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Morning Roundup: May 1, 2013

By Victoria Kim

NJ passes 'Good Samaritan' overdose bill, Ozzy Osbourne promises to be clean for Kelly's wedding, and falling beer sales in Brazil are hurting the world's biggest brewer. MORE  

"Cold Turkey": The Beer for Morning Drinkers

By Bryan Le

A Scottish brewery sparks controversy with a new "breakfast beer" that tastes like cereal. MORE  

Drunk Woman Penalized for Hurling Hamster

By Bryan Le

A Scotswoman gets 160 hours of community service for chucking the family pet down the stairs. MORE  

Morning Roundup: October 17, 2012

By Chrisanne Grise

Motherhood changes the impact of cocaine on the brain, Scotland faces cartel invasion, and Mitch Winehouse raises awareness about club drug deaths. MORE  

Scotland Sets Minimum Alcohol Price

By McCarton Ackerman

The plan, meant to stop Scots "drinking themselves to death," is being criticized for unfairly targeting the poor. MORE  

Morning Roundup: May 16, 2012

By Bryan Le

DSM's new addiction definitions draw opposition, Lance Armstrong's sick of doping allegations, and a drunk woman breaks into a house to breastfeed a stranger's baby. MORE  

Morning Roundup: May 15, 2012

By May Wilkerson

Marijuana may ease MS symptoms, Britain's (still) bedeviled by binge drinking, and Ted "Golden Voice" Williams is a year clean. MORE  

Drug Addict Banned From Every Store in City

By McCarton Ackerman

A Scottish woman who used kids to help her shoplift may only enter the pharmacy where she gets her methadone. MORE  

Morning Roundup: January 23, 2012

By Luke Walker

Marijuana-based mouth sprays, meds go to FDA for review, Even light-pocketed Americans keep visiting bars, and Scotland's the fake cocaine capital of the world. MORE  

The Quick Fix: A Real-Time Round-Up of Today's News

By Will Godfrey

Oxy Smuggling From Canada Rises Sharply, Locals Torch Liquor Store After Drunk Youths Molest Girls in India, and Drunk Calls 911 Five Times to Report Broken iPhone. MORE  

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Morning Roundup: May 22, 2013

Czech Republic seizes 1 million liters of illegal booze, Newtown gunmen had no alcohol or drugs in his system, and NY Jet Mike Goodson "only guilty of being drunk."

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Video: This Is Your Baby on Drugs

Drug use during pregnancy is a major problem in the US. This video breaks it down.

5/21/13 5:30pm
Drug-Free Brad Pitt Is High on Life

The actor says he quit drugs after getting "burnt out" in the '90s. Now he's happier than ever.

5/21/13 4:38pm
Chris Christie Iffy About Medical Pot for Minors

MMJ is now legal in New Jersey, including for minors, but Gov. Christie says it's a "slippery slope."

5/21/13 3:29pm
Study: One in 10 Teen Girls Has an Eating Disorder

A UK study finds eating disorder diagnoses are rapidly increasing among teens.

5/21/13 2:11pm
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