Disturbing Report Says Marijuana Use Among Teens Is on the Rise
A new survey suggests that more teenagers today are smoking pot rather than cigarettes.
A new survey suggests that more teenagers today are smoking pot rather than cigarettes.
A 4 Year Old boy from Jacksonville, Florida was hospitalized after he ate an aluminum package with crack cocaine in it. The child was in the care of his grandmother at the time.
I have seen several posts from friends on facebook in the last few days about a drug called Strawberry Quik. It is said to resemble Pop Rocks candy and is a flavored form of crystal meth. As I have been reading the warnings, it dawned on me that this isn't the first time I have heard about this drug.
In yet another sad turn of events in the light of Whitney Houston‘s death, her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, allegedly got high following her mother’s funeral.
I find myself jumping up on my soap box this morning. Am I sad that Whitney Houston died? Yes, I am, because the world lost an amazing singer. Do I think that her death warrants all the media attention, no I do not. Whitney Houston was a drug addict, yes, she may have gotten clean at one point and time, but with the events surrounding her death, it looks like she relapsed.
With the news of Leslie Carter’s passing still fresh, rumors about the cause of death of the sister of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and Aaron Carter are beginning to surface. Carter, an aspiring singer and mother of a young daughter, was supposedly in the grip of a prescription medication addiction. The battle had intensified in the days leading up to her death. While the family’s statement did not share the cause of death and requested privacy, other family members believe she overdosed.
Earlier this month, actress Heather Locklear was rushed to the hospital after mixing alcohol and prescription medication — and now sources say she’s “under a doctor’s care.”
A new study of 8,000 kids published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health finds those who had high IQs were more likely to use certain illicit drugs as they aged. Smarter girls in particular may tend to experiment with marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs later on.
The Conrad Murray verdict was handed down a week ago (Nov. 7), with the doctor being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the case of Michael Jackson. Murray came under fire for administering the surgical anesthetic propofol to the singer outside of the operating room, which killed him.
Now, Frank Cascio, who was once the King of Pop’s personal assistant and manager, has written a tell-all book that makes the blockbuster claim that the singer began taking the dangerous drug as far back as 1999, well before he met and hired Dr. Murray.
Apparently there is a new candy showing up in stores. It is call Potheads and it is in the shape of marijuana leaves.