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Heady Times for DC Hookers, Coke Dealers

Both are booming as tourists flock to inauguration

(Newser) - Barack Obama has already done his part to boost the economy—for Washington’s prostitutes and drug dealers, who tell New York they’re experiencing quite the boom in business thanks to inauguration travelers. Some prostitutes came into town specifically for the event and are already “pretty booked up;...

Oprah Smoked Crack: Ex
 Oprah Smoked Crack: Ex  
Jan 16, 2009 10:24 AM CST

Oprah Smoked Crack: Ex

Tell-all dishes the dirt

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey has admitted to a brief flirtation with cocaine in the 1970s, but the media mogul’s drug history is actually much seedier, the National Enquirer reports. Oprah’s ex-lover has written a tell-all that claims the two regularly freebased coke in the 1980s, and saying she “was...

Winehouse Steals Drinks After Hotel Cuts Her Off

Swipes booze, runs 'like squirrel with a nut'

(Newser) - After the Caribbean resort where Amy Winehouse is supposedly detoxing cut off her booze supply, the oft-addled singer has been seen on all fours prowling guest tables for drinks to steal, and begging vacationers to get her alcohol. Winehouse begins each day with yoga, but is often seen smoking a...

Want Better Lashes? There's a Drug for That

Botox maker sees another jackpot in Latisse, due this month

(Newser) - The company behind Botox sees another hit with the first federally approved drug for growing longer, fuller eyelashes, the New York Times reports. The $120 monthly price tag for Latisse, based on a glaucoma drug, makes some analysts blink, particularly during recession. “If you think about it in terms...

Drug Centers Hit by Worker Overdoses

Burnt-out harm reduction volunteers fall prey to addiction

(Newser) - Needle exchange programs have helped drastically cut rates of HIV infection among heroin users but often take a heavy toll on their volunteers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Unpaid or poorly paid staff members work long hours in tough inner-city conditions, often without proper training. All too often they end...

Surprise! Coked-Up Bees Get Buzzed, Too

Drugged-up bees get overexcited and dance like crazy

(Newser) - Coked-up bees get as buzzed as their human counterparts, the New York Times reports. Researchers probing the nature of addiction discovered that when bees were given a dose of cocaine their judgment was altered and they became much more enthusiastic about food finds, performing the waggle dance more often, faster,...

Are Your Meds Working? Gene Tests Could Tell

Docs could eliminate half of drugs genetics prevent from working

(Newser) - The drugs you take may not actually be working. Experts say that, thanks to various genetic quirks, most drugs only work for about half the people who take them, meaning that much of the roughly $300 billion America spends on drugs each year is wasted. That’s why forward-looking doctors...

Palin's Run Hurt Wasilla Drug Deals
Palin's Run
Hurt Wasilla
Drug Deals
Dec 25, 2008 11:50 AM CST

Palin's Run Hurt Wasilla Drug Deals

Media circus cramped operations for mom of Bristol's beau: affidavit

(Newser) - Bristol Palin’s future mother-in-law complained to clients that Sarah Palin’s campaign was hampering her drug-dealing business, a police affidavit alleges. Sherry Johnston, mother of pregnant Bristol’s fiancé Levi, faces six charges of drug sale and possession after Alaska state troopers caught her using text messages to arrange...

Legalize Ritalin-Like Drugs as Brain Boosters: Experts

But Will Employers Turn into Pushers?

(Newser) - Attention-disorder drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall are becoming so commonly used for the off-label purpose of gaining a mental edge that they should be legalized for such use, says a team of neuroscientists and ethicists. They make their case in Nature, arguing that laws "should be adjusted to...

Researchers Push 'Brain Steroids' for All

Future drugs could boost job, classroom performance

(Newser) - Healthy adults should be able to take brain-boosting drugs for a competitive advantage at work or on an exam, researchers say in a provocative paper. Seven authors say ethical questions about cognitive-enhancement pills are both warranted and imminent, and that such medicinal aid is no less moral than caffeine consumption,...

