Archive for the ‘Addiction in the Media’ Category

Beyoncé Offers Cosmetology Training for Recovering Addicts

Pop superstar Beyoncé and her mother, Tina Knowles, came to Brooklyn last week to announce the funding and opening of the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center, which provides a seven-month cosmetology course for recovering addicts.
March 9th, 2010 | Addiction in the Media | Read More

Protein May Help Cocaine Addicts Quit

New findings suggest that a kind of protein could help cocaine addicts beat their addiction. The protein, known as cocaine esterase, is a naturally occurring bacterial enzyme that breaks down cocaine. This is thought to make cocaine less addictive, but it doesn’t last long in the body.
January 5th, 2010 | Addiction in the Media | Read More

New Study Finds that the Color of Alcohol Effects Severity of Hangover

According to a new study, the type of alcohol consumed effects the severity of the following day’s hangover. To better understand the effects of alcohol, specifically the levels of toxic substances called congeners in the alcohol, researchers at the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction...
December 25th, 2009 | Addiction in the Media | Read More

Do Celebrities Create Drug Trends?

It’s a provocative question, but as the public’s never-ending quest for gossip and the lurid details of celebrity lives continues to persist, stories of their alcohol-fueled escapades and drug use can make people curious. In a Time magazine article on Michael Jackson’s use of the powerful anesthetic...
September 3rd, 2009 | Addiction in the Media | Read More

Mexico’s New Drug Law Worries US Police

By decriminalizing possession of small amounts of certain drugs, Mexico now has one of the world’s most liberal laws for drug users, which worries US police. The Associated Press reports that US police say the law contradicts President Felipe Calderon’s drug war, and some fear it could make...
August 26th, 2009 | Addiction in the Media | Read More

The Effect of Celebrity Stories on Drug Addiction Treatment

It should come as no surprise that celebrity addiction is prime fodder for the news media who gobble up sensational stories to hype to an eager audience – us. When a famous actor stumbles and falls down in public, ranting and raving, or gets arrested after an airport luggage search reveals drugs, we...
August 25th, 2009 | Addiction in the Media | Read More

Amy Winehouse’s Addiction Detailed

According to the singer’s soon-to-be ex-husband, Amy Winehouse stole cocaine from supermodel Kate Moss, temporarily died during an overdose in 2007, and wouldn’t perform without taking a hit from her crack pipe. Blake Fielder-Civil talked to the UK’s The Sun, describing how their life spiraled...
July 30th, 2009 | Addiction in the Media | Read More

Linkin Park Singer Admits Addiction

Linkin Park co-frontman Chester Bennington opened up about his long battle with drugs and alcohol in a new interview with Noisecreep, and admits that his experience with addiction influenced many of the songs on Out of Ashes, his upcoming album with his side project Dead by Sunrise. Bennington told Noisecreep,...
July 20th, 2009 | Addiction in the Media | Read More

Do Anti-Drug PSAs Really Work?

By Suzanne Kane Some are amusing. Others are thought-provoking, aggravating or downright scary. But do the anti-drug public service announcements (PSAs) really work? The answer to this question depends on two factors: who you ask, and who the intended audience is.
July 14th, 2009 | Addiction in the Media | Read More

The Dangers of Demerol

By Leslie Thompson “Demerol, Demerol. Oh, God, he’s taking Demerol” are very poignant lyrics from Michael Jackson’s 1997 song “Morphine.” With Jackson’s shocking death on June 25, 2009, many questions have arisen, the most popular one being whether he died from a drug overdose. Jackson...
July 2nd, 2009 | Addiction in the Media | Read More