Grammy-winning music producer Phil Spector, 69, has been moved to a California prison to serve his sentence of 19 years to life for killing actress Lana Clarkson, corrections officials said.
PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona Cardinals tight end Ben Patrick has been suspended for four games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.
It's a snapshot meant to shock: a bloodied woman hunched over with this caption underneath, "My mother knew I'd never hurt her, then she got in the way."
When rehab and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings didn't work for Eddie Freas, he sought another way to kick his 20-year drug and alcohol addiction.
Substance abuse, addiction and its consequences cost U.S. governmental bodies nearly $500 billion in 2005 with only a fraction of state and federal dollars spent on prevention and treatment, according to a report released Thursday.
His dangerous (but kicked) habit included Vicodin, Ambien, Valium, and nearly resulted in his death, he says
It was Halloween night when 12-year-old Lucy Gross picked up her first marijuana cigarette, starting a spiral from which she is still struggling to recover.
The troubled son of Ryan O'Neal was busted last year for alleged meth possession
Even after two trips to rehab, the TV star says only now is she clean for the first time
While living in London, Osbourne's "old party habits come back," a source tells PEOPLE
Grammy-winning music producer Phil Spector, 69, has been moved to a California prison to serve his sentence of 19 years to life for killing actress Lana Clarkson, corrections officials said.
PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona Cardinals tight end Ben Patrick has been suspended for four games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.
It's a snapshot meant to shock: a bloodied woman hunched over with this caption underneath, "My mother knew I'd never hurt her, then she got in the way."
When rehab and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings didn't work for Eddie Freas, he sought another way to kick his 20-year drug and alcohol addiction.
Substance abuse, addiction and its consequences cost U.S. governmental bodies nearly $500 billion in 2005 with only a fraction of state and federal dollars spent on prevention and treatment, according to a report released Thursday.
His dangerous (but kicked) habit included Vicodin, Ambien, Valium, and nearly resulted in his death, he says
It was Halloween night when 12-year-old Lucy Gross picked up her first marijuana cigarette, starting a spiral from which she is still struggling to recover.
The troubled son of Ryan O'Neal was busted last year for alleged meth possession
Even after two trips to rehab, the TV star says only now is she clean for the first time
While living in London, Osbourne's "old party habits come back," a source tells PEOPLE
The 24-year-old is in an L.A.-area treatment center, her rep confirms to PEOPLE
The Full House star and Cody Herpin mediate over their 9-month-old in court
"Right now she needs to be strong and think about our daughter," the actress's estranged husband tells PEOPLE
President Bush reflected on his own struggle with alcohol in a White House meeting Thursday that touted gains in the war on drug abuse.
While the singer remains hospitalized, husband Blake Fielder-Civil says it's time to "let her go"
The troubled singer has started recording her next album and is "making an effort" to stop smoking, says a source
The 23-year-old and his father, Ryan, still face a felony drug arraignment next month
The Brady Bunch actress also opens up about unwanted pregnancies, depression and drug abuse in a new book
Now that he's drug free, the Culture Club chameleon advises Amy and George Michael to "seek the wisdom"
The actress says that after a "difficult time," she has learned "what is important and the bigger things in life"
A dozen old family photos were strewn across the table as Gary Neal picked them up one by one.
The actress's sister Bijou says drug treatment is the best thing that's happened
Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett's son makes a deal in DUI case
Shawn Southwick King is fighting an addiction to painkillers, says a friend
After reading an advance copy of former NFL first-round pick Jason Peter's riveting memoir about his grotesquely self-destructive life in football and as a drug addict so out of control that he used to take 80 pain and sleeping pills in a day -- 80! -- I called him Sunday and didn't know quite how to begin the interview. So I just said it.
Sure, exercise is good for your waistline, your heart, your bones -- but might it also help prevent addiction to drugs or alcohol?
NEW YORK -- Former Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman is facing an indefinite suspension after violating the league's substance abuse policy, a source with knowledge of the situation said today.
The talk show host goes vegan – and blogs about her new eating habits
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former baseball slugger Darryl Strawberry, whose achievements on the field often were overshadowed by his struggles with cancer and substance abuse, is writing a memoir, "Straw," that will come out in 2009, publisher Ecco announced Wednesday
There's no question that a major factor in Kansas City's willingness to deal defensive end Jared Allen to Minnesota was his two strikes in the league's substance-abuse program, dating back to his two-year-old driving-while-impaired arrests while a member of the Chiefs.
Former NASCAR driver Shane Hmiel, who was banned for life from NASCAR in 2006 after failing a third drug test, has taken hard, careful and serious steps to revive his career.
NASCAR's stars are serious about fighting drug use in the sport -- even if it means regular, random testing
Van Halen's ex-wife tells PEOPLE he's being "proactive" in dealing with his undisclosed ailment
Cocaine-abusing celebrities are glamorizing the use of narcotics and encouraging more young people to use illegal substances, the United Nations drug control agency has warned.
Eva Mendes checked into Utah's Cirque Lodge and has been in the facility, which deals with substance-abuse problems, for several weeks.
