These Kids These Days.

For Pete's (and Lindsay's) Sake.

It must be hard being super-rich. How do you know if you've reached rock bottom? When you've got money falling out of your ass, what's the impetus to stop acting like a fool?

Interesting Site On The Meth Epidemic

I found this story in my News Room feed, and I thought some of you guys might find it interesting.

Toddler Dies After Drinking Methadone.

Nicole Richie Says Heroin Isn't That Bad.

She says she never ended up living under a bridge, or, like, not having shoes. That's really impressive, huh? She's a real fucking survivor. What a fucking cunt.

Using Drugs To Treat Addiction

Here's another article I found with this new news service thing I'm trying out. Let me know if you hate it. I think I might make some money from it, so I hope you don't hate it.

It's about the use of drugs to treat addiction, and it's written from the perspective of someone who is pro-drug...it doesn't get into methadone maintenance, but it does talk about buprenorphine and naltrexone for controlling cravings.

Canada To Commence Class Action Oxycontin Suit

Another Oxycontin lawsuit! Man, I wish we could have gotten our grubby little hands on some of the action of the first one. That shit started this whole heroin debacle.

That's right. It's oxycontin's fault. My innocent angel husband was the victim of a corporate scheme. Yep.

Today's Heroin News

I've only got one story today, but it's a real doozy.

In Buffalo, New York, a 5-year-old child brought packets of heroin to his daycare and distributed it amongst his friends. He presented the gift, which was wrapped in wax paper and imprinted with smiley faces, to six children, until he was caught by the teacher. The parents of the child totally super-duper promise that the heroin didn't come from their house. The kid says he found it on the way to school. He and his sisters are staying with their grandparents pending further investigation, but so far, the parents haven't been charged.

Another Celebrity Heroin Mess: The Meat Puppets' Cris Kirkwood

One of my StumbleUpon friends, Nicklin5, sent me this article from the Austin Chronicle about the Meat Puppets and the painful story of one of the member's struggle with addiction. Cris Kirkwood has battled crack and heroin addiction for several years, even losing his wife to a heroin overdose. According to Nicklin5, however, he is currently in recovery.

What was most poignant for me was that the person the writer interviewed for the story was Kirkwood's brother Curt, who is also a band member. I thought this passage was a great example of the magic of detachment:

When Curt is able to clear his mind of trouble, to forget about Cris just for a little while, the transformation is remarkable. When he puts on a tape of his new music, takes off his glasses and closes his eyes, he looks for a while to be at peace. When he spontaneously dances a mad jig in his faded jeans and burnt-orange cowboy boots, declaring "this is some Lord of the Dance shit," or stalks a fly for 10 minutes before he snatches it from midair, Curt's eyes are bright, his face smooth, his limbs loose. He looks like he did and should. Intense. Free. Weird. And loving it. But always, the pall settles back over him like a shroud.

I like that, "the pall settles back over him like a shroud."

I wish both guys well.

Lindsay Lohan In Rehab, Again.

Celebrity gossip is the best. It brightens up my obsessive research on heroin and addiction. Wendy Wayrad is reporting that Lindsay is in rehab again for an addiction to OxyContin.

Lindsay got a DUI this weekend, and cocaine was recovered from her car, which was impounded after her bodyguard drove it back to her house after she wrecked it.

The picture posted here was taken two days later, when Lindsay was caught by paparazzi puking her brains out in a gas station parking lot.

Poor Lindsay. I hope she works this stuff out. She has a lot of talent, and she's cute. It's hard watching these train wrecks.

Heroin in Baby Blankets.

The DEA recently released these photos of baby blankets used to hide heroin that they found in one of their recent busts.

Isn't this the ugliest thing you've ever seen?

Find more pictures and information at Pushing Back.