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www.bostonherald.com
1 month ago
Health

Fourth wave' of opioid epidemic crashes ashore, propelled by fentanyl and meth

The U.S. faces the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic with increasing polysubstance use, particularly combining fentanyl with methamphetamine or cocaine.
Polysubstance use, particularly with fentanyl and methamphetamine, poses a significant challenge in addressing the nation's drug problem.
www.npr.org
1 month ago
Health

Does Portugal Have The Answer To Stopping Drug Overdose Deaths? : Consider This from NPR

Portugal's approach to treating drug addiction as an illness has led to extremely rare overdose deaths.
Decriminalization of small amounts of drugs and publicly funding addiction services are key components of Portugal's successful model.
www.npr.org
1 month ago
Health

Cheap, plentiful and devastating: The synthetic drug kush is walloping Sierra Leone

Kush, a form of synthetic cannabinoid, has become popular in Sierra Leone due to its accessibility and cheapness.
Kush is cut with dangerous additives like tramadol and formalin, making it potent and unpredictable.
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New York Post
1 month ago
Film

Hollywood can't stop making films about addiction and drugs

The Sundance Film Festival featured a significant number of films focused on drugs and drug addiction.
The prevalence of drug-related films at Sundance may not attract hesitant audiences back to struggling movie theaters.
San Francisco
ABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago
San Francisco

Bay Area mayors Mahan and Breed join call for Prop 47 reform to crack down on theft, drugs

Mayors of San Francisco and San Jose are now calling for reform of Prop 47, a measure aimed to lower prison population but has resulted in unintended consequences.
The proposed reform would reclassify theft with two or more prior convictions as a felony and mandate mental health and addiction services for felony charges.
Supporters of the reform argue that Prop 47 has led to an increase in retail thefts without adequate punishment.
Los Angeles Times
1 month ago
San Francisco

San Francisco Mayor London Breed backs GOP initiative to stiffen penalties for retail theft

Democratic mayors London Breed and Matt Mahan have endorsed a ballot measure to reform Proposition 47, a controversial initiative that reduced some drug and theft felonies to misdemeanors.
The new measure, called the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, Retail Theft Reduction Act, would increase penalties for fentanyl dealers and repeat organized retail theft rings, as well as provide mandatory treatment for drug users.
Kqed
1 month ago
San Francisco

San Francisco Considers a Measure to Screen Welfare Recipients for Addiction | KQED

San Francisco Mayor London Breed is proposing controversial public safety measures on the upcoming ballot.
One proposal would require single adults on welfare to be screened and treated for illegal drug addiction or lose cash assistance.
Sacramento Bee
1 month ago
San Francisco

San Francisco considers a measure to screen welfare recipients for addiction

San Francisco's Democratic mayor is pushing two controversial public safety proposals on the upcoming ballot.
The proposals include mandatory drug addiction screening for single adults on welfare and granting police more crime-fighting powers.
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London
www.standard.co.uk
1 month ago
London

High-flying City financier high on cocaine before mystery Chelsea death fall

Christopher Coe, a City financier, died in a fall from the top floor of his Chelsea apartment block after consuming large quantities of cocaine.
Coe battled with drug addiction, alcohol abuse, and a gambling habit which affected his work and personal life.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Richmond: Jealous boyfriend given life sentence for fatally stabbing man in front of school run families

A jealous boyfriend has been jailed for life after he fatally stabbed a man he believed to be seeing his girlfriend.
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Music
www.theguardian.com
1 month ago
Music

Wayne Kramer: a complex and influential musician, dogged by lucklessness

The MC5's music was highly influential, inspiring many punk bands in the 70s and continuing to influence rock music.
The band faced numerous setbacks throughout their career, including struggles with record companies, drug addiction, and legal issues.
BrooklynVegan
2 months ago
Music

