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Report: 50 Envelopes at Hoffman's Likely Heroin

Along with more than 20 used needles

(Newser) - We're still waiting for the results of Philip Seymour Hoffman's autopsy, which will be completed later today, but a search of his home makes the prevailing heroin overdose theory look seriously likely. Authorities found nearly 50 envelopes of what they think is heroin in the apartment, along with...

Inside Philip Seymour Hoffman's Last Hours

Witness thinks he saw actor buying drugs the night before he was found dead

(Newser) - The night before Philip Seymour Hoffman was f ound dead in his New York City apartment , he had dinner at a West Village restaurant with two other men around 7pm, opting for cranberry soda instead of alcohol, a manager tells E! . But an hour later, was he buying drugs? A...

Senator's Son Busted on Heroin Charge

Cops say Mark Udall's son was seen breaking into cars

(Newser) - More heartbreak for the family of Sen. Mark Udall: The Democratic senator's son was arrested yesterday after he was spotted breaking into cars, and police found heroin in his pocket. Jedediah Lee Fox-Udall was freed on $1,500 bond, reports the Boulder Daily Camera , which notes that the 26-year-old...

In Mass Trial, 30 Sentenced to Death for Drug Smuggling

Vietnam also hands out dozens of prison sentences; 89 defendants were tried

(Newser) - Thirty people were today sentenced to death in Vietnam in a single trial, the AP reports. The 21 men and nine women were convicted of heroin trafficking during a 20-day trial, said to be the largest such trial the country has ever held. The defendants were found to belong to...

Jersey Shore's New Problem: Heroin Overdoses

Fatal overdoses more than doubled last year in Ocean County, NJ

(Newser) - It's been a rough week for New Jersey , and an NBC News investigation only adds to the state's woes: It found that fatal heroin and prescription drug overdoses at the Jersey Shore more than doubled last year, with 112 deaths in Ocean County compared to 2012's 53...

Troopers Seize Heroin Labeled 'Obama Care'

Stash in Massachusetts also had some 'Kurt Cobain'

(Newser) - Most definitely not the kind of product endorsement the White House was looking for: State troopers in Massachusetts seized 1,250 bags of heroin from a vehicle, with many of the bags labeled "Obama Care," reports the Smoking Gun . Others were labeled "Kurt Cobain," and four...

US Sisters: We Took Flesh-Eating Drug Krokodil

 US Sisters: We 
 Took Flesh-Eating 
 Drug Krokodil 
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Oct 19, 2013 7:01 PM CDT

US Sisters: We Took Flesh-Eating Drug Krokodil

They're among 5 treated for drug-related disease in Chicago-area hospital

(Newser) - More American users of the flesh-rotting Russian street drug Krokodil have emerged. Two sisters from Joliet, Ill., are among five who were treated for the drug's nasty side effects at a Chicago-area hospital last week. Amber and Angie Neitzel, both heroin addicts, say they thought they'd been...

Couple Charged in Baby's Heroin Death

It was found in bottle of 5-month-old girl

(Newser) - A Massachusetts couple accused of killing their 5-month-old daughter by giving her a bottle of formula with heroin in it were charged with manslaughter yesterday. Ryan Barry and Ashley Cyr pleaded not guilty and were ordered held on $200,000 cash bail. The couple's daughter Mya Barry died in...

Across the Globe, We&#39;re Losing the War on Drugs
 Planet Losing 
 the War on Drugs 
REPORT SAYS
Oct 1, 2013 6:00 AM CDT

Planet Losing the War on Drugs

Substances getting purer as prices drop: report

(Newser) - In countries around the world, law enforcement is losing the war on drugs, researchers say. Their evidence: Across two decades of data, purity of illegal substances is up and cost is down, the BBC reports. "These findings suggest that expanding efforts at controlling the global illegal drug market through...

Cops: Surgeon Stole Heroin From Drug Mule's Stomach

Siberian doctor faces serious jail time

(Newser) - It's the strangest drug bust in a while: After police in Siberia busted a drug mule, they asked a surgeon to remove the bags of drugs from his stomach. He did so, but authorities say he kept a 5-gram bag of heroin for his trouble, reports Reuters . The surgeon...

