Walter Armstrong
Edvard Munch's hallucinatory "The Scream" is auctioned for a hallucinatory $120 million. The artist was sober for the last decades of his life. MORE
A soldier's bloody rampage in Afghanistan may be the most bizarre side effect to date induced by this malaria prevention pill. MORE
A new (old) anti-fat pill, the reality of red-wine as medicine, and contaminated cocaine-users. MORE
Childhood gender nonconformity results in much higher risk of abuse, trauma and addiction MORE
Ever wonder why alcoholism seems to run in families? A sibling-brain study just discovered why. MORE
The two parties exchange vicious volleys as AG Eric Holder defends and denies. MORE
Cocaine really depresses lab mice, low-income smokers have the most trouble quitting, and scientists identify biological markers that predict alcohol withdrawal seizures. MORE
Brain imaging revealed two big firsts about addiction. But how "big" and "first" were they really? MORE
Obama'a new healthcare bill casts new light on a shadowy subject: Big Pharma's longtime practice of paying millions in bribes to physicians. MORE
In vino veritas? Not for one fired U Conn prof, whose record was a little too sparkling. MORE
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South Asian cartels muscle into the meth market, missing actor Nick Stahl turns up in rehab, and public punishment for author's daughter for Facebook vodka photo.
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Some of these dancing addicts used to beg outside the theaters they now perform in, their director tells The Fix.
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The tobacco giant won't self-congratulate too loudly for the profitable popularity of its "Crush" cigarettes among kids.
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Horse-racing's drunken spokesbeast is played by an actor who hasn't had a drink in 20 years.
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Actor Shah Rukh Khan, the "King of Bollywood," is banned from a stadium in Mumbai.
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