23 New Songs Out Today

The Jesus and Mary Chain will release their new album Glasgow Eyes on March 8th.
Laura Jane Grace's new single 'Birds Talk Too' was inspired by her experiences in Amsterdam.
Consequence
1 year ago
Music

Trugoy the Dove, De La Soul co-founder, dead at 54

Trugoy the Dove, co-founding member of the iconic hip-hop group De La Soul, has died at the age of 54.A cause of death has not yet been revealed.However, Trugoy was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in recent years.Notably, he did not join fellow De La Soul members Posdnuos and Maseo at last weekend's Grammys tribute to hip-hop.
Consequence
1 year ago
Music

New book reveals Mark Lanegan co-wrote Nirvana's "Something in the Way"

The late Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan was close friends with Kurt Cobain during the latter's lifetime.Cobain performed on Lanegan's debut solo album, and anecdotes from Lanegan's memoir illustrated just how tight the two grunge artists were.It turns out their collaborative efforts apparently went both ways.
The Ringer
1 year ago
Music

Macklemore Has Returned From Self-Inflicted Exile, for Better or Worse

A decade ago, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were an unstoppable force in popular music.The duo's breakout album, The Heist, and its ubiquitous no. 1 single, "Thrift Shop," were a spectacular collision of hip-hop and hipsterdom.Beneath his kitschy presentation, Macklemore was a painfully earnest backpack rapper who turned his relentless sincerity into his signature strength.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Music

DW Jazz Concerts: Kinga Glyk DW 01/15/2023

To play this audio please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 audio Kinga Glyk is a rising star of Jazz Blues music.In this concert, recorded at the 2021 Jazzfest in Bonn, we'll hear songs from her album, "Feelings."Things feel like they have gone back to normal after two long years of the pandemic, but back in 2021, musicians like Glyk were quite excited to get back on stage and play in front of a live audience.
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New York Post
2 months ago
Left-wing politics

Jill Biden trolled for giving speech at unfortunately named 'Hunter High': 'Straight out of a Veep episode'

First Lady Jill Biden's political advance team faced ridicule on social media due to the placement of 'Hunter High' signs during her visit to a school.
Observers on social media noted the connection between 'Hunter High' and Jill Biden's son, Hunter Biden, who has struggled with drug addiction.
www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Left-wing politics

They're trying to kill me': Hunter Biden talks with Moby about the rightwing vendetta against him

Hunter Biden accuses the right wing of trying to harass him into relapsing into drug addiction in an effort to harm his father's presidency.
Biden describes his struggles with addiction and the intense hatred and harassment he faces on a global scale.
New York Post
4 months ago
NYC politics

Hochul spending $12.5M on 'harm reduction' programs that critics say enables junkies

The Hochul administration is allocating $4.5 million for 'harm-reduction' strategies to combat New York's opioid epidemic.
Critics argue that these programs enable addiction and are a waste of public money.
The state plans to distribute the funds to nonprofits to develop and continue harm reduction service projects statewide.
www.independent.co.uk
4 months ago
Parenting

Parents jailed after death of four-month-old son

Reece Kelly was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his baby son.
Georgia Wright was jailed for three years for child cruelty.
The couple prioritized drug-taking over their son's well-being.
www.npr.org
4 months ago
Health

One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are

Louise Vincent is a leading voice advocating for the humanization and support of drug users in the face of the devastating overdose crisis in the U.S.
Abstinence-focused approaches to recovery don't work for many people struggling with addiction, according to Vincent.
Vincent argues that the U.S. focus on law enforcement and drug abstinence has not been effective, and it's time to try something new.
www.nytimes.com
4 months ago
Parenting

Opinion | Addiction Ravaged My Family and Tribe. I'm Fighting to Get Them Back.

