Vancouver study finds free heroin reduces crime: BC reviewing Study

Barry Artiste Op/Ed You know I do not even know where to begin in all this, first taking blame away from addicts whose excuses for their addiction ranging from rape to murder, now have a new ally. More Heroin, and...

Heroin addicted elephant kicks habit

The plot line has all the characteristics of a dramatic Hollywood thriller: villians capture an innocent victim, who they forcibly control with drugs; when police bust the renegade group, the victim is liberated...

China: Elephant cured of drug addiction

"      An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin after being fed bananas spiked with the drug is to return home after undergoing a detox programme. The four-year-old animal,...

Heroine - by lawdog

""I started shooting heroin at age 15."  Heather says, describing her 25 year junkie career as a vicious cycle of getting high, homelessness, methadone programs, and prison.  "I've gone to prison three times... I had three different CDC numbers... all...

Brad Renfro dead at 25

As a peer and someone who grew up watching Renfro take still, chilling turns in films like The Client, Apt Pupil and Ghost World, I can't help but feel saddened by this news. In a New York Times piece about the...

Addiction doctor gets 6-month sentence

"But in Maine, where he was not licensed to prescribe controlled drugs, his practice of forging prescriptions and then falsifying log books to make it look as though patients had been seen by doctors with valid...

Exclusive Howard K. Stern interview about Anna Nicole's death

Entertainment Tonight has the first interview with Howard K. Stern since Anna Nicole Smith's death. Watch the video below as a crying and shaken Stern says he hopes Anna and Daniel are together in peace and he...

Anna Nicole Smith, DEAD

"The first lady of our bastard celebrity media nation has died today... apparently from a lethal dose of methadone and antidepressants on the floor of a room at the Hard Rock Hotel, and was there any other way for...

Cyril Wecht: Meds Killed Anna Nicole's Son

"The death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel was caused by a lethal combination of methadone, Zoloft and Lexapro, pathologist Cyril Wecht has revealed to PEOPLE exclusively."

DEA Busts Coast-To-Coast Heroin Ring

They were seeking up to 150 people, about half of them illegal aliens. They smuggled heroin from Mexico. They even offered phone-up home deliveries like a pizza shop.

Methadone pioneer Vincent Dole dies at 93 (AP)

" By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer Wed Aug 2, 7:16 PM ET NEW YORK - Dr. Vincent P. Dole, whose research in the 1960s established that methadone could be used to treat heroin addiction, died Tuesday. He was 93. Dole had suffered from complications of a ruptured...

Iraqis turn to drugs to escape violence

"Tamam Abdul-Kadhim started taking a sedative about two years ago to calm his nerves after he witnessed a bombing in central Baghdad. Soon he was addicted. The 35-year-old is one of a growing number of Iraqis turning to drugs to help them cope with the daily violence and...

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