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RUN, LINDSAY, RUN

 Lohan Pop: 
 I'm Seeking 
 Conservatorship 

Shockingly, Michael is still talking to the press about Lindsay

Nov 3, 09 8:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Looks like someone is taking a cue from Jamie Spears. Michael Lohan’s latest plan with regard to wayward daughter Lindsay: “I am going to go to court to get a legal conservatorship to get Lindsay into rehab and finally get her off all the prescription meds,” he... More »

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entertainment • rehab • drug addiction • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • drug abuse • conservatorship • Michael Lohan

SURE, YOU WILL

 Papa Lohan: 
 I'll Shut Up 
 When LiLo 
 Enters Rehab 

Michael uses gossip site to respond to latest threats from Dina, Lindsay

Nov 2, 09 6:26 AM CST
(Newser) - The Lohans continue to carry out their family squabbles via the press, with Michael most recently responding to Dina and Lindsay’s request that he stop talking with an ultimatum of his own. “As far as Lindsay is concerned, if she goes into a rehab, I will stop,”... More »

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entertainment • rehab • drug addiction • Lindsay Lohan • Dina Lohan • celebrity • drug abuse • Michael Lohan

Chaz Bono
Very Happy After Sex Change

Sonny and Cher's firstborn finishes months of surgeries

Oct 30, 09 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chaz—formerly Chastity—Bono is enjoying the payoff of years of effort: He’s finally a man. Born the daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono, Chaz says his female-to-male sex change was the “end of a long process going back almost a decade. I got clean and sober in... More »

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entertainment • drug addiction • Cher • transgender • Chastity Bono • Sonny Bono • Chaz Bono

SAYS DAD

 Mom Thinks LiLo's Dying, Too 

Michael will reveal tapes of Dina dishing on Lindsay

Oct 29, 09 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Lohan is going to tell you the cold hard truth—ad nauseum and whether you like it or not. After appearances on Maury Povich and Access Hollywood in the past week, he's set to appear on Entertainment Tonight Monday, sources tell the New York Daily ... More »

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entertainment • drug addiction • Lindsay Lohan • Dina Lohan • celebrity • drug abuse • Michael Lohan

HOWARD K STERN HEARING

 2nd Doc Hooked Up With Anna 

Sandeep Kapoor wrote in diary about tryst with Anna Nicole Smith

Oct 29, 09 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just in case anyone thought the Anna Nicole Smith hearing couldn't get any kinkier: It can, and it did. An investigator testified yesterday that Smith physician Sandeep Kapoor—who is facing charges along with psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich and lawyer Howard K. Stern—had a less-than-professional relationship with Smith, "making... More »

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entertainment • Anna Nicole Smith • drug addiction • celebrity trials • celebrity • drug abuse • Howard K. Stern • celebrity death • drug overdose • Khristine Eroshevich • Sandeep Kapoor

DOTING DADDIES

 Pop: Lilo Could Be Dead in Year 

Lindsay Lohan probably wishes, as does the world, dad would stop talking

Oct 28, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Lohan just refuses to budge from the D-list spotlight. His latest bout of look-at-me-I'm-Lindsay's-dad verbal diarrhea, courtesy of the Daily Mail : Lindsay could be "dead in a year," he tells Grazia. "I fear the worst. Look at Elvis, Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger—who was a... More »

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entertainment • drug addiction • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Michael Lohan

HOWARD K STERN HEARING

 Birkhead: 
 Prosecutor 
 Pressured Me 

Anna Nicole Smith's former lover says he was told to 'ramp up' testimony

Oct 20, 09 4:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anna Nicole Smith's babydaddy Larry Birkhead took the stand again yesterday in the Howard K Stern hearing, and testified that the prosecution pressured him to "ramp up" his testimony because he appeared to be taking Stern's side. "I felt I personally did my best and I was being... More »

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entertainment • Anna Nicole Smith • Larry Birkhead • drug addiction • celebrity trials • celebrity • Howard K. Stern • celebrity death • drug overdose

 Cocaine Vaccine 
 Tackles Addiction 

New treatment mutes drug's effect on the brain

Oct 6, 09 2:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A vaccine-like treatment to fight cocaine addiction has shown promising results in early clinical trials and could pave the way for new treatments to battle nicotine and methamphetamine addiction as well, researchers say. The vaccine created antibodies that prevented cocaine molecules from reaching the brain fast enough to cause a... More »

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drug addiction • cocaine • vaccination • vaccine • drug addicts

Treating Addicts With
Heroin Gains Steam

British study finds benefits in giving addicts their fix

Sep 28, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Giving heroin to heroin addicts may not sound like a great idea, but it could soon become the preferred treatment for hardcore addicts. Switzerland and a handful of other countries already have clinics that administer small, supervised doses to addicts, and Britain could be next after completing a four-year trial... More »

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drug addiction • heroin • Switzerland • addiction • alternative treatment • Britain • methadone

MTV Will Show DJ AM's Drug-Intervention Show

Gone Too Far features Goldstein as mentor to drug addicts

Sep 24, 09 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - MTV intends to air a drug-intervention reality show starring the late Adam Goldstein, better known as DJ AM. In Gone Too Far, Goldstein plays sober mentor to addicts. Given Goldstein’s recent death from a drug overdose, MTV was concerned the show could be seen as hypocritical or exploitative, but... More »