The devastating impact of the opioid epidemic on families is explored through a personal account from a parent on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation.
The author reflects on their children as innocent babies, contrasting their current struggles with drug addiction.
The introduction of OxyContin to the reservation had a profound and destructive effect on the community.
english.elpais.com
4 months ago
Social justice

A successful anti-Bukele' criminal justice model in Costa Rica

Erenia Cerdas was hooked on crack by the age of 21 and had a troubled past.
Cerdas unknowingly became a decoy for a larger drug smuggling operation and was arrested, but her case was handled differently due to her circumstances.
www.nytimes.com
4 months ago
Medicine

A Monster': Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond Opioids

Increasing numbers of individuals addicted to opioids are also using other illicit substances, making treatment more challenging.
The practice of polysubstance use, or using multiple illicit substances, is growing rapidly and complicating efforts to combat drug addiction.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Letters between Diana and Michael Barrymore reveal phone hacking, court told

Letters between Diana, Princess of Wales and former television entertainer Michael Barrymore about their highly sensitive meetings show that her phone was hacked by the Daily Mirror, the High Court was told.The trial over the Duke of Sussex's allegations of unlawful information gathering against the newspaper's publisher was told on Monday that his mother was a huge target for Mirror Group Newspaper's (MGN) titles.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Family offer 10,000 to trace London mother who vanished a decade ago

T he family of a woman who vanished ten years ago on Monday made a desperate plea for information as they described the endless nightmare of their lives without her.Mother-of-three Lisa Pour, who would now be 50, disappeared after seeing a probation officer in Willesden Green on the afternoon of January 16, 2013.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Have you called 988 during a mental health crisis? We want to hear from you

Since mid-July, people experiencing a mental health crisis across the country have been able to punch three numbers into their phone - 9-8-8 - and reach counselors trained to help.Anyone with a working phone or internet service can call, text or start an online chat for assistance with crises ranging from suicidal thoughts to drug addiction.
www.kvue.com
1 year ago
Public health

9,900 doses of naloxone delivered to Travis County to combat overdoses

AUSTIN, Texas  On Monday, Austin-Travis County received 9,900 doses of naloxone, or Narcan, the life-saving drug that reverses opioid overdoses.The drug is currently in high demand and short supply.The shipment came from Direct Relief, a humanitarian organization.The injectable doses will go to Texas Harm Reduction Alliance.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Executions resume in Oklahoma as judge deems lethal injection protocol constitutional

Death row inmates failed to convince a federal judge that Oklahoma's lethal injection method is cruel and unusual punishment.It will resume executions at a pace of about one a month through 2024.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Probation officers only visited El Monte cop killer once in 16 months

In the weeks before Justin Flores shot and killed two El Monte Police officers, Los Angeles County probation officials received multiple reports that he was using drugs, had obtained a gun and attacked his girlfriend, all probation violations that were never reported to local law enforcement, officials said Thursday.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
Mental health

'Therapy for the lads': my mission to help men cope in a cost of living crisis

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1. The cost of living crisis is having a negative impact on men's mental health, and therapists are needed to help them cope.
2. Low-income men are often less likely to seek mental health support due to issues of stigma and access.
3. Initiatives like the
time.com
10 months ago
Wellness

Biden Chooses Cancer Expert Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to Lead National Institutes of Health

WASHINGTON President Joe Biden on Monday nominated cancer specialist Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to become director of the National Institutes of Health.Bertagnolli is a cancer surgeon and researcher who last fall became the first female head of the NIH's National Cancer Institute.If confirmed by the Senate, she would become the second woman named permanent director of the NIH, one of the world's leading biomedical research agencies.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Tony Adams says suffering mental breakdown' six years ago led to Strictly stint

Former England footballer Tony Adams says he accepted the challenge of Strictly Come Dancing after suffering a mental breakdown and nearly dying from a heart problem six years ago.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

Highly potent weed creating marijuana addicts worldwide, study says

(CNN)Higher concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC -- the part of the marijuana plant that makes you high -- are causing more people to become addicted in many parts of the world, a new review of studies found.
the Guardian
2 years ago
UK politics

