Category: Drug Abuse
Drug Addiction as Entertainment: Glorification or Education?
September 7, 2009
Across media types, everyone exploits drug addiction: music, movies, television and now, even the theater is getting in on it. There have even been research studies done to determine the percentage of times that drug abuse and drug addiction is mentioned in different genres of [...]
5 Tips to Help Your Child Heal From Drug and Alcohol Addiction
August 31, 2009
For parents, there are few things worse than discovering that their child is addicted to drugs and alcohol. But there’s one thing that few parents realize: there are few things worse for your child to discover about him or herself as well. As the anti-drug [...]
DJ AM Dies
August 29, 2009
Adam Goldstein, otherwise known as DJ AM, was found dead last night in his SoHo apartment. The autopsy results are forthcoming, but when the investigating officers on the scene rolled his body over, they discovered an almost-empty bag of crack underneath him. According to the [...]
Drug Addiction and Crime
August 11, 2009
It’s a sad commentary on our society, but one of the ways that people outside of drug addiction-those who do not suffer from drug and alcohol addiction themselves or love someone who does-realize that the problem is real and growing is when crime rates grow [...]
Afghan Women and Children Caught in Drug Addction Web
August 9, 2009
Afghanistan is currently one of the poorest, most dangerous places on Earth. But the women and children of this war-torn country have more to worry about that U.S. bombing raids or retribution from the taliban. With opium plentiful throughout the country, women and children are [...]
Nurse fakes prescriptions to obtain more painkillers
August 6, 2009
It is a story that, by now, has become familiar to anyone who understands the behavior of prescription drug addicts. An individual will do anything – sacrficing their relationships or careers – to obtain more Vicodin, OxyContin or other painkillers. Mary “Kathy” Madill, a 55-year [...]
The Drug Abuse Defense?
August 3, 2009
When it comes to trying to escape the legal consequences for making stupid decisions, there are a number of notorious-and ridiculous-defenses. There was the Twinkie Defense (“I had too much sugar, Your Honor. I don’t remember firing that gun.”) and the PMS Defense (“It was [...]
Questions of drug addiction continue to swirl around Michael Jackson
August 1, 2009
His death has faded from the headlines, but questions surrounding the death of Michael Jackson continue to surround law enforcement officials and attorneys in the Los Angeles area and in Nevada. The question of whether or not Jackson had a drug addiction has become a [...]
LeBron James admits to smoking marijuana in high school
July 27, 2009
The image of NBA superstar LeBron James has always seemed a little “too perfect” – perhaps crafted by the handlers who have a stake in his massive marketing empire. So it was fascinating to see him to admit to being a “pot smoking jerk” in [...]
5 reasons why cocaine addiction is on the rise again
July 24, 2009
The 1970′s and 1980′s are viewed as cocaine’s “hey day” and indeed, statistics bear this out, as usage rates were at an all-time high for both powder cocaine (the 70′s and 80′s) and crack cocaine addiction (the 80′s and early 90′s). And after falling rates [...]
