by Steven Diogo Buzz Aldrin the Icon and Buzz Aldrin the Man are two very different creatures. The icon laughs at death, rides wild rockets like bucking broncos and contem- plates the mysteries of life in the wondrous cosmos outside his Apollo window. The man focuses on mission, procedure and detail. He is a military man and engineer.…
By Melissa HealyLos Angeles TimesFor the Booster Shots blogJanuary 5, 2012, 1:27 p.m. Eight months after wedding England’s Prince William, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge (formerly Kate Middleton), has revealed she will become a patron of the British charity Action on Addiction, which supports research, prevention and treatment of addiction, support for addicts’ families and…
by Maxim W. Furek, MA, CADAC, ICADC With stunning, glamorous looks and a voice that could soar with angels, she rose to fame. For a period of time she was America’s sweetheart, an individual with her feet planted firmly on the ground with solid faith and values. Whitney Houston’s life was a fairy tale come…
How Can an Addict and Addict’s Family Heal? Interview with William Moyers, author of Now What? An Insider’s Guide to Addiction and Recovery. William C. Moyers, the eldest son of television journalist Bill Moyers and his wife, Judith, is known for his 2006 bestseller, Broken, which describes his near-fatal addiction to alcohol and other drugs. In…
By Scott O’Connell/Daily News staffThe MetroWest Daily News Chris Sullivan, a former New England Patriot and member the ’01/’02 Super Bowl-winning team, speaks to students at Keefe Technical High School about his struggles with substance abuse. It was a moment that should have been the pinnacle of his career. But after winning Super Bowl XXXVI,…
Now that states have started legalizing recreational marijuana, will the president continue the government’s war on weed? By TIM DICKINSONWhen voters in Colorado and Washington state legalized recreational marijuana in November, they thought they were declaring a cease-fire in the War on Drugs. Thanks to ballot initiatives that passed by wide margins on Election Day,…
By Steve Pasierb Lance Armstrong has finally acknowledged what so many suspected for so long. After countless adamant denials, he admitted to doping and to using performance-enhancing substances (PES) during the span of his cycling career in an interview with Oprah Winfrey this week. He has already been stripped of all of his Tour De…
Dr. Howard MarkelEditor’s note: Nearly 130 years ago, cocaine was the world’s newest wonder drug – touted as a cure for everything from morphine addiction to tuberculosis. And its biggest supporter was Sigmund Freud. Whenever Big Pharma unfurls its latest “blockbuster” drug, I am carried back to the era when the biggest wonder drug on the…
By Dr. Sanjay GuptaCNN Chief Medical CorrespondentAugust 8, 2013 (CNN) — Over the last year, I have been working on a new documentary called “Weed.” The title “Weed” may sound cavalier, but the content is not. I traveled around the world to interview medical leaders, experts, growers and patients. I spoke candidly to them, asking…
By CHRISTIE D’ZURILLA contact the reporter Though Robin Williams quit cocaine and alcohol unassisted in 1982, he looked to rehab for help years later Robin Williams’ public life had a quiet personal current running through it for decades: his struggles with cocaine and alcohol abuse. The comedian and actor, who turned 63 in July, was…