In a Seventeen magazine exclusive, the teen star owns up to past drug and alcohol use, and the freedom in being sober. When Demi Lovato entered a treatment center in late 2010 to deal with “personal issues,” fans and media speculated about just what those problems might be. In a new exclusive interview with Seventeen [...]
Florida’s days of easy access to prescription painkillers may soon be over as officials make it harder to score pills in the Sunshine State. It’s a dubious distinction, but Florida has earned its reputation as the so-called “Oxy Express,” with thousands flocking to the state’s more than 1,000 pain clinics to obtain prescription drugs – [...]
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville is only the latest celeb to drink and say, “I do.” Should marriage license applications include a breathalyzer? It’s illegal to drink and drive (thankfully!), but it’s still perfectly legal to drink and wed, as Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville proved while ringing in [...]
What’s behind the limited supply of drugs to help stem attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? Is there a connection to the rise in abuse of ADHD meds? Those who regularly take prescription medication to treat their attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are finding a shortage of the drugs at their local pharmacy. The problem is so [...]
What does the New Year mean for you? It’s not too late to set goals to take you to the next level in 2012. As we begin another new year, TV shows, magazines, newspapers and the Web are filled with ideas for creating a new you, keeping resolutions, making changes inside and out. They shout [...]
A tragic tale reminds us that drug runners come in all shapes and sizes, and the war to keep these substances from the addicted is far from won. Parents can be a pain when it comes to lecturing about drugs, drinking or hanging out with the proverbial “wrong crowd.” But in the end, mom really [...]
Despite all the information we have about addiction and the fact that help is close at hand, we still lose a number of famous faces to substance use each year. Any death is sad, and death as a result of a disease — especially one that could have been treated — is especially tragic. As [...]
