Drake Bell has been spotted weeks after he went missing, appearing to be sucking on a balloon — potentially getting high, TMZ reported. Photos from April 25 show Bell, 36, in his parked car outside his home in Los Angeles, apparently inhaling from a fully inflated balloon, according to TMZ. A canister that resembles a … Read more
It’s no laughing matter. A neurologist has declared nitrous oxide is “more dangerous than cocaine” amid a dramatic uptick in young people experimenting with the drug. Nitrous oxide — commonly referred to as “laughing gas,” “Whippits” and “hippy crack” — is legally sold in single-use silver “cracker” canisters, dispensed into balloons and inhaled to create … Read more
There’s a new drug in town – and it has deadly consequences. Xylazine — otherwise known as “tranq,” “tranq dope” and “zombie drug” — is wreaking havoc in major cities across the country with its devastating effects: It can literally rot the user’s skin. The substance, which seemed to first appear in Philadelphia before migrating west … Read more
It took going to prison in 1986 for David Crosby to finally kick drugs, but the rock legend could never quit his beloved ex Joni Mitchell. When I interviewed him in 2019, Crosby — who died at 81 on Thursday after a long illness — revealed that decades after Mitchell broke up with him and … Read more
There’s been a surge in the number of senior citizens visiting the ER because of marijuana use — and experts say it’s partly because boomers are shocked to find out how much stronger weed is in 2023. A new study from the University of California San Diego, revealed a stunning 1,808% increase in cannabis-related emergency … Read more
A bodybuilder and model has opened up about the struggles and rage issues he had to deal with while using anabolic steroids. Josh Antonio Williams, based in Auckland, New Zealand, was introduced to the performance-enhancing drugs by a friend and began taking them after researching the drugs and believing it was his only way to … Read more
Nobody told him life was gonna be this way. Matthew Perry said his addiction got so bad that he would visit open houses on Sundays to steal pills from strangers’ medicine cabinets. “And I think they thought, ‘Well, there’s no way that Chandler came in and stole from us,’” Perry said as he candidly opened … Read more
When Paul Francis Duffy II got a call that another person was brought to the emergency room after an overdose, he would put on his suit and head to the hospital. Duffy, as a peer support specialist, would offer support to survivors — and encourage them to seek treatment, just like he had. But for … Read more
It only takes one sip. New findings from Germany suggest that your first drink in life may change your brain forever, causing “permanent cellular changes” and rendering synapses dysfunctional. These alcohol-induced changes support the theory that “the first alcohol intoxication at an early age is a significant risk factor” for future drinking and addiction, said … Read more