Drugs

DJ AM's Drug-Filled Final Days, Fall From Sobriety

New York Post | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment


Celebrity spinner DJ AM confessed to falling off the wagon and pledged to check himself into rehab just hours before his death, friends told investiga...

Aspirin Might Be Harmful For Healthy People, Study Says

Telegraph | Rebecca Smith | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Millions of people - including a substantial number of the "worried well" - take a daily dose of the drug in the belief it will keep them healthy. Bu...

DJ AM's Death: Crack Found By Groin

tmz.com | Posted Aug 29th 2009 5:06PM by TMZ Staff | Posted 09.29.2009 | Entertainment


Law enforcement sources tell TMZ when they found the body of DJ AM, a bag of crack was found around his groin area....

Intimates Recall DJ AM's Struggle With Drugs

people.com | Antoinette Y. Coulton | Posted 09.29.2009 | Entertainment


While questions still remain unanswered concerning Friday's death of Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein amid reports that police found drug paraphernalia at the s...

Kelly Osbourne Reveals Previous 50 Pill A Day Drug Habit

Mail Online | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment


Kelly Osbourne has revealed how her battle with drug addiction began at the age of just 16. The star first tried the opiate-based drug Vicodin at 1...

Mexico and Argentina Move to Decriminalize Marijuana and Other Drugs

Tony Newman | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


Tony Newman

In the last week both Mexico and Argentina made international news by passing a law and making a major Supreme Court ruling calling for low-level drug offenders to receive treatment instead of jail.

Friday Talking Points [90] -- Obama To Switch Parties

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Ted Kennedy is putting both his legacy and his sense of entitlement to his office before the interests of his constituents.

Route 36 In Bolivia: The World's First Cocaine Bar

The Guardian | Jonathan Franklin | Posted 09.21.2009 | World


"Tonight we have two types of cocaine; normal for 100 Bolivianos a gram, and strong cocaine for 150 [Bolivianos] a gram." The waiter has just finished...

Up To 90 Percent Of U.S. Paper Money Contains Traces Of Cocaine: New Study

Huffington Post | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


On Sunday, the American Chemical Society, a nonprofit scientific society chartered by Congress, released a study claiming that up to 90 percent of U.S...

Huge California Wildfire Caused By Marijuana Farm; Suspects At Large In Forest

Los Angeles Times | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green


A fire that has burned more than 75,000 acres in Santa Barbara County over the last week was started in an illegal marijuana growing area operated by ...

Crack Candy Delivery In Brooklyn Riles Up Neighbors

AP | Posted 09.13.2009 | New York


NEW YORK -- Brooklyn residents are riled over a performance artist who's been delivering bags of fake crack. The Daily News reported that Nate Hill ma...

Flavortripping

One For The Table | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living


One For The Table

Vinegar went down like wine. Goat cheese began to taste like frosting. Guinness tasted like a chocolate malt.

Kelly Sott: Cameron Douglas' Girlfriend Busted For Smuggling Drugs To Him In Courthouse

People | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment


The girlfriend of actor Cameron Douglas was arrested Monday for allegedly trying to smuggle him heroin in a toothbrush...

U.S. War on Drugs Is Killing Mexico

Diane Francis | Posted 09.11.2009 | World


Diane Francis

The Three Amigos Summit which just ended -- U.S., Canada and Mexico -- is the private gathering of North America's dysfunctional family.

Promises to the Drug Industry: Like Renegotiating NAFTA?

Dean Baker | Posted 09.07.2009 | Business


Dean Baker

The government is giving the drug companies incentives to promotes their drugs even when they aren't the best medicine for patients. This goes directly against efforts to contain costs by promoting good medicine.

Prosecutors: Michael Douglas' Son Moved Meth Via Fed Ex, Called It 'Pastry' And 'Bath Salts'

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 09.07.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Michael Douglas' son traveled coast to coast dealing large quantities of methamphetamine before his arrest last month, according to a...

An American Retiree, Jailed In Morocco For 13 Months, Shares His Story

GlobalPost | Posted 09.06.2009 | World


RABAT, Morocco -- When Moroccan guards came to release Illinois retiree James Douglas Willson from prison, he believed that they'd come to shoot him. ...

Does Your Past Ever Haunt You?

Hillary Rubin | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living


Hillary Rubin

My life was focused on looking good, being at the right parties and doing whatever it took to make it to the top. You had to work to get into the inner circles. Drugs were a must.

The Benefits To Legalizing Pot You Haven't Heard About (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green


The war on drugs may be a noble intention, but the illegal growing of marijuana is destroying our environment and we need to step in. Primarily run...

Cameron Douglas, Michael's Son, Busted By DEA With Load Of Meth

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Law enforcement officials say the son of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas has been arrested on a drug charge at an upscale New Yor...

Micky Ward: A Boxer's Comeback Based on Faith

Suzette Standring | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment


Suzette Standring

The power of prayer amazes famed boxer Micky Ward. Actor Mark Wahlberg portrays him in The Fighter, a Paramount movie being filmed in Lowell.

Crystal Meth Goes International And Industrial

GlobalPost | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


Ioan Grillo | GlobalPost CULIACAN, Mexico -- The colossal water cistern set in a clearing in a hilly, heavily forested area can hold 25,000 liters ...

Whites Who Say Blacks Are Racist Are Onto Something

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

In Glenn Beck's mind it doesn't add up. How can it be that people who are treated badly are not filled with hate?

Ramirez, Ortiz Doping Report: Sluggers Tested Positive In 2003

AP | Posted 08.30.2009 | Home


NEW YORK — Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz became the latest star implicated in baseball's ever-growing drug scandal, acknowledging Thursday ...

Trucks, Drugs and NAFTA: Time for Congress to do the Right Thing

Gary Shapiro | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business


Gary Shapiro

Mexico did not take lightly to the U.S. closing our border to their trucks -- that's why they're called "trade wars."