Morphine (drug)

Jesse James chops off pinky in gruesome bike shop accident

2013-05-23 13:55:00

Jesse James lost his pinky while working with a saw at his custom bike shop. And it's pretty gruesome. "Doesn't look like this little dude's gonna make it, Nice know'n you little buddy," James posted on Twitter Tuesday, sharing a stomach-churning...

A shortsighted 'cure' for prescription meds' abuse

2013-04-12 17:06:00

An Orange County pain specialist already in the spotlight over deaths from prescription medications has racked up another patient overdose death. The coroner has ruled that Wayne Oviatt died in January of a mix of prescription drugs, including morphine,...

Another patient of O.C. doctor dies of prescription drug overdose

2013-04-10 19:37:00

An Orange County doctor featured in a Times investigative report because 16 of his patients fatally overdosed on drugs he prescribed has had another patient death, according to recently released coroner's records. Wayne Oviatt, a patient of Dr. Van Vu...

Lil Wayne seizure puts spotlight on rappers' use of 'sizzurp'

2013-03-23 05:00:00

The powerful narcotic popped up on the cultural grid around the turn of the millennium. A Texas producer-remixer named DJ Screw paid homage to its woozy, heavy-lidded high by dramatically slowing down beats and vocals to replicate the drug's sleepwalker...

Don't punish people who really need painkillers

2013-04-09 00:00:00

It's not enough that medical insurance companies want to dictate how much and what kind of treatment our illnesses deserve. Now legislators and law enforcement agencies are butting in, trying to curtail the use of high-powered painkillers because too...

Doctor explains sizzurp's powerful high -- and deadly side effects

2013-03-18 16:09:00

Sizzurp, purple drank, lean -- that cough-syrup-laced concoction of many� names -- has been gaining popularity in hip hop culture and notoriety as more celebrities fall prey to its effects. Rapper Lil Wayne was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai last week,...

Mike Tyson says the 'Undisputed Truth' is he's changed

2013-03-02 07:00:00

LAS VEGAS — Spend a sunny afternoon at home with Mike Tyson and if the erstwhile Baddest Man on the Planet is in an expansive mood, he may indulge his cherished pastime: letting loose the performing pigeons he raises in his backyard to flap and...

Fun-wise, national signing day is a signature event

2013-02-06 18:09:00

What fun, this national signing day, colleges' version of the NFL draft. Story I'm following most closely is of the Florida mom who reportedly ran off with her kid's signing papers so he wouldn't leave home. As Dave Barry used to say, I'm not making...

Officer allegedly took cash, drugs in bribery case, the FBI says

2013-02-05 18:52:08

The DEA's marijuana mistake

2013-01-25 00:00:00

For a muscular agency that combats vicious drug criminals, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration acts like a terrified and obstinate toddler when it comes to basic science. For years, the DEA and the National Institute for Drug Abuse have made it all...

Riffing on the highs and lows of the sonic landscape

2012-12-02 09:00:00

The quirky violist known as Ljova, an ingratiating fixture on the New York new music scene, has just released a recording called "Melting River." You can purchase and download it for as little as $2 on the artist-friendly website Bandcamp as either an...

A nursing supervisor at Soledad prison allegedly padded hours

2012-12-11 11:05:05

A file cabinet drawer in the pharmacy holds bottles whose labels list ingredients such as morphine, narcotine, and phenobarbital-- and a warning, "MAY BE HABIT FORMING".

2012-10-29 00:00:00

Deputies allegedly found 96 pills stashed in woman's 'secret vault' during strip search. Charges: Smuggling Contraband into a Jail Facility (Morphine, Carisoprodol, Tramadol).

2012-09-11 00:00:00

Jody L. Guiff O'Brien, 44, of Atwood is charged with selling Morphine to undercover police at Central Park in Warsaw (Photo provided by Kosciusko Co. Sheriff's Dept.)

2012-08-07 08:33:00