Heroin Use Soars in New England's Towns

It's 'our biggest problem right now': Vermont cop

(Newser) - Heroin is not just a city drug anymore: Its use is surging in the smaller communities of New England, the New York Times reports. Last year, 21 people died in Maine from the drug—three times as many as the year before. Over the course of a decade, New Hampshire'...

Rehab May Have Left Monteith More Likely to OD

Body could have lost ability to tolerate heroin: doctors

(Newser) - Did rehab actually make Cory Monteith more vulnerable? Doctors explain to USA Today that drug users can be at higher risk of overdosing after leaving rehab if they aren't able to stay clean. Because heroin users build up a tolerance to the drug— which contributed to Monteith's death...

Heroin, Booze Killed Glee's Cory Monteith

Autopsy pins cause of death on 'mixed drug toxicity'

(Newser) - Cory Monteith's autopsy is in, and his cause of death is what everybody expected: Hard drugs and booze. The coroner in British Columbia lays the blame on "mixed drug toxicity, involving heroin and alcohol," reports TMZ . The 31-year-old Glee actor was found in his Vancouver hotel room...

&#39;Godfather of Heroin&#39; Dead at 80

 'Godfather 
 of Heroin' 
 Dead at 80 
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Jul 9, 2013 8:47 AM CDT

'Godfather of Heroin' Dead at 80

Lo Hsing Han first got involved in drugs in the '60s

(Newser) - A man dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" has died at the age of 80, leaving behind a dark and powerful tale. The New York Times and AP tell it: Lo Hsing Han, who died Saturday in Burma, existed as "a potent symbol of the ability of the country’...

Barney Frank: Cut the Crap, Legalize Heroin

And lots of 'high-functioning people' are on cocaine anyway

(Newser) - As a not-so-shy congressman, Barney Frank pushed for marijuana to be legal (and copped to eating a pot brownie ). Now that he's retired, he's going further: He tells the Huffington Post that he thinks cocaine and even heroin ought to be legal, too. The only drugs that...

Hoffman Went to Rehab for Snorting Heroin

Actor says he checked himself into detox for 10 days

(Newser) - In the world of celebrity rehab, Philip Seymour Hoffman's self-imposed stay at a detox center this month falls into the hard-core category: He tells TMZ he had been snorting heroin. The Oscar winner says he had kicked a substance abuse problem for more than two decades but lapsed about...

Bon Jovi Opens Up About Daughter's Heroin OD

Calls it a 'tragedy' but says 'we're good'

(Newser) - His daughter's drug possession charges have been dropped , but the gossip hasn't been so quick to fade away. So Bon Jovi himself addressed 19-year-old Stephanie Bongiovi's Nov. 14 heroin overdose in an interview with My Fox LA yesterday, calling it a "tragedy" but seeming relatively unruffled....

Bon Jovi Daughter Arrested After Alleged Heroin OD

Stephanie Rose Bongiovi is OK, but facing charges

(Newser) - Police arrested Jon Bon Jovi's 19-year-old daughter this morning after being called to her dorm room over a report that she had allegedly overdosed on heroin. Cops found Stephanie Rose Bongiovi alive at upstate New York's Hamilton College, but a drug task force also found heroin, marijuana, and...

Kate Moss Dishes on Johnny Depp, Heroin
 Kate Moss 
 Dishes on 
 Johnny Depp, 
 Heroin 
vanity fair
Oct 31, 2012 10:33 AM CDT

Kate Moss Dishes on Johnny Depp, Heroin

Also opens up about anorexia in 'Vanity Fair' interview

(Newser) - Kate Moss really opens up in a new Vanity Fair interview, discussing all those years of “heroin chic” talk and anorexia rumors, her relationship with Johnny Depp, and more. Highlights:
  • On heroin chic: “I had never even taken heroin—it was nothing to do with me at all.
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City With Biggest Heroin Problem: Chicago

It has nearly twice the ER visits as New York City

(Newser) - Chicago has earned the unwanted distinction of having the nation's worst heroin problem. And by at least one measure, no other city is close. The Chicago area registered about 24,000 ER visits related to heroin between 2008 and 2010, says a new report by the Illinois Consortium on...

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