 in Californ...

The Evolution of Colombia's Narco-Submarines

Maryam Ishani | Posted 10.08.2009 | World


Maryam Ishani

For over 20 years Captain Mario Rodríguez has worked to counter the steady advancement of the transportation technologies employed by Colombian traffickers to smuggle cocaine into Mexico and the U.S.

I Took a Break From All The Acid I Have Been Doing

Miles Klee | Posted 11.30.2009 | Comedy


Miles Klee

Today I did something rather bold: I skipped my daily dose of LSD-25. And I've got to tell you, it's kind of blowing my mind!

TV: Sex, Guns, and Frito-Lays

Michelle Howard | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living


Michelle Howard

I’m not going to tell you to kill your television. I’m a pacifist. But how about a little habit changing? Just push that little button on your remote that says “off.”

More Than Half Million Kids React Badly To Drugs

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living


CHICAGO — More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treat...