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  • August 2008
  • July 2008

    • Drug Addiction Shoots Up in Mexico

      USA Today  |  Jul 23, 08 7:28 AM CDT

      Drug Addiction Shoots Up in Mexico

      (Newser) - Drug addiction is skyrocketing in Mexico, which used to be simply a transit point for illegal drugs rather than a major consumer market, reports USA Today . As increased border security foils smugglers along the American border, the drugs end up being sold to Mexicans. Crack cocaine use has risen sharply, and heroin and crystal meth are becoming a problem for the first time. More »

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      Mexico  • cocaine  • drug addiction  • Mexican border  • crack cocaine  • heroin  • drug traffickers

    • Guarded Cindy Gives McCain Perfect Accessory

      Washington Post  |  Jul 22, 08 11:46 AM CDT

      Guarded Cindy Gives McCain Perfect Accessory

      (Newser) - Cindy McCain has been a candidate’s wife for more than half her life, and she’s gotten pretty good at it, the Washington Post reports in a profile. The demur, good-looking, stay-at-home mom knows how to humanize her husband and avoid policy talk. “I don't see any chink in her armor,” says her mother-in-law, “and I'm not biased.” But Mrs. John McCain has an intensely guarded, even sometimes secretive, private side. More »

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      John McCain  • first lady  • drug addiction  • Cindy McCain  • wife

    • Junkie-Turned-Reporter Writes His Own Story

      New York Times  |  Jul 19, 08 12:02 PM CDT

      Junkie-Turned-Reporter Writes His Own Story

      (Newser) - The junkie's tale of redemption is nearly a cliché by now, and David Carr acknowledges as much as he writes his own. But Carr, now a reporter for the New York Times , takes pains not to sugar-coat the years he spent as a "fat thug who beat up women and sold bad coke." His salvation turned out to be his coke-addicted girlfriend and the twin girls they had—the same twins he once left alone as infants in a frigid car as he visited a dope house .   More »

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      cocaine  • parenting  • drug addiction  • addiction  • crack cocaine

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Doherty Freed Early From London Prison

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 6, 08 1:02 PM CDT

      Doherty Freed Early From London Prison

      (Newser) - Pete Doherty, the perpetually troubled rock star and ex-boyfriend of Kate Moss, was released early from prison today. The frontman of the band Babyshambles had been imprisoned for violating his probation after a conviction for possession of crack, heroin and other drugs, reports the Telegraph . Doherty had served about one month of a 98-day sentence. More »

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      United Kingdom  • gossip  • drug addiction  • Kate Moss  • Pete Doherty  • Babyshambles

  • April 2008

    • 'CSI' Actor Busted for Drugs

      People  |  Apr 30, 08 11:11 AM CDT

      'CSI' Actor Busted for Drugs

      (Newser) - Life imitated art for "CSI" star Gary Dourdan when he was arrested Monday in Palm Springs, Calif., for possession of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and prescription pills, People reports. The “disoriented” crime drama star, who plays an audio-video analyst with an addiction-addled past, was picked up by patrol officers who spotted him sleeping in his car shortly after 5am, according the police statement. More »

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      celebrity  • drugs  • drug addiction  • drug possession  • CSI  • Gary Dourdan

    • 1 in 50 US Infants Mistreated

      Associated Press  |  Apr 3, 08 6:30 PM CDT

      1 in 50 US Infants Mistreated

      (Newser) - About 1 in 50 US children under age 1 is a victim of nonfatal neglect or abuse—particularly among the uninsured, a survey finds. One-third of the 91,000 victims were a week or younger when the maltreatment occurred. "It's not primarily kids being hit, but parents … not being able to really take care for their kids," one expert said. More »

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      parenting  • child abuse  • health insurance  • abuse  • drug addiction  • infant  • medical costs  • child neglect  • newborn  • medical care  • uninsured  • new parents

  • March 2008

    • Corinne Bailey Rae's Husband Found Dead

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Mar 24, 08 7:54 AM CDT

      Corinne Bailey Rae's Husband Found Dead

      (Newser) - The husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead from a suspected drug overdose at his home in the UK. Jason Rae, 31, a saxophone player, is said to have struggled with drug abuse for years, according to Britain's Daily Mail . His band, the Haggis Horns, had backed Amy Winehouse. More »

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      celebrity  • Amy Winehouse  • drug addiction  • drug overdose  • jazz  • saxophone

  • February 2008

    • US, UK Zero in on Illegal Prescription Drug Abuse

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 10, 08 1:09 PM CST

      US, UK Zero in on Illegal Prescription Drug Abuse

      (Newser) - American and British officials have launched campaigns to curb the illegal use of prescription drugs. The target of the British effort is doctors who "mis-prescribe" high doses of painkillers and sleeping pills that officials say are proving dangerously addictive, the Guardian reports. Across the Atlantic, Washington is spearheading an initiative to alert parents to the new drug threat facing teens. More »

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      United Kingdom  • doctor  • Heath Ledger  • prescription drugs  • drug addiction  • patients  • painkiller  • sleeping pills  • over-the-counter drugs

