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Addiction

The prescription medicine OxyContin is displayed August 21, 2001 at a Walgreens drugstore in Brookline, MA. The powerful painkiller, manufactured to relieve the pain of seriously ill people, is being used by some addicts to achieve a high similar to a heroin rush. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

OxyContin: Available, and abused

Dr. Tyeese Gaines
theGRIO REPORT - Millions of OxyContin prescriptions are written each year and is an oft-abused medication. But, OxyContin is not alone. Nearly 1.8 million Americans were addicted to some form of prescription pain reliever...
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Bobby Brown reportedly back in rehab

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After years of purported sobriety, Bobby Brown has reportedly returned to rehab for alcoholism...
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Singer Rihanna and rapper Eminem perform onstage during The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage)

Eminem to fans: Thanks for help in dark times

Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Eminem, who battled an addiction to prescription drugs, thanked his fans at a New York concert for helping him get through dark times...
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Injured athletes battle mental illness more

Sola Okenla, RN, BSN
theGRIO REPORT - Injured athletes have an increased risk of developing mental illnesses and are less likely to seek psychiatric help...
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Actor/writer/producer/director Tyler Perry arrives at the premiere of Lionsgate's and Tyler Perry's 'Good Deeds' at the Regal Cinemas L.A. Live Stadium 14 on February 14, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Tyler Perry's 10 signature storylines

Marquise Francis
theGRIO Report - Constant criticism and critique is something that movie director Tyler Perry has become accustomed to since his emergence in Hollywood for his popular films...
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Elton John: 'I could have ended up like Whitney'

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From the Huffington Post-- In an interview with "E! News," the 65-year-old told David Burtka that his proudest accomplishment in life was not his six Grammy Awards, but getting sober in 1990...
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O'Reilly: Media exploiting Whitney Houston's addiction

Nakita Austin
VIDEO - O'Reilly speaks on the role that the media played in sensationalizing and exploiting the singer's problems, rather than trying to help her by shedding light on her addiction...
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Wendy Williams: 'I felt very close to Whitney'

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Williams, choking up, went on to quietly explain her own past struggles with addiction and said she had hoped to one day meeting the singer, whom she interviewed on the radio in 2003...
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CRACK VS. POWDER COCAINE. In 2010, the President signed the Fair Sentencing Act, which narrowed the huge disparity between sentences for possession of crack cocaine vs. powder cocaine. Under the old law, possession of five grams of crack resulted in the same mandatory five-year sentence as five hundred grams of powder cocaine. Obama reduced the 100 to 1 ratio to 18 to 1. Crack users are disproportionately African-American, and the war on drugs has been a war on the poor and people of color, destroying black families and communities. As a result of America’s drug laws, the U.S. has the world’s largest prison population, and a majority of prisoners are blacks and Latinos.

Study: Black teens use less drugs than whites

Onome Akpogheneta
theGRIO REPORT - A new study examining alcohol and drug use among teens has revealed that African-American adolescents are less likely abuse drugs than teens from other ethnic groups...
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Tito Jackson: We tried to intervene for Michael

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LONDON (AP) - Tito and Rebbie Jackson said Tuesday the family was aware of Michael's drug problem...
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