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SPICOLI LITE

 Sean Penn's 
 Son Dodges 
 Drug Charges 

But Hopper may have been kicked out of another school for drugs

Nov 5, 09 8:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Sean Penn’s son, arrested last week at his Malibu high school, is not facing drug charges. Sources close to the investigation say he was picked up for drug possession, but tell Radar that the drugs—no names given—were medications prescribed to Hopper, and that the district attorney's office... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • prescription drugs • arrest • Sean Penn • Robin Wright Penn

Suit Wants Pharmacies
to Bust Drug Abusers

Lawsuit blames stores for zonked driver's accident

Oct 28, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a driver, high on painkillers, ran her car into two guys fixing a flat tire on the side of the highway, killing one of them, the victims' families filed a lawsuit—against the pharmacies that sold the painkillers. That case, pending before the Nevada Supreme Court, will be the... More »

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prescription drugs • drug abuse • CVS • Walgreens • Wal-Mart • prescription painkillers • pharmacy

OH BROTHER


 Big Brother 
 Winner 
 Nabbed for 
 Peddling Oxy 

Jasinski says he used $500K prize to buy, sell painkillers

Oct 20, 09 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Big Brother 9 winner Adam Jasinski made his first court appearance today in Massachusetts after being charged with trying to sell 2,000 prescription painkiller pills. After a brief struggle with agents, the DEA says Jasinski waived his Miranda rights and confessed to using his $500,000 winnings from... More »

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reality TV • OxyContin • DEA • prescription drugs • Drug Enforcement Administration • Oxycodone • Big Brother • contestants • prescription painkillers • Adam Jasinski • winner

 Anna Nicole Had 
 Lesbian Affair With 
 Drug-Happy Shrink 

Pharmacists refused to fill drug cocktail order for Smith doc Khristine Eroshevich

Sep 22, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newly unsealed documents in the Anna Nicole Smith investigation reveal the Playmate had a lesbian tryst with her psychiatrist, Khristine Eroshevich—the same psychiatrist who ordered a drug cocktail so dangerous that one pharmacist who refused to fill the order called it “pharmaceutical suicide,” the Los Angeles ... More »

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entertainment • Anna Nicole Smith • lesbians • celebrity • overdose • prescription drugs • prescription • prescription painkillers • drug cocktail • celebrity death • drug overdose

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

 Drug Giants Target Cancer 

Scientific advances, potentially huge profits attract Big Pharma to cancer fight

Sep 2, 09 2:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Major drug companies are tying their fortunes to cancer like never before, the New York Times reports. The firms—inspired by advancements in science as well as the high prices cancer drugs command—are pouring unprecedented resources into the search for new cancer drugs. The drug giants hope cancer treatments... More »

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cancer • pharmaceutical companies • drug companies • Pfizer • cancer research • prescription drugs • pharmaceutical industry • cancer drug

 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

UPDATED

 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

 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

(AP) - Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76% over eight years, a new study shows, highlighting the dangerous consequences of prescription abuse. The calls were from worried parents, emergency room doctors, and others seeking advice on how to deal with side-effects of ADHD drugs, which can... More »

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ADHD • study • prescription drugs • drug abuse • Ritalin

(Newser) - The Los Angeles County coroner's office has delayed the release of Michael Jackson's autopsy results indefinitely after meeting with police investigators, the Los Angeles Times reports. Officials, who earlier said that the results would probably be out next week, now say they have no idea when they will be made... More »

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autopsy • prescription drugs • Michael Jackson • coroner's report • Los Angeles County Coroner • cause of death • celebrity death

 Jacko Probe 
 Extends to 
 Dozen Docs 

Investigation turns massive, say law enforcement sources

Jul 29, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Conrad Murray isn’t the only one coming under the microscope for his possible role in Michael Jackson’s death. More than a dozen doctors are now under investigation, and that number could double—making this potentially the biggest case against doctors who enable celebrity drug addictions, law enforcement... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • prescription drugs • drug abuse • Michael Jackson • doctors • Conrad Murray • celebrity death

