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 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

 Jackson Drug 
 Cocktail: 3 Painkillers,
 2 Anti-Depressants 

Star was on
powerful mix of narcotics, painkillers

Jun 27, 09 3:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Sun gets the details on the potentially lethal cocktail of prescription drugs Michael Jackson was on in the months before his death. Jackson took addictive narcotic painkillers Demerol and Diluadid daily, the Sun's sources say, and had recently added Vicodin to the mix. He also took a muscle... More »

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prescription drugs • Vicodin • painkiller • Michael Jackson • prescription painkillers • Demerol

(Newser) - A spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner said this afternoon there is “no indication of foul play” in the death yesterday of Michael Jackson, the AP reports. The officer acknowledged that the pop star, 50, took a variety of prescription drugs but said it was too soon to... More »

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prescription drugs • Michael Jackson • Los Angeles County Coroner • coroner • foul play • sudden death

 Jackson Died 'After 
 Demerol Injection' 

Family lawyer warned that Jackson had 'issues' with prescription drugs

Jun 26, 09 2:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson's heart attack death occurred after an injection of the powerful prescription painkiller Demerol at his home, a source at the UCLA Medical Center tells the Sun. Desperate aides and a personal physician on the scene gave the singer CPR after his collapse, and made a panic-stricken call to... More »

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overdose • death • prescription drugs • painkiller • cardiac arrest • Michael Jackson

ADHD Drugs Linked
to Teen Sudden Death

Children, teens who died suddenly likelier to have been on meds that those killed in car crashes

Jun 16, 09 1:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new study suggests that taking ADHD drugs like Ritalin puts young people at a higher risk of sudden cardiac death, WebMd reports. Children in the study who died suddenly and inexplicably were six to seven times likelier to have been taking ADHD medication containing stimulants. More »

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ADHD • prescription drugs • cardiac arrest • Ritalin • teenager • attention deficit disorder

(Newser) - Porn might be the best way for older men to boost their testosterone levels, but don’t tell that to a drug company that peddles a cure for “low T,” Newsweek reports. Solvay Pharmaceuticals makes a “testosterone foam” that claims to combat such maladies as “lost... More »

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steroids • men • drug companies • pornography • testosterone • aging • prescription drugs • middle age • AndroGel

 Eminem: 
 Serial Killers 'Inspire' Me 

Rapper talks about how he's never been in a better place

May 17, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where has Eminem been since his last album hit the shelves in 2004? At first, mostly drowning in a sea of depression and prescription drugs, the rapper says in an interview with the Guardian. But for a year now he's been clean and focused on getting back to his roots—... More »

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depression • Eminem • addiction • prescription drugs • rapper • album release • inspiration • serial killers • interview • Jay-ZTV • Relapse • Marshall Mathers

(Newser) - Eminem’s new album, Relapse, is as crude as you might expect, but his unflinching examination of his drug addiction has floored some critics. Overall, people love it or hate it.
  • "The power of Relapse comes from Em aiming his beat-downs at his truest target, himself,"
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entertainment • Eminem • addiction • prescription drugs • hip-hop • rap music • music review • Dr. Dre • Jay-ZTV • Relapse

 Ex, 2 Docs Plead 
 Not Guilty in 
 Anna Nicole 
 Drug Case 

Howard K. Stern, two others charged with felony conspiracy

May 13, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Anna Nicole Smith's ex and two of her doctors pleaded not guilty today to charges of illegally giving her prescription pills for years before her death, TMZ reports. Howard K. Stern and the physicians were charged with felonies as part of a 2-year investigation into the former Playmate's 2007... More »

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entertainment • Anna Nicole Smith • overdose • prescription drugs • Howard K. Stern

 Pill-Poppers Flock to Florida 

Drug dealers, abusers head south to take advantage of loose prescription regulations

Apr 25, 09 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prescription drug abusers and dealers from across the eastern US have been hotfooting it to Florida to take advantage of the state's loose regulations, the Los Angeles Times reports. It’s the biggest state to not have a prescription monitoring program and hundreds of poorly regulated "pain clinics" ... More »

