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Camel Cigs Appeal More and More to Tweens

By Bryan Le

The tobacco giant won't self-congratulate too loudly for the profitable popularity of its "Crush" cigarettes among kids. MORE  

Morning Roundup: May 17, 2012

By Bryan Le

Pro-MMJ candidate wins Oregon Attorney General primary, life goes on in drug war-torn Mexico, and the after-action report on The Fix's Twitter chat. MORE  

Bloomberg Takes on Big Tobacco

By Valerie Tejeda

NYC's Mayor steps up anti-smoking efforts by donating his own cash to support for California's Proposition 29. MORE  

SAMHSA Tracks Pregnant Smoking by Race

By McCarton Ackerman

The findings—that white women smoke far more than others while pregnant, for example—are meant to help target substance abuse messages to different communities. MORE  

Morning Roundup: May 4th, 2012

By Reina Berger

Doctors reluctant to discuss patients' alcoholism in fear of insurance denial, Whiz Khalifa cited for marijuana again, and new mouth spray gets you instantly drunk. MORE  

Morning Roundup: April 25, 2012

By Bryan Le

Cocaine found to "rot" your brain, Mexico's most-wanted drug boss arrested, and Melissa Gilbert compares Dancing With the Stars to getting sober. MORE  

Morning Roundup: April 24, 2012

By May Wilkerson

Columbia seizes two tons of Cocaine from the Farc, fish could repair artery damage from smoking, and acid-influenced celebrities. MORE  

Morning Roundup: April 13, 2012

By Bryan Le

How federal and state marijuana laws clash, memory "trick" relieves drug cravings, and Charlie Sheen hawks non-alcoholic beer as the post-rehab drink of choice. MORE  

WTO Nixes US Ban on Clove Cigarettes

By Bryan Le

The World Trade Organization finds that the ban discriminates against Indonesia, the world's leading clove cigarette producer. MORE  

Even Part-Time Smoking Blunts Your Memory

By Valerie Tejeda

"Social" smokers experience the same memory loss as heavy smokers, researchers reveal. MORE  

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Morning Roundup: May 21, 2012

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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Addicts' Dance Troupe Storms the Stage

Some of these dancing addicts used to beg outside the theaters they now perform in, their director tells The Fix.

5/18/12 5:01pm
Camel Cigs Appeal More and More to Tweens

The tobacco giant won't self-congratulate too loudly for the profitable popularity of its "Crush" cigarettes among kids.

5/18/12 3:52pm
"Kegasus" Is Sober, Not Really a Centaur

Horse-racing's drunken spokesbeast is played by an actor who hasn't had a drink in 20 years.

5/18/12 2:57pm
Bollywood Star's "Drunken Cricket Brawl"

Actor Shah Rukh Khan, the "King of Bollywood," is banned from a stadium in Mumbai.

5/18/12 2:09pm
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On a Roll

Rich Roll went from being a hope-to-die drunk to one of the world’s fittest men—a journey he chronicles in his new book, Finding Ultra

The Rehab Review
Alta Mira
 
 
 
 

This luxe, free-spirited San Francisco rehab allows residents some leeway to decide to what extent their sobriety will involve traditional 12-Step programs.

Santé Center for Healing
 
 
 

Community ties are strong at this raucous Texas rehab, where residents bond quickly on the ropes course and over fried chicken and sweet tea.


The Watershed
 
 
 

The Watershed houses clients strictly according to age, at two locations 10 miles apart. Youngsters or oldies who feel they got the raw end of the deal are consoled by experienced staff and ice cream machines.

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