America is a country in recovery. Two new books illustrate the paradoxes and contradictions in our current notions of addiction.
By Laura Miller Jan 14, 2009
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We took her in because her home life was unbearable. Now my home life is unbearable.
By Cary Tennis
November 24, 2008
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Forget rehab, troubled starlets need only intensive cover girl therapy.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
March 10, 2008
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David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 1, 2008
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Two riveting books look at methamphetamines past and present -- from miracle cure to today's drug scourge -- and why sleep-deprived, sex-obsessed America craves crank.
By Elizabeth Hand
August 16, 2007
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My mom says she won't drink when she's around them, but then she'll have a beer.
By Cary Tennis
June 12, 2008
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Some experts say the push for equality is behind the rise in girls' drinking and drug use.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
February 11, 2008
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I had no clue she had a problem, but now that she's in rehab I'm feeling strangely relieved!
By Cary Tennis
January 2, 2008
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I've been honest with them about everything, but I'm not sure about this.
By Cary Tennis
September 21, 2007
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I really, really, really hate drug use. I just can't get over how she could experiment with cocaine.
By Cary Tennis
August 27, 2007
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Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape.
By Shaun McCanna
August 7, 2007
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We're polyamorous but I think she needs discipline more than sex.
By Cary Tennis
July 10, 2007
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I could be an actor or a writer or even a therapist, but nothing seems to be worth all the work and commitment.
By Cary Tennis
March 12, 2007
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Why did Ruby Rippey-Tourk confess her affair with the San Francisco mayor to her husband? What good would that do?
By Cary Tennis
February 9, 2007
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I'd give him an ultimatum, but what if he sobered up and I still wanted to leave?
By Cary Tennis
January 30, 2007
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Smoking dope is lonely and pathetic. What's wrong with scaring the bejesus out of kids?
By Cary Tennis
June 15, 2006
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Once a megastar, Whitney Houston is now a tabloid "crackhead." But when I looked for someone to blame, I kept finding the diva herself.
By Rebecca Traister
April 12, 2006
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The sudden death of steroid-abusing MVP Ken Caminiti is an argument against a punitive approach to baseball's drug problem. Plus: McCarver calls this column a liar.
October 11, 2004
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Robert Evans, the infamous movie producer who, by his own count, is on his fourth life, talks about breaking the rules and brushes with death.
By Dimitra Kessenides
July 30, 2002
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If the Supreme Court rules in favor of drug testing in public schools, will students come clean? Kids at schools in Indiana, where drug tests rule, say no way.
By Janelle Brown
April 22, 2002
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The war on drugs is preventing many Americans from getting desperately needed pain medicine.
By Damien Cave
April 4, 2002
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The most extravagantly gifted actor of his generation is also a drug addict who has harmed no one. Jailing him is as barbaric as treating the sick with leeches.
By Michael Sragow
November 29, 2000
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Does National Institute on Drug Abuse chief Alan Leshner push propaganda over science in his close coordination with drug czar Barry McCaffrey?
By Arthur Allen
October 10, 2000
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As far as the law is concerned, once your dad is in prison, he's not your dad anymore.
By Nell Bernstein
June 14, 2000
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Can a simple vaccine kill the appetite for cocaine? Researchers may soon find out.
By Dawn MacKeen
April 26, 2000
Alcoholics, sexaholics, shopaholics
My 13-year-old niece is out of control
(Sad) quote of the day
My beautiful, drug-addicted boy
In meth we trust
It's easy for soldiers to score heroin in Afghanistan
At 19, I've already seen drugs damage my peers
Didn't she almost have it all?
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The kid is back in the picture
Why drug tests flunk
No relief
Robert Downey Jr. deserves our love and protection
The drug war's Tweedledee
"A policeman had to pry me away from him"
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Joan Walsh