    • Winehouse's New Hosts: the Osbournes

      Daily Mirror (UK)  |  Feb 8, 08 4:10 PM CST

      Winehouse's New Hosts: the Osbournes

      (Newser) - If Amy Winehouse wanted peace and quiet after her rehab stint, she may have miscalculated. The troubled diva will move into a guest cottage at the Osbournes' mansion, home to the famously quirky Black Sabbath rocker and his reality-TV-star family, the Daily Mirror reports. Kelly Osbourne is well qualified to help her troubled friend, says a source: "She has been there before with her dad." More »

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      Amy Winehouse  • rehab  • drug addiction  • Grammy Awards  • The Osbournes

  • January 2008

    • Heath, Michelle Split Over Drugs

      New York Post  |  Jan 31, 08 12:49 PM CST

      Heath, Michelle Split Over Drugs

      (Newser) - Heath Ledger's cocaine and heroin use became so bad over the past year that girlfriend Michelle Williams kicked him out of their Brooklyn home and threatened to take custody of daughter Matilda, the New York Post reports. A "drug pal" described partying bouts just as two TV shows decided not to air video of the late actor snorting cocaine two years ago. More »

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      cocaine  • Heath Ledger  • drug addiction  • drug abuse  • heroin  • Michelle Williams

    • Winehouse Go, Go, Goes to Rehab

      E! Online  |  Jan 24, 08 5:33 PM CST

      Winehouse Go, Go, Goes to Rehab

      (Newser) - Though her hit song may deny it, Amy Winehouse is going to rehab, E! reports. The Grammy-nominated singer today checked herself into an undisclosed drug-treatment facility a day after police began investigating a video in which she inhales from a smoking glass pipe. No word yet whether Winehouse, 24, will still perform at the Grammys in Los Angeles next month. More »

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      celebrity  • Amy Winehouse  • rehab  • tabloids  • drug addiction  • Grammy Awards

  • December 2007

    • Bush: 'I'm a Better Man' for Going Cold Turkey

      ABC News  |  Dec 12, 07 12:19 PM CST

      Bush: 'I'm a Better Man' for Going Cold Turkey

      (Newser) - After reaching out to a teenager battling drug addiction, President Bush spoke candidly of his past struggle with alcoholism, saying "I doubt I'd be standing here if I hadn't quit drinking whiskey, and beer and wine and all that." Alcohol "competes for your affection" for family and zeal for activities, Bush told ABC News in an exclusive interview. More »

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      George W. Bush  • alcohol  • drug addiction  • addiction  • alcoholism  • whiskey

    • Winehouse's Mom Pleads: Please Come Home, Amy!

      New York Post  |  Dec 10, 07 3:04 AM CST

      Winehouse's Mom Pleads: Please Come Home, Amy!

      (Newser) - Troubled singer Amy Winehouse's mother has written an open letter to her hot mess of a daughter begging her to come home and get well. The letter, which appears in the London tabloid News of the World , was written shortly after Winehouse was photographed recently wandering the streets before dawn in jeans and a bra, mumbling incoherently. More »

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      London  • Amy Winehouse  • tabloids  • drug addiction  • mothers  • letters  • singers

  • November 2007
  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • Victim of Bad Heroin Sparks Parkinson's Treatment

      Wired  |  Sep 22, 07 3:01 PM CDT

      Victim of Bad Heroin Sparks Parkinson's Treatment

      (Newser) - An addict who developed Parkinson’s-like symptoms from a nasty batch of heroin has helped researchers find a new way to treat the disease. In prison for attempted murder, Toby Govea agreed to be a human guinea pig – and let doctors experiment with “deep brain stimulation," drilling a hole in his head and slipping in a thin electrical wire, Wired reports.   More »

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      drug addiction  • Parkinson's disease  • heroin  • deep brain stimulation

  • August 2007

    • The Life and Times of Crystal Meth

      Salon  |  Aug 21, 07 6:28 PM CDT

      The Life and Times of Crystal Meth

      (Newser) - Even when it has the word "crystal" in front of it, meth is a downmarket drug, which summons up images of makeshift drug labs in run-down trailer parks. But meth, Salon notes in an essay on Frank Owen's new book, "No Speed Limit," has a rich history going back 90 years, spanning the whole socioeconomic gamut.  Meth has traveled from over-the-counter wonder-drug to a top scorer in the "Index of Truly Bad Shit." More »

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      drugs  • book  • drug addiction  • schizophrenia  • methamphetamine  • crystal meth

    • FBI Mellows Out on Drug Standards

      Washington Post  |  Aug 7, 07 6:09 PM CDT

      FBI Mellows Out on Drug Standards

      (Newser) - The FBI no longer disqualifies applicants who admit to past drug use, the Washington Post reports. The agency previously turned away wannabes who acknowledged smoking marijuana more than 15 times, but times have changed. Potential employees must still swear they have not partaken in recent years, and the FBI's policy is still tougher than the CIA's—and even the DEA's. More »

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      FBI  • drugs  • marijuana  • drug use  • employment  • drug addiction

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