Alprazolam (drug)

Departing 'SNL' cast members offer giddy goodbyes in season finale

2013-05-19 08:06:00

The season finale of “SNL,” hosted by five-timer Ben Affleck, was a star-studded event commemorating the end of an era for several veteran cast members. Guest stars included Jennifer Garner, a.k.a Mrs. Ben Affleck, who showed up during the...

West Hollywood doctor pleads not guilty to drug charges

2013-05-13 19:29:00

A West Hollywood doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges of illegally prescribing powerful painkillers to patients, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles James William Eisenberg, 72, is accused of writing more than 1,200...

Use of alertness drug modafinil takes off, spurred by untested uses

2013-05-02 13:51:00

In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go. And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial names -- Provigil and Nuvigil -- or by its plain-Jane...

Supreme Court's common-sense ruling a win for legal immigrants

2013-04-24 06:40:00

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal immigrants convicted of small amounts of marijuana possession are not subject to mandatory deportation. I hope the decision will serve as a strong warning to federal authorities to stop using laws intended...

Alleged O.C. drug dealer charged with murder in overdose death

2013-04-18 13:32:00

An alleged Mission Viejo drug dealer is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on a charge of murder in the death of a 21-year-old woman by providing her with a lethal dose of drugs and then refusing to take her to the hospital after she lost consciousness....

Cory Monteith of 'Glee' enters rehab for 'substance addiction'

2013-04-01 11:33:00

While Cory Monteith's character on "Glee" decides what he wants to be when he grows up, Monteith in real life has decided to enter rehab.� The actor "has voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility for substance addiction," his rep told the...

O.C. doctor to get sentence for illegal pain prescriptions

2013-04-04 20:21:00

An Orange County doctor who often saw patients at Starbucks coffeehouses has agreed to serve at least eight years in federal prison for illegally selling prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other drugs, according to court records. Alvin Ming-...

Doctor to plead guilty to selling prescriptions at coffeehouses

2013-04-04 17:05:00

An Orange County doctor has agreed to serve at least eight years in federal prison for illegally selling prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other drugs out of Starbucks coffeehouses, according to court records. Alvin Ming-Czech Yee, 44, of...

Oscars stage manager braces for his final cues to the stars

2013-02-24 07:00:00

He delivered a forgotten harmonica to Stevie Wonder onstage at the Grammy Awards, supplied a shoulder to lean on for a post-hip-surgery Gregory Peck at the Oscars and served as a human Xanax for hundreds of other stars in the most terrifying and...

Fatal drug overdoses in U.S. increase for 11th consecutive year

2013-02-19 13:00:00

Fatal drug overdoses have increased for the 11th consecutive year in the United States, new data show. According to a research letter published Tuesday from the National Center for Health Statistics, 38,329 people died of drug overdoses in the United...

Remembering Sylvia Plath

2013-02-11 14:20:00

Fifty years ago Monday, Sylvia Plath, a 30-year-old American living in England, put her head in her oven and committed suicide. Her two children were upstairs; her husband, the poet Ted Hughes, had left her after a tempestuous relationship. Her poetry and...

Whitney Houston's brother Michael admits starting her on drugs

2013-01-29 11:39:00

For years, rumor had it that Bobby Brown had introduced Whitney Houston to drugs — but Michael Houston, one of the singer's two older brothers, has revealed to Oprah Winfrey that the real story was quite different. It's a story that has Michael...

Here's another example of why motherhood and Xanax don't mix. Sheila Lederer, of Wellington, called 911 and reported that somebody was hiding in her bushes, reports The Palm Beach Post.

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Inmate allegedly caught smuggling dope in her private parts. Charges: Introduction of Contraband into a Detention Facility, Possession of Xanax without a Prescription, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

2013-02-07 00:00:00

A Hagerstown Police Department car sits Monday in front of the Rite Aid Pharmacy on North Burhans Boulevard. A man entered the store Monday afternoon, demanded Xanax and then fled with an undisclosed amount of the prescription drug.

2013-01-22 00:00:00