By Anna David

Squelching gay-for-pay rumors, Hung's Thomas Jane opens up about the DUI that was actually a failed suicide attempt, and how waking up in jail to a cop asking for his autograph got him to clean up his life. MORE  

By Luke Walker

French Weight Loss Drug Causes Hundreds of Deaths, Crack Popularity Surges in Mexico, and Nick Nolte on Infamous Mug Shot: "It Was Liquid Ecstasy" MORE  

By Luke Walker

Congress passes a sweeping law banning a range of controversial synthetic drugs. MORE  

By Joe Schrank

One high school practices a more nuanced approach to drugs that might just work. MORE  

By Nic Sheff

To fuel his meth addiction, a straight guy sold himself to other men. But it wasn’t just money he was after.  MORE  

By Jed Bickman

We'll soon learn whether the new, slightly fairer crack sentencing law will apply retroactively. MORE  

By Jed Bickman

It isn't a pot carnival or a "crack alley," no matter what Fox News claims. But despite a new zero-tolerance policy, alcohol and drug use in Zuccotti park may threaten the entire movement.  MORE  

By David Linden

Antabuse, Revia, Wellbutrin, Chantix: Many prescription drugs have been hailed as magic bullets against various addictions. But despite some progress, few have lived up to the hype. In an excerpt from his acclaimed new book, a leading scientist explains why. MORE  

By Dirk Hanson

Coffee Cure for Alzheimer's? Sigmund Freud's Cocaine Proclivities and the Stunning Collapse of Ireland's Drug Trade MORE  

By Dirk Hanson

Scientists studying the ancient appetite for salt believe that drug gratification makes use of the same evolutionary pathway. MORE