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Florida • prescription drugs • drug abuse • Oxycodone

(Newser) - A federal judge today ordered the Food and Drug Administration to immediately relax age restrictions on the morning-after contraception pill, and reconsider whether there should be any restrictions at all, the Washington Post reports. Since 2005, the pill has been available without a prescription only to women over 18; within... More »

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Bush administration • FDA • federal courts • prescription drugs • federal judges • teen pregnancy • morning after pill • restrictions

 Anna Nicole Smith Lover, Docs 
 Charged With Supplying Drugs 

Beau, docs accused of providing late model with 'thousands of pills'

Mar 13, 09 1:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer and boyfriend Howard K. Stern has been charged with felony conspiracy to supply the late model with drugs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Authorities charge that Stern and two doctors "repeatedly and excessively" provided Smith—who died of an overdose in 2007—with addictive prescription... More »

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Anna Nicole Smith • celebrity • overdose • prescription drugs • conspiracy • Howard K. Stern • Bill Maher Grid

FDA Approves Drug Made From Gene-Tweaked Goats

Landmark decision could signal start of large-scale 'pharming' for drugs

Feb 7, 09 7:07 AM CST
(Newser) - An FDA decision to approve a drug made from genetically engineered goats is being called a milestone decision likely to lead to many more "pharm animals," the Boston Globe reports. Biotech firm GTC says the milk from a single genetically modified goat can produce as much of the... More »

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genetic modification • livestock • biotechnology • prescription drugs • pharmaceutical • goats • pharmaceutical industry

More Students Get Fix From Study Drugs

Adderall, Ritalin used
to boost concentration despite health risks

Feb 7, 09 2:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Attention-deficit disorder drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin are gaining popularity on college campuses as an easy way for students to knuckle down, NPR reports. The drugs offer a “perfect kind of transition into a study mentality,” says one student, and can make work more pleasurable. But they’... More »

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Adderall • drug addiction • study • college • university • prescription drugs • student • drug abuse • Ritalin

(Newser) - The American Idol hopeful and Paula Abdul fan found dead outside the celebrity’s LA home in November committed suicide with prescription drugs, the AP reports. A coroner’s report, delayed for toxicology tests, did not specify which drugs killed Paula Goodspeed. Police had long suspected suicide, though no... More »

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American Idol • suicide • overdose • prescription drugs • coroner's report • Los Angeles County Coroner • Paula Abdul • Paula Goodspeed

 Drug Ads Losing 
 Power, Study Says 

Most patients don't ask for drugs by name

Jan 13, 09 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Maybe it's the extensive warnings at the end of drug commercials, but few Americans request prescription drugs by name, a new study shows. In Colorado, only 3.5% of patients—half the number of 2003—requested specific medicine from doctors. This is despite more than $5 billion pharmaceuticals pay to... More »

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advertising • pharmaceutical companies • prescription drugs • Viagra • doctors • Lunesta

 Bush's Top 10 Successes 

From rejecting the Kyoto Protocol to the surge

Jan 13, 09 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Forget what you’ve heard about W’s presidency, writes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard. His decisive courage gave his term many successes:
  • Rejecting the Kyoto Protocol: The treaty was broken—it exempted India and China from carbon emissions responsibility—but only Bush had the courage to say
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Iraq • War on Terror • Israel • US military • prescription drugs • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • George W. Bush

Sopranos Actor Gets Reduced Sentence for Deadly Robbery

Brancato gets 10 years for role in cop killing

Jan 9, 09 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Lillo Brancato was given a reduced sentence of 10 years in prison for the attempted burglary that ended in the murder of an off-duty police officer, the New York Daily News reports today. The ex-Sopranos actor, 32, also got 5 years of probation for the botched prescription-drug robbery, during which... More »

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NYPD • murder • prescription drugs • probation • cop killer • Sopranos • Lillo Brancato

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