Balfour's Troubles Go Way Back

Hudson murder suspect had abusive mother, imprisoned father

(Newser) - William Balfour grappled with depression and rage for years before his arrest in the Jennifer Hudson family killings, the Chicago Tribune reports. The son of a convicted killer, Balfour lived in and out of correctional facilities, suffering physical abuse at home and smoking dope to quell his anger. After serving...

Amsterdam to Halve Brothels, Marijuana Shops

City to become all around less fun

(Newser) - Apparently being the world’s sex and drugs capital isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Amsterdam is hoping to shut down about half of its brothels and half its marijuana shops, the Daily Telegraph reports. Already this year, 109 of the city’s 482 sex “windows”...

Prohibition Shadows War on Drugs
 Prohibition Shadows
 War on Drugs 
OPINION
Dec 5, 2008 2:13 PM CST

Prohibition Shadows War on Drugs

Time to end the drug war

(Newser) - Today marks the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, a convenient time to think back on another failed effort to prevent Americans from indulging in mood-altering substances. "A failed drug prohibition can cause greater harm than the drug it was intended to banish," Ethan Nadelmann of the...

Metallica Drummer Skips to the Loo

Lars Ulrich can't stop hanging out in bathrooms

(Newser) - He’s quit cocaine, but Lars Ulrich still likes to hang out in bathroom stalls, the Metallica drummer tells Blender magazine, “Two guys in a bathroom stall—it feels like the most important place in the whole world in that moment.” He pops in to not use the...

Hubby: I Got Amy Addicted
 Hubby: I Got Amy Addicted 
Dec 1, 2008 9:48 AM CST

Hubby: I Got Amy Addicted

Blake Fielder-Civil says he introduced wife to heroin, crack, and self-mutilation

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse’s husband admits he made her into a junkie, and tells News of the World he is leaving the troubled singer to save her life. “I am not abandoning her. I am doing this out of love,” Blake Fielder-Civil said, taking blame for her crack and...

Twilight 's Bella Gets High
 Twilight's Bella 
 Gets High 
Nov 27, 2008 11:28 AM CST

Twilight's Bella Gets High

Tape shows Kristen Stewart smoking something out of a pipe on her front steps

(Newser) - Twilight is a huge hit, but star Kristen Stewart hasn’t gotten the message about dodging the paparazzi: TMZ caught her toking up on her front porch this week. Stewart, who plays the chaste Bella, was seen smoking something from a pipe outside her Los Angeles home—perhaps a remedy...

Mexico, Paraguay Named Top Pot Growers

Brazil, Argentina say use is rising as supply grows

(Newser) - Mexico holds the distinction of being the world's biggest marijuana producer—no big surprise there. But little landlocked Paraguay is turning heads after hitting No. 2 on the UN's list of top pot-growing countries, CNN reports. Paraguayan officials aren't surprised: Raids are difficult to orchestrate, marijuana fetches 500% the selling...

Winehouse Back in Hospital
 Winehouse Back in Hospital 
Nov 25, 2008 9:20 AM CST

Winehouse Back in Hospital

Singer has bad reaction to drugs

(Newser) - Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was back in the hospital Sunday following a bad reaction to medication, the AP reports. Sources told the Sun the real cause was a drink-and-drug binge following a “screaming row” with husband Blake Fielder-Civil, which ended with Winehouse collapsing in a seizure. A spokesman for...

Bolivia Prez Shuts Down 'Spying' US Drug Team

US officials call accusations 'absurd'

(Newser) - Leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales has barred US federal drug agents from operating in his country after accusing them of "spying" and financing violent anti-government protest groups. He halted all Drug Enforcement Administration efforts to battle the cocaine trade in Bolivia, but stopped short of expelling agents. US officials...

Pinched Patients Skimping on Vital Medication

Docs warn trend could cause health care time bomb

(Newser) - Cash-strapped consumers nationwide are risking their health by cutting back on prescription drugs, the New York Times reports. Some try to stretch out their supply by splitting their pills in half or taking them every other day. Others choose for themselves which medications to stop taking, increasing the chances of...

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