Addiction

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  • "Traffic" jams the drug war

    It's rare for a movie to change the direction of a political debate in Washington, but this one has.
    By Arianna Huffington February 23, 2001

  • Bush avoided rehab after DUI

    A former state official calls it "unusual" that the Texas governor received a waiver from the program.
    By Jake Tapper November 5, 2000

  • Judging W's heart

    His "compassionate conservatism" can move a grown man to tears, but how far does it really extend?
    By Jake Tapper November 1, 2000

  • Keep Napster fun -- shut it down!

    Illicit pleasures are the best kind. If the court approves MP3 trading, what kind of rebel will I be?
    By Meta Wagner October 12, 2000

  • Improper dinner conversation

    Carol Groneman, author of "Nymphomania: A History," finds that the loaded term says more about society than women.
    By David Bowman August 29, 2000

  • Sober realization

    Although I quit drinking years ago, I am concerned that I may have irreparably damaged my health. Should I be worried?
    By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson August 23, 2000

  • The menthol myth

    I love those cool, fresh-tasting cigarettes but hear they are more cancerous than regular smokes. Is that true?
    By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson August 16, 2000

  • Can needles heal crackheads?

    A groundbreaking study says they can and do, helping acupuncture inch toward Western acceptance.
    By Michael Castleman August 16, 2000

  • The date rape drug, around the clock

    Help! I take GHB every two hours, and can't quit.
    By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson July 12, 2000

  • Immunized against addiction

    Can a simple vaccine kill the appetite for cocaine? Researchers may soon find out.
    By Dawn MacKeen April 26, 2000

  • Twelve steps in the end zone

    Self-help for sports junkies (or the spouses who can't stand it).
    By Mary Roach April 21, 2000

  • Camels and cowboys

    I'll always be a smoker, even when I quit.
    By Tate Gunnerson February 8, 2000

  • I am a smoker

    I hate you, too.
    By Carina Chocano February 8, 2000

  • Smoke 'em if you've got 'em?

    No one has studied casual smokers, but their risk level might be lower than expected.
    By David McGuire February 7, 2000

  • Turning orange

    Raw carrot abuse is nothing to laugh at.
    By Mary Roach January 28, 2000

  • Is being hooked a choice?

    A new book argues that all addictions are a matter of free will, even heroin and coffee.
    By Andy Dehnart January 10, 2000

  • 'Roid rage

    Steroid abuse can cause everything from sexual voracity to violence; some people take them only for cosmetic reasons.
    By Andrew Taber November 18, 1999

  • Tripping on iboga

    In Gabon, a disenchanted journalist embarks on a hallucinogenic tribal rite.
    By Daniel Pinchbeck November 3, 1999

  • Jonesing for my Coke high

    Why can't I make it through a day without my diet soda fix?
    By Liz Krieger September 30, 1999

  • Museum of substance

    From opium-addicted housewives to cocaine cough syrup, the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum traces the history of illegal drugs in America.
    By Ron Dicker September 28, 1999

  • My son, the junkie

    I finally had to let him save, or kill, himself.
    By Wendy Mnookin August 27, 1999

  • Harvard and heroin

    I coasted to an Ivy League degree as a drug addict, but forever damaged the bond between mother and son.
    By Seth Mnookin August 27, 1999

  • I was a junkie stockbroker

    How one trader learned that there's more to life than the vicissitudes of the market.
    By Bolt Edsall June 24, 1999

  • Permanent Boredom

    The latest in the junkie-flick genre has plenty of low low's, but unfortunately few highs. Janelle Brown reviews 'Permanent Midnight.'
    By Janelle Brown September 18, 1998

  • The truism show

    'The Truman Show' is better than the facile critics who use it to denounce TV.
    By Jame Poniewozik June 10, 1998
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