Note to Sajid Javid: the idea that my family could have weaned me off cocaine is ridiculous | The Secret Drug Addict

recently had a conversation with a mother on Twitter.She was supporting her son by buying him heroin.She loves him and can't stand to see the physical pain he was in as the result of an accident.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Pets

Mourning Jewelry Leaves the Victorian Era Behind

When Alyx Carson's father was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2020, she left her nursing job in Austin, Texas, and flew to California to be with him.Soon after her arrival, they talked about what was ahead: She told him she would like to have his ashes made into a diamond.He began to cry, she recalled recently from her home in Austin.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Celebrity

Queenmaker' Review: Society Blogger to Self-Made Celebrity

This frequently startling documentary begins with some fairly banal observations about the nature of a contemporary sickness.In jaded tones, a female voice-over says, After years of worshiping monarchs and majesty, we now worship the celebrity.What follows for the next 20 minutes or so of Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl constitutes a fast-paced account of the ascendancy of famous-for-being-famous rich kids the Hilton sisters, the Miller sisters, Amanda Hearst, Olivia Palermo, Casey Johnson.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Books

'The Covenant of Water' tells the story of three generations in South India

Much will be written about Abraham Verghese's multigenerational South Indian novel in the coming months and years.As we've seen with Verghese's earlier fiction, there will be frequent references to that other celebrated doctor-writer, Anton Chekhov.There will also be continued invocations of the likes of Charles Dickens and T.S. Eliot to describe Verghese's ambitious literary scope and realism.
KQED
1 year ago
Books

Noah Baumbach's 'White Noise' Adaptation is Brave, Even if Not Entirely Successful | KQED

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Greta Gerwig, May Nivola, Adam Driver, Samuel Nivola and Raffey Cassidy appear in Noah Baumbach's 'White Noise.' (Wilson Webb/NETFLIX © 2022)



These are frustrating days for ambitious American filmmakers.Critics and older filmgoers bemoan that our screens offer little more than blockbuster franchises and cheap horror pictures.
english.elpais.com
1 year ago
Books

The Colleen Hoover phenomenon: How to sell 20 million books without leaving your town

Colleen Hoover in a promotional photograph.Chad Griffith The number one bestselling book was by Colleen Hoover.The number two was also by Hoover.Going down the list published by The New York Times, the author appeared again in places six and seven, and one more time in 15.Any writer would have framed a week like this  it was the last one of September  as the best of their career.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Books

Prison reporter Keri Blakinger reflects on her time in incarceration in new memoir

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keri Blakinger, author of the new memoir Corrections In Ink, which is about her path from Olympic figure skating dreams, to drug addiction, and then to prison.
LGBTQ Nation
2 years ago
Books

6 LGBTQ books politicans and parents have tried to ban this year

Across the country, conservatives have been clutching their pearls at the thought of young people reading about LGBTQ identities.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Bald hair products shoplifter arrested after police spotted him going into barbers

A bald shoplifter gave himself away after he snuck into a barber shop to avoid the police.Officers arrested the 46-year-old after they caught him with a bag full of 16 hair products that he stole from Boots in Beeston, Nottingham.Police said he is one of city's most prolific shoplifters but chose the wrong place to hide from police.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Barry Keoghan promises to drop in to old school after Bafta win

Irish actor Barry Keoghan has promised to drop in to his old school in Dublin after winning a Bafta film award.The Banshees Of Inisherin star, 30, dedicated his best supporting actor prize to Ireland and the kids that are dreaming to be something from the area I come from, as he was given the award at the ceremony in London on Sunday night.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Major county lines drugs crackdown as police make over 200 arrests

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Police have made more than 200 arrests and seized over 1 million worth of drugs during a crackdown on county lines gangs.The operation, which ran from 27 February to 5 March saw 105 people charged with a total of 223 offences.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Dublin's inner city buzzes at the success of inspiring' Barry Keoghan

