A mom was a decade-long heroin addict, spending nearly $680 on the substance per week — but she kicked the habit once she hit rock bottom. When Shannon Ashley was 13, she tried heroin to “show off” in front of her sister — a dare that quickly led to a life of crime to pay … Read more
WASHINGTON — Health officials want you to think twice before buying one of those brightly colored little bottles often sold at gas stations, convenience stores and smoke shops. Sometimes called “gas station heroin,” the products are usually marketed as energy shots or cognitive supplements but actually contain tianeptine, an unapproved drug that can be addictive … Read more
His new documentary, which premiered at NYC’s Tribeca Festival on Tuesday night, is called “Billy Idol Should Be Dead.” And the snarling punk rock legend indeed suffered a near-fatal heroin overdose in 1984 after becoming an early MTV sensation with hits such as “Dancing With Myself,” “White Wedding” and “Rebel Yell.” “There was a moment … Read more
A young hairdresser who was convinced she was going to be smoking meth until she was 60 has revealed the moment she kicked her addiction. Jodie Annabelle, 32, said she was going through a break-up when she was 23 and started hanging out with people who went to raves. “It was all very innocent,” Annabelle, … Read more
Turns out that buzz could kill. A new study has found that recreational drug users are three times more likely to have recurrent heart emergencies than those who abstain. Over a two-week period in 2021, researchers followed nearly 1,400 patients admitted to ICUs across France. Researchers tested the urine of 1,400 ICU patients for evidence … Read more
Sharon Stone has to watch her back when it comes to online dating. In a new interview with the UK’s the Times, she recalled meeting a former prisoner and “a heroin addict” who was “clearly 20,000 heroin injections later than the picture” that he sent her. The Oscar-nominated star had a date with the alleged … Read more
Federal officials issued a stark warning about an easily found supplement known as “gas station heroin” after it caused users to have seizures and lose consciousness. Neptune’s Fix — aka “gas station heroin” — contains tianeptine, “a potentially dangerous substance that is not FDA-approved for any medical use but is illegally sold with claims to … Read more
Can’t put down that bag of potato chips? Science says it’s not you, it’s the junk food. Ultra-processed foods, or UPFs, are just as addictive as nicotine, cocaine or heroin, experts say — and more than 1 in 10 people are hooked. A new analysis of 281 studies across 36 different countries has uncovered that … 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
From Uggs to low-rise jeans, the fashion world is seeing a resurgence of questionable trends from two decades ago. Now, it seems as though the thin, heroin-chic body of the 1990s and early aughts is also making a comeback. In early October, Bella Hadid closed out Paris fashion week at Coperni, her tiny form nearly … Read more
Summary: Greater impairment of the prefrontal cortex-habenula pathway was correlated with earlier age of first drug use. Source: Mount Sinai Hospital White matter in the brain that was previously implicated in animal studies has now been suggested to be specifically impaired in the brains of people with addiction to cocaine or heroin, according to a … Read more