Amy Winehouse's Ex Recalls The Night She Almost OD'd
Amy Winehouse nearly died in her ex-husband's arms after a three-day heroin and crack binge, he said today. Blake Fielder-Civil, 27, told how the s...
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Lawmakers Seek To Curb Drug Commercials
New York Times | Natasha Singer | Posted 08.26.2009 | Business
Now a handful of legislators are just saying no to TV commercials for prescription drugs. The politicians are taking aim at the 60-second spots that h...
Loose Reins On Nurses In Drug Abuse Program
ProPublica | Posted 08.25.2009 | Home
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Over 4 1/2 years, Melony Currier had been discovered high in her car at a Hollywood hospital, stolen anesthetics at a San Gabriel Valley hospital, bee...
Drug Testing For State Lawmakers Proposed In California
Orange County Register | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics
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Do our state legislators behave as though they're on drugs? Somebody thinks so, as there is a petition in circulation for a proposed ballot measure th...
Child Cocaine Use Soars In Britain
Press Association | Posted 08.23.2009 | World
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hocking rises in the number of children treated in hospital after overdosing on cocaine were revealed today. In less than a decade the number of unde...
Playing the Hand that Life Deals You
Don McNay | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living
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I've dealt with hundreds of parents of special needs children. They take the hand that is dealt to them. And usually turn that hand into aces.
"All Rise!": A Better Way of Justice Is Now In Session
Nick Gillie | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
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It is time to abandon "conventional" views that prison is the solution to addiction, and consider what the research says.
Heroin Chic: Drugs Making Big Return
Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 08.19.2009 | New York
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Call it the retro-trend gone awry, but heroin and designer drugs rarely seen since the 60s and 70s are on the rise across the city. Coming on the h...
Ryan Grim Discusses His New Book "This Is Your Country on Drugs" On CNN (VIDEO)
Huff TV | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics
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HuffPost's Senior Congressional Correspondent Ryan Grim was a guest on CNN's "American Morning" to discuss his new book "This Is Your Country On Drugs...
Getting High: On Drugs, Medication Or Meditation?
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living
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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...
Jason Bateman Compares Youth To 'Risky Business,' Talks 'Blow' Use
people.com | Xiomara Martinez | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment
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...
Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater
Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York
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The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.
I Don't Want to Cause a Diplomatic Incident, But...
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.06.2009 | World
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.
Mighty Movie Podcast: Amat Escalante on Los Bastardos
Dan Persons | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment
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Los Bastardos is a spare and brutal survey of the suburban wasteland.
Progressives Push Against Drug War: Will Dems Listen?
Norm Stamper | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
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.
Uri Geller & Ex-Bodyguard Tell Of Jackson's Drug Ause
AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment
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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...
Michael Jackson and the Overdose Crisis in America
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.
President Understands Need to Control Healthcare Costs
Deborah De Santis | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
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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...
Exclusive Excerpt: This Is Your Country On Drugs
Ryan Grim | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
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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.
US Announces Shift In Afghanistan Drug Policy
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 07.28.2009 | World
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TRIESTE, Italy — The U.S. is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan's drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting ef...
Michael Jackson's Supposed Drug Cocktail: Demerol, Dilaudid, Vicodin, Zoloft, Xanax...
The Sun | Posted 07.28.2009 | Entertainment
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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 ...
The Road to Addiction: 14 Triggers -- Why, When and How it Starts
Carole Bennett | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living
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The more you understand about substance abuse, the better your chances are of coping with the situation successfully.
Who Killed Michael Jackson?
Michael Wolff | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment
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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.
Who's Hogging Our Antibiotics?
Laura Rogers | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living
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The way we are raising our food animals -- by regularly feeding them human antibiotics -- is putting human health at risk.
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