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The manager of a Dublin youth club where the BAFTA-winning actor Barry Keoghan starred in one of his first drama roles has hailed the Irishman as a fantastic role model who is already inspiring the next generation.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Melissa Etheridge pays tribute to her children's father David Crosby

Melissa Etheridge said she will always be grateful to true treasure and musician David Crosby for giving her the gift of family as she paid tribute to the singer, who has died aged 81.Crosby is the biological father of fellow American musician Etheridge's two children, Beckett and Bailey Cypher, who were conceived using artificial insemination.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

He needed help': Family of Black man who died after restraint by police speak out

The family of a vulnerable Black man who died after being arrested and restrained during a mental health crisis have spoken out about his death.Godrick Osei died on 3 July after police were called to a care home in Truro, Cornwall, where the 35-year-old was hiding in a cupboard in the early hours.The father of two had fled the flat he was sharing with his partner, experiencing a psychotic episode and expressing paranoid thoughts, his family said.
www.thelocal.se
11 months ago
Europe news

Today in Sweden: a roundup of the news on Thursday

Three Swedish cities top EU ranking for amphetamine use For the third year in a row, the Swedish cities of Gavle, Sandviken and Soderhamn have topped an EU ranking that estimates the use of various drugs by testing concentrations in the wastewater.The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) every year asks 104 cities in 21 EU countries to collect samples of sewage water to help estimate the use of various drugs, with tests taken for this year's study in the spring of 2022.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Overlooked No More: Tove Ditlevsen, Danish Writer of Confessional Autofiction

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.Three years before she took her own life, the Danish poet and author Tove Ditlevsen penned a draft of her obituary.In the piece, which she titled My Obituary (1973), she wrote, Before her untimely death, Tove Ditlevsen was able to write over a score of books, of which the most important are her memoirs.
Nytimes
2 years ago
Europe news

Brent Renaud, Crusading Filmmaker, Is Killed at 50

Brent Renaud, who with his brother Craig formed a Peabody Award-winning documentary film team that drew attention to human suffering, often working with major news organizations like The New York Times, was fatally shot in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv, on Sunday.
www.cnn.com
11 months ago
US news

Judge who presided over Alex Murdaugh trial didn't expect the interest and notoriety' surrounding it

The South Carolina judge who found himself in the headlines during the high-profile murder trial of Alex Murdaugh said he didn't anticipate the proceedings would be so captivating when he made the decision to make them available for everyone to view.It was an important case, all cases are, any case where you have a murder, Judge Clifton Newman said during an event at Cleveland State University College of Law on Tuesday.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Alex Murdaugh will appeal his convictions in the killings of his wife and son, court filing says

Former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh will appeal his convictions and sentences for the 2021 murders of his wife and son, his defense team said Thursday in a three-page court filing.The filing was expected, as Murdaugh had 10 days to send a notice of appeal following his conviction last week, and his attorneys had indicated they planned to do so.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Alex Murdaugh is sentenced to 2 life terms for the double murder of his wife and son

Alex Murdaugh was hit with a punishment of two life sentences on Friday, over the double murder of his wife and son in 2021.He's seen here being led into the Colleton County Courthouse by sheriff's deputies for sentencing in Walterboro, S.C. Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool Judge Clifton Newman sentenced disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh to two consecutive life sentences for the murders of his wife and son Friday, less than 24 hours after a jury found Murdaugh guilty in the 2021 slayings of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh.
The Independent
2 years ago
UK news

Mother 'prioritised drug addiction' over son, 7, who died alone from asthma attack

The mother of a seven-year-old found dead from an asthma attack "prioritised her drug addiction" over his welfare, a court has heard.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Tony Stark, er, Robert Downey Jr. joins board of Boston digital security firm

Celebs He'll be at the board meetings, so keep an eye out for him in the Seaport.Despite mounting evidence that there's no such thing as death in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's looking pretty unlikely that Robert Downey Jr. will be returning to the big screen as the late Tony Stark, a.k.a.Iron Man, anytime soon.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Candy, cash, gifts: How rewards help recovery from addiction

