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Addiction and Recovery

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Drug Policy Advocates: Cameron Douglas (Son Of Actor Michael Douglas) Doesn't Need More Prison Time, He Needs Treatment

    In 2010, Cameron Douglas, the son of actor Michael Douglas, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he was in possession of heroin and was dealing large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine out of a New York hotel room.Last year, while in prison, Douglas, 33 -- ... More >>

  • Film

    May 16, 2012

    Bill W.

    In 2010, Cameron Douglas, the son of actor Michael Douglas, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he was in possession of heroin and was dealing large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine out of a New York hotel room.Last year, while in prison, Douglas, 33 -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Soy Sausage Kills 5 at Mexican Drug Rehab Center

    Authorities say that soy sausage has killed five recovering drug addicts and made dozens more ill at a rehab center in Mexico, according to the Associated Press.

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Boozehounds More Likely to Croak at Early Age

    A team of scientists has recently given alcoholics another excuse not to seek help. Swedish researchers claim to have found a genetic link between alcoholism and premature death, according to a recently released report. Alcoholics everywhere have reacted positively to the research, since it sugg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    City's Methadone Clinics Plagued With Problems, New Report Says

    ​The state funded methadone clinics in New York City are poorly managed, inadequately equipped, and don't provide necessary services to keep recovering addicts from relapsing, according to a new report released today. The report also discloses a campaign of police harassment outside the clinic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Women Have Finally Discovered Booze

    ​Back in the old days, before gender equality and such things, women who drank excessively were considered untoward, ill sots, the kind you wouldn't bring home to your mother, who only had a small sip of sherry when feeling poorly and then spat it out immediately. But today, the world has embr ... More >>

  • Film

    June 8, 2011

    Reindeerspotting: A Junkie's Tale

    ​Back in the old days, before gender equality and such things, women who drank excessively were considered untoward, ill sots, the kind you wouldn't bring home to your mother, who only had a small sip of sherry when feeling poorly and then spat it out immediately. But today, the world has embr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    In New York, Getting Cocaine Is as "Easy as Pizza"

    Jkrizni/Flickr​Given that we live in a time when people enroll in culinary school with the goal of getting their own TV show, it's easy to forget that the vast majority of cooks spend about 14 hours a day doing manual labor for minimal compensation. It's a resolutely unglamorous profession, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2011

    Kids With Cool Parents More Likely to Be Lushes Later On (Study)

    ​A new study out of the University of Minnesota claims that kids whose parents allow them to drink moderately in their presence are actually more likely to develop drinking problems later in life. This goes against the relatively common perception that uber-strict parents with zero tolerance polic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Today in El Diario: Alcohol's Deadly Toll

    ​Drowning in drink New Yorkers drink a lot, so there's always a steady stream of hospitalizations and emergency room visits because of booze, and some of the city's immigrant communities are leading the way, according to the Spanish-language daily. In 2009, alcohol led to 70,000 emergency room ... More >>

  • Film

    January 12, 2011

    Ibogaine and Addiction in I'm Dangerous With Love

    ​Drowning in drink New Yorkers drink a lot, so there's always a steady stream of hospitalizations and emergency room visits because of booze, and some of the city's immigrant communities are leading the way, according to the Spanish-language daily. In 2009, alcohol led to 70,000 emergency room ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Tribeca Might Get Its Own A-List "Halfway House"

    NYO / Google Maps​The Real Deal says that Hazelden, the renowned, Minnesoate-based addiction clinic, is eyeing a $10 million spot in a Tribeca condominium on West Broadway. Finally, New York's celebrity alkies and drug addicts can get clean in the kind of luxury their fame affords!

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Ten Reasons Why Dr. Dre's Detox Will Be Great

    Does this man have another classic in him?​Dr. Dre's long, long awaited Detox has received its latest release date, this time via a press release from Interscope's London office guaranteeing that hip-hop's most-awaited album will touch down on "February 2011." The project's first single, "Kush ... More >>

  • News

    November 17, 2010

    Ibogaine: Can it Cure Addiction Without the Hallucinogenic Trip?

    The substance has helped addicts kick heroin, meth, and everything in between. Is it the trip that does the trick?

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Drink Booze for Life!

