By Bryan Le

After a historic bender, the caretaker of a Pittsburgh mansion faces criminal charges. MORE  

By The Fix staff

Ex-Dot Com millionaire charged with drug dealing, Colorado's medical pot business plummets, and cops find tigers in a Mexican drug lab. MORE  

By Mary Meehan

Living in a town that only recently began selling liquor, I see a lot of excitement—and quite a bit of confusion—about alcohol. As a sober alcoholic, I know that’s nothing new.  MORE  

By Bryan Le

Rogue pharmacists feed addiction, opium cultivation rises in Afghanistan, and Shaquille O'Neal to launch "Luv Shaq" vodka. MORE  

By Sarah Beller

Learn to speak '20s slang or dance the Charleston at a fun new exhibition—and see if you'd be a "wet" or a "dry." MORE  

By Jeff Winkler

Concerned about intoxicant issues, and heading to the polls today? You’re out of luck. The presidential candidate for the Prohibition Party is a gay-baiting preacher who doesn’t put a great face on the latter-day temperance movement. MORE  

By Phillip S. Smith

The economic, social and moral imperatives for ending pot prohibition go far beyond freedom to get high. MORE  

By May Wilkerson

The liquor board shut all the state's booze stores for two days, leaving Sandy-stricken residents high and dry. MORE  

By Bryan Le

Doctors want graphic warning labels on fatty foods, moderate boozing can decrease brain cells, and Whitney Houston's daughter may be drinking dangerously. MORE  

By Hunter R. Slaton

Prohibition has failed, says an Oglala Sioux tribal leader: "It's time to legalize alcohol." MORE