"Recovery is just not all balled-up fists and clutched teeth, you know what I mean? It can be fun, where you can exhale and you can breathe and get excited - because you don't know what you're going to win today."
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Robert Blake, the actor acquitted in wife's killing, dies at 89

Actor Robert Blake is shown leaving court on Oct. 3, 2005, after his second day of testimony in a wrongful death lawsuit, brought by the family of Bonny Lee Bakley, in Burbank, Calif.Nick Ut/AP LOS ANGELES Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died Thursday at age 89.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Point Break and Natural Born Killers actor Tom Sizemore dies at the age of 61

US actor Tom Sizemore, known for roles in films including Point Break and Natural Born Killers, has died at the age of 61.Sizemore had been placed into a coma in intensive care since suffering a brain aneurysm and collapsing at his Los Angeles home on February 18.He died in his sleep on Friday at a hospital in Burbank, California, his manager Charles Lago confirmed to the AP news agency.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Tom Sizemore: The Hollywood hardman who fell from grace

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Tom Sizemore made a name for himself as a quintessential Hollywood hardman, after starring in multiple high-octane thrillers.The US actor carved out his niche in the 90s, though he later fell from grace following a string of convictions and substance abuse issues.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Angela Lansbury: Celebrated star of stage and screen who put her family first

Dame Angela Lansbury was probably the most talented and successful British actress of her generation with a career spanning eight decades across film, theatre and television that brought her a host of awards.
WTOP News
1 year ago
Chicago White Sox

Former White Sox trainer sues GM Hahn, team over termination | WTOP News

CHICAGO (AP) - A former athletic trainer for the Chicago White Sox is alleging in a lawsuit that he was fired by the team because of his sexual orientation, age and disability.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Alex Murdaugh's risky testimony ultimately brought him down

Convicted former attorney Alex Murdaugh's decision to take the stand at his double murder trial was not entirely surprising given his family's legal legacy stretching back to the early 1900s in coastal South Carolina.But legal experts say it was ultimately a costly maneuver for the scion of the well-connected Murdaugh clan, which prosecuted crime for three successive generations across the state's rural low country.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Woman died from fentanyl overdose while at Riverside County sobering center, according to lawsuit

Melissa Bauman, who had grappled with drug addiction for years, was ready to get clean when she called her mother for help last summer.Karri Ryder said her 24-year-old daughter had started using fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid.The two agreed that Bauman should get help at a sobering center.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Jerry Garcia's marijuana pipe takes a long, strange trip and ends up in a Marin County antique shop

Before his death, the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia tried to get clean after years of freebasing cocaine and other drugs, so he gifted a marijuana pipe to a fellow musician who socked it away in his San Francisco home.About 31 years later, the handmade pipe has resurfaced in a Marin County antique shop, whose owner considers it a unique rock 'n' roll artifact.
Design Milk
1 year ago
Design

F5: b. Robert Moore Credits Art With Saving His Life

Self-taught multidisciplinary contemporary artist b.Robert Moore thinks of art as more than a career - he thanks it for saving his life.He began painting as a mental and emotion outlet to counter drug addiction and alcoholism.He shared, "As a recovering alcoholic and addict, art is my therapy and I find fulfillment in producing the work as a healthy alternative to addiction and mental health disorders (aka super powers).
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

Plaschke: 'He was a Trojan until his dying breath.' How Charles White reconnected with USC

Nurses removed his USC jersey, unclasped his USC watch, slipped off his USC shoes.Charles White seemingly was ending his tumultuous 64-year journey through life with no visible connection to the school that was his soul.But as the Trojans' Heisman Trophy winner was taking his last breaths in a Newport Beach hospital, his ex-wife and his daughter pulled out a phone.
Los Angeles Times
2 years ago
Los Angeles Rams

