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Drug Use Hits 8-Year High
 Drug Use Hits 8-Year High 
Sep 16, 2010 1:19 AM CDT

Drug Use Hits 8-Year High

Marijuana, meth, ecstasy use up, cocaine down

(Newser) - Illegal drug abuse in America has soared to its highest rate in almost a decade, according to a government report which finds marijuana, methamphetamine, and ecstasy use surging, but cocaine declining. Some 21.8 million Americans used illegal drugs last year, a 9% increase from the year before and the...

Jeremy London Joins Celeb Rehab

 Jeremy London 
 Joins Celeb Rehab 
kidnapping paid off?
Jul 8, 2010 8:39 AM CDT

Jeremy London Joins Celeb Rehab

If nothing else, at least he'll get to meet Tila Tequila

(Newser) - Perhaps Jeremy London faked his crazy kidnapping ordeal , all in a ploy…to land a spot on Celebrity Rehab? Well, even if that wasn’t his plan, that is in fact where he’s headed. The 37-year-old has a history of drug problems, but claimed to be sober this March...

LA Coliseum Bans Raves
 LA Coliseum Bans Raves 
Jul 1, 2010 2:08 AM CDT

LA Coliseum Bans Raves

Moratorium follows teen's OD death

(Newser) - Los Angeles has banished techno parties from the Coliseum following the death of a 15-year-old girl from a suspected drug overdose at last weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival mega-rave. Authorities—who had been urged by doctors to end raves at the venue—say a temporary ban will remain in place while...

LA Docs Demand End to Raves

ER physicians slam 'government-backed drug fests'

(Newser) - More than 120 young people ended up in local hospitals after a recent mega-rave at the Los Angeles Coliseum, spurring emergency room doctors to call for a ban on such events at the publicly owned facility. "This is basically a government-encouraged drug fest. That’s the wrong message,”...

Losing 'Love of His Life' Caused to London Relapse
Losing 'Love of His Life' Caused London to Relapse
not his wife
Jun 28, 2010 10:54 AM CDT

Losing 'Love of His Life' Caused London to Relapse

Breakup of affair led him back to drinking, drugs

(Newser) - Jeremy London allegedly fell back into drug and alcohol abuse long before his recent kidnapping drama. A friend and former business associate tells Radar the downward spiral began when he broke up with the “love of his life.” His wife? Nope. A woman he met during a separation...

Jeremy London 'Needs Serious Help': Bro

 Jeremy London 
 'Needs Serious 
 Help': Bro 
'kidnapper': 'we partied'
Jun 24, 2010 9:48 AM CDT

Jeremy London 'Needs Serious Help': Bro

Kidnapping story 'makes no sense'

(Newser) - Jeremy London’s family has stopped beating around the bush: His crazy kidnapping story “just doesn't add up,” says his twin brother, and “we feel he needs serious psychological help.” Jason London tells People , “Jeremy’s behavior right now is indicative of whenever he's back...

Kidnapper to London: 'Hit This or I'll Kill You!'

 Kidnapper 
 to London: 
 'Hit This or 
 I'll Kill You!' 
timeline gets weirder
Jun 21, 2010 9:49 AM CDT

Kidnapper to London: 'Hit This or I'll Kill You!'

More bizarre details emerge, London's wife talks

(Newser) - The saga of Jeremy London’s alleged kidnapping continues to get weirder. Radar has all sorts of new details, including an unintentionally hilarious quote supposedly uttered by one of London’s drug-offering abductors: “Hit that motherf***er! Hit it or I’m gonna kill you!” Even stranger is the...

Inside the Nasty Getty Divorce
 Inside the Nasty Getty Divorce 
May 26, 2010 12:28 PM CDT

Inside the Nasty Getty Divorce

Spousal support could be hundreds of thousands a month

(Newser) - Peter and Jacqui Getty enjoyed a posh, globetrotting life—the kind of life that included matching Mercedes S500s and a $1 million bed. Now they are embroiled in an equally epic divorce, one of Hollywood’s worst. “It’s like Dynasty, California edition,” one friend tells the Daily...

LiLo's Lawyer Lied in Court...Twice?

Plus, her dad gives his two cents, as always

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s attorney seems to have told a bit of a fib in court yesterday when she tried to get her client out of wearing an alcohol monitoring bracelet. The bracelet, she argued, would be out of place when Lilo shoots an upcoming film in Texas. Makes sense, until...