(Newser) - A change in the law is threatening to scuttle a Dutch ship's mission to provide abortions to women throughout the world, reports the Independent. Dr. Rebecca Gomperts has delivered "abortion pills" that cause miscarriages to women in nations where abortion is illegal. She has skirted local laws by docking... More »

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abortion • pregnancy • abortion ship • Right to Life • courts • pro choice • prescription drugs • Holland • Christian right • Dutch government • clinic • Rebecca Gomperts • abortion pills

Doctors Could Face Charges in Jackson's Death

Anyone who gave the
pop star Diprivan was 'reckless, outrageous'

Jul 14, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - If all the reports and rumors swirling around Michael Jackson’s death are accurate, his doctors should be worried, Time reports. Police have indicated that they’re considering criminal charges, and the investigation reportedly centers on those doctors. TMZ has reported that Jackson may have been administered Diprivan, which... More »

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prescription drugs • manslaughter • Michael Jackson • coroner's report • Los Angeles County Coroner • toxicology • celebrity death • Diprivan

Jackson Doc Gives LAPD
the Brushoff

Murray may face manslaughter charge
if linked to anesthetic

Jul 11, 09 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The doctor by Michael Jackson's side when he went into cardiac arrest may face manslaughter charges if the LAPD concludes he gave the pop star a powerful anesthetic, TMZ reports. Dr. Conrad Murray isn’t cooperating with authorities, sources say, but investigators have evidence linking him to Propofol, a drug... More »

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prescription drugs • LAPD • manslaughter • cardiac arrest • Michael Jackson • police investigation • Conrad Murray • Propofol

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's personal doctor lacks a license to prescribe controlled medicines in California, federal authorities tell Fox News. Conrad Murray didn't register with the DEA in the singer's home state, officials say, meaning it would have been illegal for him to prescribe or administer Demerol, OxyContin, or even strong cough... More »

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OxyContin • DEA • prescription drugs • Drug Enforcement Administration • Michael Jackson • Demerol • Conrad Murray

JACKSON ROUNDUP

 Jacko Had Secret 
 Galpal: Bodyguard 

Plus, his drug aliases revealed

Jul 2, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson was not gay—in fact, he had a secret girlfriend, his former bodyguard tells Sky News. “I'm not going to name who she is but I think the family were aware that there was someone special in his life who he loved and adored and had his... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • prescription drugs • Michael Jackson • celebrity death

 DEA Joins Jackson Death Probe

LAPD asks federal investigators for help investigating circumstances of star's death

Jul 2, 09 1:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal investigators are assisting local authorities with the probe into Michael Jackson's death, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Drug Enforcement Administration joined the investigation at the request of the LAPD, a source tells the AP. Authorities have removed prescription drugs and other medical evidence from Jackson's home and are... More »

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DEA • prescription drugs • Drug Enforcement Administration • Michael Jackson • celebrity death

Jackson Aide: He Took Drugs in Bid to Avoid London Shows

Singer wanted trip to hospital but overdid it

Jun 30, 09 10:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A confidante of Michael Jackson says the singer may have inadvertently triggered his own death by purposely taking an overdose of prescription drugs so he'd end up in the hospital and be excused from some of his London tour dates, reports Gerald Posner of the Daily Beast. “Like a... More »

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obituary • prescription drugs • singer • Michael Jackson • icons • celebrity death

(Newser) - Los Angeles police and officials from the county coroner's office have removed bags of prescription drugs and medical material from Michael Jackson's home, and are interviewing doctors who prescribed the medications, reports the Los Angeles Times. It's not yet known if the drugs played a role in Jackson's heart attack... More »

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drugs • overdose • death • prescription drugs • heart attack • Michael Jackson • prescription painkillers

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