Amy Winehouse may be in rehab in England, but there's still the chance she'll go to Los Angeles for the Feb. 10 Grammys, says her father.
Amy Winehouse is not in rehab – despite reports circulating on Tuesday that she's finally seeking treatment, a rep for the singer tells PEOPLE.
An autopsy is planned for Thursday to determine what caused troubled actor Brad Renfro's untimely death, Los Angeles County coroner officials tell PEOPLE.
About 3.1 million people between the ages of 12-25 have used cough and cold medicine to get high, the government reported Wednesday
An experimental vaccine may help cocaine addicts break the cycle of dependency. Other addiction vaccines could follow
Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein reveals a tortured past – including a suicide attempt – in a new interview.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal judges have the discretion to give "reasonably" shorter prison terms for crack-cocaine crimes to reduce the disparity with crimes involving cocaine powder.
When Lindsay Lohan leaves Utah to finish filming Dare To Love Me in Los Angeles, she will have round-the-clock help staying sober, her dad said.
Rosie O'Donnell turned down the opportunity to promote her upcoming autobiography, Celebrity Detox, on Oprah Winfrey's talk show because, she says, the subject matter is "too raw."
As police and lawmakers continue the fight against substance abuse, researchers are working on new ways to gauge America's addictions
Cardinals infielder Scott Spiezio was activated from the restricted list on Friday, about five weeks after leaving the team to undergo treatment for substance abuse.
In recent years the number of diet developers and holistic healers hawking products to purge your body of harmful chemicals and foreign substances has exploded. But do your liver and lymph nodes really need cleaning? Some detox regimen -- like herbal supplements, spa treatments, and special diets that are designed to mop up pollutants, dietary waste, and even unwanted pounds --can actually do you some good. But how to know whether you should be trying any of them?
Fergie - no stranger to tabloid attention - says she can relate to what Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan are going through.
When his craving for painkillers got to be too much, Steve Dotson lay down and let his wife drive a car over his leg. It hurt, but he could dismiss the pain with thoughts of the medicated bliss that would follow.
Amy Winehouse and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, have checked into a "retreat" in Essex, England, Fielder-Civil confirmed to BBC Radio One's Newsbeat program.
Meeting naturopath Max Tomlinson outside a café in Covent Garden, I was sure I'd recognize him. In a crowd of pasty Londoners he should stand out as a beacon of health and vitality. And so he did. He shook my hand with vigor, his eyes sparkled and he had a pretty good complexion for a man in his 40s.
The prescription drugs allegedly found in Al Gore III's possession this week are favorites among young people, according to drug abuse experts, who say prescription drugs may soon overtake street drugs in popularity.
Troubled rocker Pete Doherty pleaded guilty to a drug charge Tuesday, and was warned by the judge that he must attend rehab or face time in jail.
Troubled rocker Pete Doherty says he will marry Kate Moss this summer - but only if he can kick his heroin and cocaine addictions.
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Dina Lohan skipped a court date to visit daughter Lindsay in rehab in California.
Patti Davis, the daughter of Nancy and Ronald Reagan, has some advice for Lindsay Lohan: Take rehab seriously.
Parents are the anti-drug. You may have heard that tag line from a public service campaign. But it turns out kids may be a pretty effective anti-drug, too. That is the premise, anyway, behind the award-winning ATHENA and ATLAS programs -- which target teens participating on sports teams.
We're fighting a war that is inflicting even greater casualties than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and, incredibly, costing even more money. We're losing the War on Drugs, and we've been in retreat for three decades.
Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty was fined £770 ($1,523) for possession of drugs, including crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis Monday.
A new study by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America warns that prescription drug abuse among teens is increasingly common. About 1 in 5 teens has tried a prescription painkiller such as Vicodin or Oxycontin to get high, the study found, and many parents aren't picking up on the warning signs.
"It's very strange to be here," Ashley Smith said as she returned to the apartment that one year ago was the setting for the last act of a deadly 26-hour drama that terrorized the Atlanta area.
Author James Frey on Thursday admitted he lied and embellished events about himself and other characters in his best-selling book about substance abuse and recovery.
The emergency phone is ringing on a Thursday afternoon at Addiction Intervention Resources (AIR), a St. Paul firm (http://www.addictionintervention.com) that specializes in substance-abuse treatmen...
Get out! Former "Seinfeld" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus will play the title role in a new CBS sitcom "Old Christine," which is on the network's midseason roster.
Rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne, told CNN on Friday that their 19-year-old daughter, Kelly, has entered drug rehab. The following is a partial transcript of the interview.
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DRUGS ARE dangerous. Even users agree on that. Yet the U.S. seems to be getting nowhere in its war against them. In frustration, large numbers of Americans, including academics, members of Congress...
A TELEVISION INTERVIEWER intercepts a woman as she emerges from a Manhattan office building. She is 30ish, white, an executive, well tailored, well spoken, and so well informed about AIDS that not ...
As concern over drug abuse has grown, so has the call to test U.S. government and private workers for drugs. While sports associations and government agencies have led the cry for drug testing, mor...
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