    ​Happy Monday. Assuming you have valid ID, it's time to get your drink on. And while we usually mean that when we say it, today we mean it especially. Because there's a new paper in a journal called Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (fun read!) which suggests that abstaining from ... More >>

  • Theater

    May 11, 2010

    Loose Screws in Family Week and Asylum

    Beth Henley and James Braly check in for treatment

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    If You're an Educated Woman, You Probably Have a Drinking Problem

    ​Seems like these studies come out every week or so just to freak us out (or in the case of this one about well-educated women being "problem drinkers," confirm something we kinda already knew). But, since we did go to college, and since we do enjoy an adult beverage now and again, and since i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    The East Village Braces Itself for a New Bar in Bad Taste: The 13th Step

    Taunting recovering alcoholics since 2010.​Alcoholics Anonymous describes the "13th step" as a "euphemism for inappropriate sexual advances by a member to a newcomer in AA (such as sponsors toward sponsees)." Also used as a verb, "thirteenth stepping" is never seen as a good thing. And so, it' ... More >>

  • Theater

    March 25, 2009

    Playwright Christopher Durang Braves a Voice Inquisition

    Taunting recovering alcoholics since 2010.​Alcoholics Anonymous describes the "13th step" as a "euphemism for inappropriate sexual advances by a member to a newcomer in AA (such as sponsors toward sponsees)." Also used as a verb, "thirteenth stepping" is never seen as a good thing. And so, it' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Take My Column, Please

    Taunting recovering alcoholics since 2010.​Alcoholics Anonymous describes the "13th step" as a "euphemism for inappropriate sexual advances by a member to a newcomer in AA (such as sponsors toward sponsees)." Also used as a verb, "thirteenth stepping" is never seen as a good thing. And so, it' ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2008

    Drug Counselor at Rikers Gets Busted for . . . Dope

    Months after selling coke to an undercover, cops find him with 100 packets of 'Black Gold'

  • People

    January 22, 2008

    Puppy Love

    The Mighty Chihuahua, and Mexicans Can Hold Their Liquor

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    A Sobering Plan to End Subway Alcohol Advertising

    The Mighty Chihuahua, and Mexicans Can Hold Their Liquor

  • Theater

    March 13, 2007

    The Twelfth Step

    A sober drama about the birth of AA

  • NYC Life

    February 27, 2007

    A Few Good Users

    Louie Jones wants to unionize chronic drug users in Brooklyn needing help—including himself

  • Film

    November 7, 2006

    'Candy'

    Louie Jones wants to unionize chronic drug users in Brooklyn needing help—including himself

  • News

    January 3, 2006

    Flashback: Frey's Incredible Suffering Not So Credible

    Louie Jones wants to unionize chronic drug users in Brooklyn needing help—including himself

  • People

    December 13, 2005

    Busted for Iboga

    Ibogaine enthusiasts get bad vibes from conspiracy arrests

  • NYC Life

    November 29, 2005

    Rotting Away

    Thousands of New York inmates have hepatitis C. Only a few hundred get treatment.

  • NYC Life

    March 1, 2005

    Tales of Ordinary Madness: Remembering the Dirty Old Man

    Thousands of New York inmates have hepatitis C. Only a few hundred get treatment.

  • News

    February 15, 2005

    The Drug to End All Drugs

    Addicts may get new lives, as clinical studies of exotic, controversial ibogaine are set to resume

  • Art

    January 4, 2005

    More Than 'Just Say No'

    Addiction studies thrives in academia

  • Film

    May 18, 2004

    Film

    Addiction studies thrives in academia

  • Books

    April 15, 2003

    The Crack-Up

    Everything Is Intoxicated

  • News

    October 29, 2002

    CRACK Comes to New York

    Group Pays Addicts for Sterilization

  • News

    May 29, 2001

    Letters

    Group Pays Addicts for Sterilization

  • News

    May 22, 2001

    Labor’s Loneliest Battles

    New Survey Finds Union Self-Help Programs Point Way in Addiction Struggles

  • Specials

    May 22, 2001

    Letters

    New Survey Finds Union Self-Help Programs Point Way in Addiction Struggles

  • Specials

    May 15, 2001

    Letters

    New Survey Finds Union Self-Help Programs Point Way in Addiction Struggles

  • News

    May 8, 2001

    AA Unmasked

    The Premier 12-Step Program Has a Killer Drug Problem

  • News

    November 28, 2000

    Avoiding the Rush

    Can the Giants’ Kerry Collins Continue to Sidestep the Big Apple Media Blitz?

  • News

    September 5, 2000

    Stepping Off

    Fifteen Minutes of Fame Are Up for East Village Rehab

  • News

    July 11, 2000

    Injecting Big Brother

    New Vaccines May Drug-Proof Kids

  • News

    January 4, 2000

    Heroin Hassles

    Medical and Legal Issues Keep Overdose Antidote Out of Users' Hands

  • News

    October 19, 1999

    Welfare Policy Relapse

    City Just Says No to Poor Addicts

  • News

    August 3, 1999

    High Crimes

    City Just Says No to Poor Addicts

  • News

    May 25, 1999

    Rehab Runaround

    An Insurer Dithers and an Addict Dies

  • News

    April 13, 1999

    Crisis In Family Court

    The City Gets Tough On Child Abuse and Neglect, And The Judicial System Staggers Under The Load

  • News

    June 16, 1998

    Long Shot

    Drug Policy Experts Ponder Prescribing Heroin to Junkies

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