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Melissa Gilbert Helps Parents Fight Kids' Addictions

(Dec. 15) -- By any account, Melissa Gilbert has had a successful show business career, from the time she played Laura on "Little House on the Prairie," to many successful TV movies to her two term stint as president of the Screen Actor's Guild. However, her most personal job may now become her most rewarding: As the...

Is Four Loko to Blame for Halloween Hospitalizations?

(Nov. 1) -- Alcohol and caffeine don't mix, a number of college students discovered last month, ending up in the hospital after binging on Four Loko, an increasingly popular alcoholic energy drink. Is the stuff to blame for another health scare this Halloween as well? Several students at Skidmore College in upstate New...

Wyclef Jean Hospitalized for 'Exhaustion': What Does That Really Mean?

(Sept. 27) -- Hip-hop megastar Wyclef Jean -- more recently renowned for his failed bid for the Haitian presidency than for his Grammy Award-winning music -- has been hospitalized to address overwhelming stress and fatigue. Jean, who was admitted to an undisclosed hospital this weekend, will "take it easy" and plans to...

Is Portugal's Liberal Drug Policy a Model for US?

LISBON, Portugal (Aug. 14) -- Ten years ago, Portugal had some 100,000 heroin addicts -- about 1 percent of its entire population. HIV infections from injecting drugs were among the highest in Europe. Now the addict count has been cut nearly in half. HIV infections from drug use have fallen more than 90 percent. And the...

Congress Cuts Sentencing Disparity Between Crack Cocaine and Powder, but How Similar Are the Drugs?

(July 28) -- On Wednesday, the U.S. Congress took the somewhat unusual step of passing legislation to actually make the federal drug laws less severe. Before the new guidelines, a person arrested for possession of 5 grams or more of crack cocaine received an automatic five-year prison sentence. If signed by the...