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DJ AM Gobbled 9 OxyContin Before Death: Source

Law enforcement source says Valentine's card from Hayley Wood found on table

Sep 2, 09 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - DJ AM was found dead with eight OxyContin pills in his stomach and another in his mouth, supporting the theory that he committed suicide, a law enforcement source tells People. He wanted to die," the source said. "He was going unconscious when he took the last one. He... More »

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OxyContin • overdose • prescription drugs • crack cocaine • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein • Hayley Wood

 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

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 NYC Cops: 
 DJ AM Death 
 Looks Like 
 Drug Overdose 

Crack pipe, prescription bottles found in apartment

Aug 28, 09 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A drug overdose looks to be the cause of death for DJ AM, the celebrity disc jockey found today in a SoHo apartment, New York police tell the Post. A crack pipe and prescription drugs lay near the bed where Adam Goldstein, 36, died sometime in the past few days;... More »

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entertainment • prescription drugs • crack cocaine • Soho • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein • Jay-ZTV • drug overdose • crack pipe

Number of
Blacks Jailed
for Drugs Declines

But number of white inmates increases

Apr 14, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - A profound shift may be under way in the racial makeup of the nation's prison population, the Washington Post reports. For the first time in 20 years, the number of blacks imprisoned for drug offenses is falling sharply while the number of whites is rising, the Washington Post reports.... More »

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drugs • African Americans • sentencing • jail • crystal meth • crack cocaine • prison population • white people • blacks

 World of Warcraft: 
 the 'Cocaine of Gaming' 

Fantasy game involved in nearly every case of game addiction, foundation says

Feb 27, 09 4:45 PM CST
(Newser) - World of Warcraft is the most addictive video game on the market, the Local of Sweden reports. WoW is the most popular of the online multiplayer fantasy games—by far the most addicting game genre, according to a study by the Swedish Youth Care Foundation. The Blizzard title is "... More »

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cocaine • World of Warcraft • MMORPG • multiplayer games • crack cocaine • online gaming • video games

 Oprah Smoked Crack: Ex  

Tell-all dishes the dirt

Jan 16, 09 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey has admitted to a brief flirtation with cocaine in the 1970s, but the media mogul’s drug history is actually much seedier, the National Enquirer reports. Oprah’s ex-lover has written a tell-all that claims the two regularly freebased coke in the 1980s, and saying she “was... More »

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drugs • cocaine • sex • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • drug abuse • crack cocaine • celebrity tell-alls

Sex Partner Dishes Dirt on Drugged-Out Winehouse

Singer took crack with breakfast, was bulimic

Dec 29, 08 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Alex Haines was once Amy Winehouse’s personal assistant, but when hubby Blake Fielder was in the pen, he became her paramour—and got a front-row seat for her self-destruction. “It was my job to look after her,” says the 23-year-old. “But it was impossible.” Winehouse... More »

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bulimia • heroin • drug abuse • Amy Winehouse • crack cocaine • Alex Haines

 Hubby: I Got Amy Addicted 

Blake Fielder-Civil says he introduced wife to heroin, crack, and self-mutilation

Dec 1, 08 9:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Amy Winehouse’s husband admits he made her into a junkie, and tells News of the World he is leaving the troubled singer to save her life. “I am not abandoning her. I am doing this out of love,” Blake Fielder-Civil said, taking blame for her crack and... More »

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music • drugs • heroin • celebrity • addiction • Amy Winehouse • Blake Fielder Civil • crack cocaine • celebrity divorces

 George Michael 
 Charged in Drug Bust 

Singer gets 'caution' from British police

Sep 21, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - George Michael was arrested in a London public restroom on drug possession charges Friday and let off with a caution, the BBC reports. The singer, 45, is accused of having crack cocaine, among other drugs. Though possession can mean up to 7 years in prison, UK law allows for “... More »

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 Tampa Drug Bust
 Nets 41 Arrests

Villa Palms apartment complex a base for trafficking

Aug 13, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police surveillance at a Tampa apartment complex resulted in 41 drug-related arrests, more than investigators expected, the Tampa Tribune reports. "I figured it would be four or five people," one deputy remarked. The bust turned up 67.7 grams of crack cocaine, 466.7 grams of marijuana,... More »

