What Philip Seymour Hoffman's Sponsor Could Have Done for Him
A haunting writeup in The New York Times Thursday detailed how actor Philip Seymour Hoffman spent his last days after relapsing back into heroin addiction and leaving the home he shared with his partner, Mimi O'Donnell, and their three children. Though …
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Authorities: No tainted heroin in North Penn, but heroin use still on the rise
Like many law enforcement officials, as well as those involved in drug treatment and counseling, Dickinson sees a connection between the long-standing epidemic of addiction to prescription opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin and Vicodin, and the rise …
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It's Getting Harder For the Feds To Lie About Marijuana and Get Away With It
That's the lesson White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (aka the Drug Czar's office) Deputy Director Michael Botticelli learned earlier this week when he testified before U.S. House Subcommittee on Government Relations. Armed with what …
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