Cough suppressants are in the crosshairs of the FDA

Paris Hilton was arrested for possession of cocaine yesterday while out and about the streets of Las Vegas, NV. She was riding in a black Cadillac Escalade in front of the famous Wynn Hotel and Casino when the vehicle was stopped by police for suspicion of DUI.

In a recent study concerning “sudden deaths” in south-west Spain, a research team has concluded that 3.1 per cent of all “sudden deaths” can be attributed to death by cocaine.  Of the 668 deaths studied, 76 per cent of the bodies also held traces of alcohol present in their bodies.  Here at Origins, this new [...]

  When one realizes that no matter how much they may know about theoretical drug and alcohol problems, it is still possible to be staring in the face of a full on alcoholic and not know it until after the fact. Alcoholism and drug problems are not things one can identify just by looking at [...]

Us Weekly reports that Tiger Woods is staying with billionaire Jim Dolan, CEO of Cablevision and owner of the New York Ranger and New York Knicks. Dolan, who has spoken in the past about beating his drug and alcohol addictions after entering rehab in 1993, is known to have helped other troubled athletes such as [...]

Redmond O’Neal, who was arrested in September 2008 during a probation search that found methamphetamine, has been ordered to spend 30 days in an in-custody treatment module at the LA County jail after violating his parole with a drug-related charge. O’Neal was previously placed in an in-custody drug rehab program in April of 2009, and [...]

Casey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and fiancee of Tila Tequila, was found dead in her home on Monday. While a cause of death has not yet been determined, Casey Johnson had reportedly struggled with substance abuse in the past. Last month she was arrested for theft, allegedly stealing items from model [...]

Elton John recently told the BBC that he’s been helping rapper Eminem cope with drug addiction. Both Elton John and Eminem have a history of drug addiction. John is a former cocaine addict and alcoholic who has been sober for 16 years, and Eminem turned to him for help when he wanted to get sober [...]

TMZ reports that an office employee of Dr. Arnold Klein, Michael Jackson’s longtime doctor, was recently found dead in Los Angeles. Bruce Ayers, who worked for Dr. Klein for three years and met Michael Jackson a number of times, was fired in February for stealing drugs and money from Arnold Klein’s office. Ayers had a [...]

Charlie Sheen was arrested for second-degree assault, menacing, and criminal mischief Friday morning, after his wife Brooke Mueller Sheen called 911 Christmas morning. People.com reports that, according to a source close to Mueller, “Both of them were drinking and neither was supposed to be. They both have histories of alcohol abuse and have made every [...]