Four former Angels say they received oxycodone pills from Eric Kay

Four former Angels players testified Tuesday using oxycodone pills they received from Eric Kay, the team's former communications director charged with giving Tyler Skaggs the drugs that resulted in his death in a suburban Dallas hotel room in July 2019.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

9 Helpful Tips For Fathers Seeking Full Custody Of Their Children

When it comes to fathers and family courts, much has changed.In recent years, courts have increasingly encouraged - and even pushed - for mutual agreements of shared parental custody.In fact, many courts today start with a presumption of joint legal custody, and are open to and encouraging of shared residential custody.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

6 Scary AF Horror Movies Like 'Gremlins' That Are Shockingly Rated PG - And Where To Stream Them

Raise your hand if you remember your mother or father letting teenaged you go see any movie... if it was rated PG?We see you.And you.And, yeah, you, too.Of course, what Mom and Dad didn't realize was that, back in the day, in the 1970s and early 1980s, Hollywood cranked out movies that pushed the envelope all the way to the edge.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Noah Baumbach's 'White Noise' adaptation is brave, even if not entirely successful

Greta Gerwig, May Nivola, Adam Driver, Samuel Nivola and Raffey Cassidy appear in Noah Baumbach's White Noise.Wilson Webb /Netflix These are frustrating days for ambitious American filmmakers.Critics and older filmgoers bemoan that our screens offer little more than blockbuster franchises and cheap horror pictures.
Brooklyn Based
1 year ago
Writing

Revisiting 'The Brooklyn Follies' | Brooklyn Based

This story is part of our "Brooklyn Classics" series, about well-known and underappreciated books set in the borough."Iwas looking for a quiet place to die.Someone recommended Brooklyn..." And thus begins Paul Auster's The Brooklyn Follies, a novel about pre-9-11 Brooklyn, a time when Park Slope seemed far enough away from it all that a former life insurance salesman, Nathan Glass, could find the quiet and solitude he seeks for his twilight years.
TODAY.com
1 year ago
Writing

I met my birth son once, then he died. The man who adopted him helped me grieve

Candace Cahill is the author of the new memoir, "Goodbye Again," about losing her son twice.November is National Adoption Month.Below is a personal essay she wrote for TODAY about how her birth son's adoptive father helped her grieve after his passing.I met David through his words.Handwritten in blue ink on yellow legal paper.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Writing

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong review - writing that demands all of your lungs

he parent-child relationship has been the nucleus of 33-year-old Ocean Vuong's writing.The American poet's family fled Vietnam to a refugee camp in the Philippines before migrating to the US.
Boston.com
1 year ago
New England Patriots

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

The Boston Globe Death and distress haunt members of the 2001 title team.Jermaine Wiggins, a tenement kid from East Boston who gained a glimmer of fame by helping the Patriots win their first Super Bowl and launch one of football's greatest dynasties, went broke within two years of his last NFL game.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

Police bring down European cocaine "super cartel"

Law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a super cartel" of drugs traffickers controlling about one third of the cocaine trade in Europe, the European Union crime agency said on Monday.Europol said 49 suspects have been arrested during the investigation, with the latest series of raids across Europe and the United Arab Emirates taking place between Nov. 8-19.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

6 European nations agree to step up anti-drug cooperation

Six European countries pledged Friday to beef up their cross-border cooperation and to work more closely with Latin America in fighting organized crime, especially drug barons battling for control of the lucrative cocaine market.
The Gottman Institute
1 year ago
Relationships

Holiday Heartbreak: Understanding the Pain and Moving Through It

Changing Seasons
Holiday heartbreak can be painful.Have you noticed that as the holidays roll around, breakups are on the rise?Perhaps you are reading this blog post because you are going through it.There is something about fall and relationships ending.I see this pattern every year in my practice even though I know  that couples struggle year round.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Ex-prisoners to face compulsory drug testing in new scheme