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Florida • drug trafficking • marijuana • Tampa • crack cocaine • bust

Drug Addiction Shoots Up
in Mexico

Traffickers thwarted
at border sell crack, heroin, meth to locals

Jul 23, 08 7:28 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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

Junkie-Turned-Reporter Writes His Own Story

Former addict, now a Times journalist, reports on his dark past

Jul 19, 08 12:02 PM CDT
(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... More »

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parenting • drug addiction • cocaine • addiction • crack cocaine

 Winehouse Leaves
 Hospital... Smoking 

Dad fears emphysema-stricken singer will be 'dead in three months'

Jun 24, 08 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amy Winehouse was released from the hospital today, but her emphysema scare doesn’t seem to have left much of an impression on the singer. As she emerged from the facility, Winehouse was seen lighting a cigarette, the Daily Mail reports. Though Winehouse has only early-stage lung disease, odds are... More »

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drugs • smoking • celebrity • lung disease • Amy Winehouse • crack cocaine • hospitalization • emphysema

Amy Winehouse Struck with Emphysema

Frail singer vows to enter rehab to battle fatal disease

Jun 22, 08 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amy Winehouse has emphysema and may soon be crippled if she keeps smoking crack, her father told the Sunday Mirror yesterday. Winehouse, 24, was diagnosed with the fatal disease after fainting in her London home this week. A terrified Winehouse, who faces the prospect of a permanent oxygen mask, has... More »

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drugs • smoking • celebrity • Amy Winehouse • crack cocaine • hospitalization • emphysema

 Tatum Thanks
 Cops for
 Drug Bust 

O'Neal says arrest saved her from backsliding

Jun 3, 08 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tatum O’Neal is thanking the police who busted her for buying drugs Sunday. "Just when I was about to change that and wreck my life, the cops came and saved me!" the actress tells New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser. She says the death of her Scottish... More »

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parenting • New York City • drug addiction • celebrity • drug possession • arrest • crack cocaine • celebrity tell-alls • Tatum O'Neal

Tatum O'Neal Nabbed
 in Crack Bust 

Oscar-winner arrested buying drugs near NYC apartment

Jun 2, 08 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Troubled actress Tatum O'Neal, who wrote a book on her addiction to drugs and alcohol, was arrested last night for buying crack cocaine down the block from her Manhattan luxury condo, the New York Post reports. O'Neal, who at 10 was the youngest person to win an Oscar, for Paper ... More »

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NYPD • New York City • crime • arrest • drug abuse • crack cocaine • Tatum O'Neal

First Inmates Freed in Crack Overhaul

More than 3,000 eligible for release this year under new sentencing guidelines

Mar 5, 08 3:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal prisons are beginning to release prisoners to comply with new crack-cocaine sentencing guidelines, the Washington Post reports. The US Sentencing Commission made more than 3,000 inmates eligible for release this year by voting in December to even out punishments for crack-cocaine offenses against those involving powdered cocaine; crack... More »

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drugs • cocaine • Michael Mukasey • crack cocaine • sentencing guidelines • US Sentencing Commission • prisons • jail overcrowding • drug sentence

Man Throws His 4 Kids From Bridge

Victims range in age from 4 months
to 3 years; bodies still missing

Jan 9, 08 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - An Alabama fisherman confessed to throwing his four young children to their deaths off an 80-foot bridge, the AP reports. Lam Luong, a 37-year-old Vietnamese immigrant, initially told police the children—ranging in age from 4 months to 3 years—were missing before admitting yesterday he had thrown them off... More »

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crime • immigrant • crack cocaine • crimes against children • Dauphin Island Bridge • Mobile, Alabama

Slugger Hopes for Shortened Prison Term

Retroactive cuts in
crack sentences may aid Willie Mays Aikens

Dec 26, 07 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Now that the US Sentencing Commission has agreed to retroactively reduce prison terms for crack cocaine offenses, one of baseball's record-holders stands to benefit. Willie Mays Aikens, the only player to hit multiple homers in multiple games in the same World Series (playing for Kansas City in 1980), may have... More »

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War on Drugs • MLB • Kansas City Royals • cocaine • crack cocaine • baseball • Willie Mays Aikens

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