Sean Penn might’ve met with famed Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in the fall for a Rolling Stone interview without notifying the proper authorities looking for the escaped convict but his actions, while dick-ish, were not illegal.
Heroin use has exploded across the American northeast, and, according to Governor Paul LePage of Maine, men with names like “D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty” are to blame.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, US Representative for Florida and head of the Democratic National Committee, has been in the news more frequently since the Bernie Sanders email breach fracas. But she might find herself highlighted with another claim to fame once America gets a load of her baffling (idiotic?) comments on…
In New England, the heroin epidemic has crawled into the early days of 2016: In the past week alone, eight people have reportedly died from a lethal strain called “Hollywood” that is currently coursing through Massachusetts.
Ireland plans to decriminalize small amounts of heroin, cocaine and marijuana. If you’re keeping score, abortion remains illegal there.
Two parents in Ohio decided not to mince words when it came to the cause of their daughter’s sudden passing. In the obituary, Fred and Dorothy McIntosh Shuemake clearly stated that their 18-year-old daughter, Alison, died of a heroin overdose.
No time like a Wednesday afternoon to talk about America’s growing heroin problem.
You may not need it, but this Tuesday morning brings you more news of exactly how awful humans can be. You thought we’d hit rock bottom before? That’s sweet. Also, you probably haven’t heard that some people have been using puppies to transport heroin.
Two people in a far-away land called "southwest Ohio" attempted to smuggle a heroin-laced Bible into the county jail. A seemingly brilliant criminal plan, yet their plan was foiled by a brave drug-sniffing dog. The heroic dog noticed that the Bible did not emanate its usual, sweet scent of holiness. Rather it reeked…
The cause of death for 25-year-old Peaches Geldof has been released: It was a heroin overdose.
Despite America’s renewed heroin epidemic that’s picked off famous folks like Philip Seymour Hoffman and non-famous folks for years, someone thought it was a great idea to create Zohydro, an opiate that’s even more powerful than Vicodin. Prescription pills like these open a dangerous door for people who become…
Normally, the Olympics, with their feel good pageantry, would provide valuable respite from seasonal ennui. But this year, the Olympics are just making things worse.
Police are reportedly questioning four people currently in custody on drugs charges in connection to sales made to the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Innovative and efficient! You have to give it that! You have to give it that. A McDonalds employee in Pittsburgh has been accused of selling heroin from her post at the drive-through window. All you needed was $82, a car, and an extreme longing for heroin, and the 26-year-old would give you a Happy Meal full of, um,…
Teen Mom 2 ended on a high note last night only in that it featured troubled star Jenelle Evans so completely doped up that she nods off in her final scene. The episode chronicled the messy aftermath of her mother Barbara's off-camera—and apparently botched—attempt at an intervention, where she entered Jenelle's home…
Jenelle Evans, troubled star of Teen Mom 2, is seemingly working her way up to having enough mugshots to make her own novelty deck of cards. This time around she was arrested for being in possession of a large amount of heroin after the cops were called to her home for an alleged domestic dispute with her husband…
Years after kicking heroin, a Time reporter finds herself injecting again-this time, in an attempt to get pregnant. Her IV-to-IVF twist of fate triggers a rush of reflections on the meaning of addiction, parenthood, and recovery.
The last time I gave myself an injection, the needle held heroin. Now, two decades later,…
Yesterday you may have read a rant from Dr. Drew, in which he predicted Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie would break up in a "nuclear eruption." Well, he's offered an apology! Via tabloidy gossip mongers Radar Online.
