Flesh-eating ‘zombie’ drug ‘kills you from the inside out
Oct 31(CNN) — A flesh-eating drug that turns people into zombie-like creatures seems to have made its way to the United States. This extremely addictive injectable opioid is called krokodil (pronounced like crocodile) or desomorphine. It’s so named in part because users report black or green scaly skin as a side effect. This weekend five people were hospitalized in the Chicago suburb of...
Man Shot in Yorba Linda Was ‘Hallucinating,’ Talking About Zombies
Oct 30Paul Bracamontes…was said to be hallucinating at a party earlier in the night and was heard making several comments regarding “zombies” and wanting a gun.
When Ecstasy Turns to Misery
Oct 29By Joe Schimmel In an ABC news story entitled “Study: Teen Ecstasy Use Rising Fast,” the author states, “Experts say the big problem with Ecstasy is its image — one that is so positive, it is almost as though some clever marketing wizard came up with a campaign for it.” No doubt about it, the illegal drug Ecstasy is being glamorized before millions of impressionable young people, who are totally...
America, Don’t Let CeeLo’s Ecstasy Charge Glamorize This Drug
Oct 23By Dr. Manny Alvarez | FoxNews.com I have seen with my own eyes the dangerous effects that ecstasy can have on a person. So I was shocked to hear that one of my favorite performers, CeeLo Green, has been charged with allegedly furnishing ecstasy to a 33-year-old woman, after the woman claimed that Green placed the drug in her drink in July 2012, according to the Los Angeles County District...
Cory Monteith (Glee): Another Tragic Substance Abuse Ending
Sep 12Cory Allan Michael Monteith played the roll of Finn Hudson, jock turned show-tune singer in Fox’s hit television series Glee. Born in Calgary, Canada, and raised in Victoria, Canada, Monteith was a troubled teen with a substance abuse problem from age 13. After an intervention by family and friends, he entered drug rehabilitation at age 19 and began rebuilding his life. On March 31, 2013, the...