No Jail for LiLo... at Least Not Yet

Plus, in new video she says she doesn't need rehab

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan was in court today, and she continued to escape jail for now. The judge set the conditions of her release (to stay free on bail there's to be no drinking, and weekly drug testing, and she must attend those pesky alcohol classes and wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet)...

RDJ: Dad Gave Me Drugs at 8
 RDJ: Dad Gave Me Drugs at 8 
Apr 29, 2010 10:40 AM CDT

RDJ: Dad Gave Me Drugs at 8

And they did coke with Jack Nicholson, he says

(Newser) - Robert Downey Jr.’s father started giving him drugs at the tender age of 8—and the actor once did cocaine with his dad and Jack Nicholson. The Iron Man 2 star recalls his history with drugs in a Rolling Stone interview: “All those years of snorting coke,...

Charlie, Brooke Liked Drug-Fueled Threesomes

Sources say woman involved with Sheen, Mueller will come forward

(Newser) - Haven’t heard quite enough about Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller’s alleged drug antics? Good, because there's more. Apparently the troubled couple regularly engaged in drug-fueled threesomes. “Brooke is bisexual. She and Charlie have had more than one woman share their bed in the short time they’ve...

10 Alleged Celeb Crack Addicts
 10 Alleged Celeb Crack Addicts 
is it charlie or brooke?
Feb 17, 2010 10:38 AM CST

10 Alleged Celeb Crack Addicts

What do Brooke Mueller and Amy Winehouse have in common?

(Newser) - Crack is not exactly the classiest of drugs, yet celebrities continue to get hooked on it. The Frisky rounds up 10 famous—alleged—celebrity crackheads:
  • Brooke Mueller: Charlie Sheen’s wife entered rehab last week, reportedly for a crack habit.
  • Whitney Houston: Admitted to Oprah she used crack while married
...

Kids Prescribed Pot for ADHD
 Kids Prescribed Pot for ADHD 
SCHOOL DAZE
Jan 26, 2010 7:49 AM CST

Kids Prescribed Pot for ADHD

Schools' zero-tolerance policies go up in smoke

(Newser) - Schools with a zero tolerance drug policy are running smack dab into the smoldering roach of marijuana legally prescribed to their students. "It does put us in an awkward position," said a principal in Oregon, one of 14 states where medical marijuana is now legal. Hard as it...

Casey Johnson: Drama Surrounds Me
 Casey Johnson: 
 Drama Surrounds Me 
REMEMBRANCE
Jan 5, 2010 10:56 AM CST

Casey Johnson: Drama Surrounds Me

Heiress' troubled life remembered

(Newser) - Casey Johnson’s premature death caps a lifetime of trouble that the heiress herself summed up in a 2006 Vanity Fair piece: “Drama seems to kind of surround me.” Peter Davis, who first met Johnson a decade ago as a leather-clad “Chapin girl” who idolized Marilyn Monroe,...

Pals Worried About 'Stick Thin' Murphy

Actress was vomiting before death

(Newser) - Friends and those who worked with Brittany Murphy were concerned about her recent stick thin, sickly appearance. “She looked painfully thin, even sick. She looked like she hadn’t eaten in who knows how long, her skin was terrible,” said one observer. Magazine editors recently opted not to...

5 Rockers Who Beat Drugs
 5 Rockers Who Beat Drugs 
Nov 16, 2009 10:39 AM CST

5 Rockers Who Beat Drugs

Maybe Scott Weiland will take a cue from former bandmate Slash

(Newser) - In honor of a new book by Scott Weiland’s ex recalling the couple’s drug-fueled rock and roll escapades, Fox News takes a look at musicians who fought addiction and won:
  • Slash, Guns N’ Roses: Addicted to heroin, booze, and women; was scared straight after running down the street
...

Lohan Pop: I'm Seeking Conservatorship
 Lohan Pop: 
 I'm Seeking 
 Conservatorship 
RUN, LINDSAY, RUN
Nov 3, 2009 8:27 AM CST

Lohan Pop: I'm Seeking Conservatorship

Shockingly, Michael is still talking to the press about Lindsay

(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...

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

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

(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,”...

Mom Thinks LiLo's Dying, Too
 Mom Thinks LiLo's Dying, Too 
SAYS DAD
Oct 29, 2009 10:31 AM CDT

Mom Thinks LiLo's Dying, Too

Michael will reveal tapes of Dina dishing on Lindsay

(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 News , to air taped...

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