Thousands of ex-prisoners face compulsory drug testing after being released from jail as part of a 1.2 million scheme to reduce crime and drug-related deaths.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Carol Vorderman pays tribute to Charles: Long live the King'

TV star Carol Vorderman has praised the King for championing environmental issues and young people before it became popular.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

Man tells court of 'frightening' relationship with sister accusing him of theft

A therapist has told a court of his "frightening" relationship with his sister who is privately prosecuting him for allegedly stealing from their wealthy mother.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Music

Kenny Beats: Louie review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

n his own telling, the debut album by Kenneth Charles Blume III shouldn't exist.
Silver Screen and Roll
1 year ago
LA Lakers

Why the new 'Legacy' docuseries is a must-watch for Lakers fans

It's hard not to consider the new Hulu docuseries on the Lakers titled "Legacy" to not be a pretty direct response to HBO's recent drama series "Winning Time."
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Music

Demi Lovato on taking the power back through a heavy new album, 'HOLY F***'

Demi Lovato.
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
1 year ago
Mental health

What Is Pink Cloud Syndrome?

Pink cloud syndrome or pink clouding happens right during the initial stage of recovery from alcohol or drug addiction.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Mental health

William Brewer: 'The Red Arrow isn't a drug book, but...'

illiam Brewer, 33, is the author of I Know Your Kind (2017), a collection of poems about poverty and drug addiction in West Virginia, where he was born and grew up.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Curse of the lottery? What happened next to four winners

The sweetness of winning millions on the lottery can quickly turn sour.The trick is knowing how to spend it, according to some cautionary tales of previous winners.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Madison Cawthorn, pro-Trump firebrand who faced political stumbles, concedes in House race

Madison Cawthorn, the first-term congressman and pro-Donald Trump firebrand, has lost his seat in the US House after failing to beat back a challenge from state legislator Chuck Edwards in the North Carolina Republican primary.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

"Big ugly city."

Recently travelled to eastern Oregon and was struck by how vehemently the denizens of rural God's Country characterize my home town (Portland) as a "big ugly city," awash in crime, filth, drugs, terrorists, death, mayhem, you name it.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Music

'People took so many drugs, they forgot they played on it' - stars on Exile on Main St, the Rolling Stones' sprawling masterpiece

n 1971, facing tax problems and an uncertain future, the Rolling Stones decamped to Villa Nellcôte on the Côte d'Azur, where they partied with various celebrities, musicians, girlfriends, wives, kids, animals, drug-dealers and hangers-on for several hedonistic months.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Fernanda Melchor Explores the Human Capacity for Violence, and Grace

"Art must leave a wound," said the author, one of the most celebrated in new Latin American literature.
Credit... Zoë Noble for The New York Times
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Clarence Page: Which J. D. Vance will we meet next?

"Are you a racist?"asks the young bearded man in the TV ad."Do you hate Mexicans?"
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

How a Comic Book Collector Spends His Sundays

Vincent Zurzolo, comics expert, is also into wellness.He meditates, eats a high-protein diet, works out and moisturizes.
Gay City News
1 year ago
NYC LGBT

Season Five of "Elite" Brings New Twists to a Sexy Soap Opera

The fifth season of the naughty Spanish Netfilx series "Elite" has the students at Las Encinas, a private school in Madrid, returning for another year.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Girls

'Women of the White Buffalo' Review: Speaking Out on the Reservation

The documentary "Women of the White Buffalo" explores the myriad challenges experienced by Indigenous people on reservations, as well as the historical roots of these social maladies.
BuzzFeed
2 years ago
Parenting

Parents Are Confessing Dark Secrets They've Kept From Their Kids For Years, And It's Wild

"My mom kept a daughter from us her whole life.We found out after she passed away."
The Independent
2 years ago
UK news

'Reform is essential' - Sajid Javid sets out his vision for the NHS

People will be encouraged to "foster" adults in need and be able to order blood tests "as easily as ordering a burger" under new health reforms set out by the Government.
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