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entertainment • television • music • drugs • drug addiction • MTV • overdose • addiction • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein • drug overdose • Gone Too Far

 Michelle Phillips: Incest a Lie 

Mamas and Papas singer says rape claim a product of stepdaughter's drug abuse

Sep 24, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mackenzie Phillips’ other stepmom is none too happy with her claim of an incestuous relationship with dad. Michelle Phillips, John’s ex-wife and bandmate, says Mackenzie told her about the affair in 1997—"then she called me back and said, ‘You know I’m joking.’ I said... More »

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entertainment • drug addiction • celebrity • drug abuse • incest • Mackenzie Phillips • John Phillips • Chynna Phillips • Michelle Phillips

 Mackenzie Phillips: 
 'I Slept With My Dad' 

'We're going to hell for this,' actress worried about incest with her Mamas and Papas pop

Sep 23, 09 2:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actress MacKenzie Phillips slept with her musician father John Phillips in a long-term incestuous relationship that began when she was 19 on the eve of her wedding, she reveals in her bombshell memoir High on Arrival. The Mamas and Papas singer showed up "determined to stop" MacKenzie's marriage to... More »

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drug addiction • memoir • incest • Mackenzie Phillips • John Phillips • Mamas and the Papas

 DJ AM Spent 
 Last Day on 
 Crack, Pills 

Adam Goldstein's apartment littered with drugs; he promised to start rehab

Sep 1, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - DJ AM lit up a crack pipe in front of his recovery sponsor the day before his death, the New York Post reports in an ongoing effort to piece together his final moments. Friends told investigators Adam Goldstein’s manager and sponsor flew from the West Coast to NYC... More »

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entertainment • drugs • drug addiction • celebrity • overdose • prescription drugs • drug abuse • crack cocaine • prescription painkillers • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein • celebrity death • drug overdose

 DJ AM 
 Talked of 
 Sobriety, 
 Crack Fears 

He hoped MTV reality program would help other addicts

Aug 31, 09 3:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - DJ AM boasted of his 11 years of "sobriety"—freed from crack cocaine, his "drug of choice"—on an interview aired on MTV shortly before he was found dead last week of an apparent overdose. But Adam Goldstein also discussed nearly falling off the wagon as... More »

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reality TV • drug addiction • MTV • crack cocaine • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein • drug overdose • crack pipe

Kidnapper's Dad: My Son
Is a 'Crazy Person'

Manuel Garrido says LSD drove Phillip to madness

Aug 28, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The father of the man accused of kidnapping, raping, and imprisoning Jaycee Dugard says his son was a model youth—until he discovered acid, reports the Los Angeles Times. "Everyone loved him," Manuel Garrido says of Phillip, who played guitar in a band, cracked jokes, and always helped... More »

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drug addiction • kidnapping • rape • insanity • LSD • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Manuel Garrido • crazy

 Farrah's Son 
 Lands Reality TV Gig 

Ryan got drug-addled son his own show

Aug 27, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Redmond O’Neal, the troubled son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal, is going from jail to reality TV, sources tell In Touch. His show, which has yet to be picked up by a network, will follow Redmond’s struggle to get clean, “followed by a trainer... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • drug addiction • celebrity • drug abuse • Farrah Fawcett • Ryan O'Neal • Redmond O'Neal

 Jacko Doc 
 Disputes 
 Cops' Timeline 

Plus, more dirt on yet another Jacko doc

Aug 25, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - As a timeline of Michael Jackson’s final hours began to emerge, Dr. Conrad Murray’s lawyer was was quick to question it, calling it “police theory” in a statement yesterday, the AP reports. “Dr. Murray simply never told investigators that he found Michael Jackson at 11am not... More »

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entertainment • drugs • drug addiction • celebrity • prescription drugs • drug abuse • Michael Jackson • prescription painkillers • drug cocktail • Conrad Murray • celebrity death • Propofol • Arnold Klein • drug overdose

(Newser) - A British doctor friend of Michael Jackson fired off a letter to President Obama—or "Barack," as she calls him—pleading for tougher laws for "unethical doctors" who ply patients with drugs. Dr. Susan Etok, who says she turned down more than $800,000 from the King... More »

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Barack Obama • drug addiction • doctor • painkiller • Michael Jackson • prescription painkillers

New Heroin Addiction Treatment? Heroin

Scientists caution that controversial treatment has its downsides

Aug 23, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Medical heroin may be effectively used to treat heroin addiction, Canadian scientists have discovered, but their dramatic findings may be railroaded over political and financial concerns, ABC News reports. Injectable diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in heroin, resulted in 67% less illegal activity and illicit drug use after one year when... More »

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drug addiction • heroin • scientific study • methadone

 Jackson 
 'Self-Harmed' 
 to Get Drugs 

Singer was spending $50K a month on prescriptions

Aug 19, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toward the end of his life Michael Jackson was so desperate for prescription drugs, sources tell investigators he harmed himself in an effort to get more, the Mirror reports. Jackson was reportedly spending nearly $50,000 a month on drugs including Vicodin, Soma, Xanax, Zoloft, Paxil, and Prilosec, and... More »

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entertainment • drug addiction • celebrity • addiction • painkiller • Michael Jackson • prescription painkillers • celebrity death

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