Addiction and Recovery

Jared Chase: Before NATO 3, He Claimed To Be a Meth-Addicted, Gang-Affiliated Rapper

Ten days after the City of Miami evicted the Occupy Miami camp from the Government Center downtown, reporter Michael Miller and I visited "Fort Peace," the inner city apartment complex opened as a safehouse to the movement by Rodrigo "Señor Paz" Duque.One of the first photos I shot, of seven Occupi ... More >>

Bad Apple

Ten days after the City of Miami evicted the Occupy Miami camp from the Government Center downtown, reporter Michael Miller and I visited "Fort Peace," the inner city apartment complex opened as a safehouse to the movement by Rodrigo "Señor Paz" Duque.One of the first photos I shot, of seven Occupi ... More >>

Rick Scott Vetoes Bill to Give Non-Violent Drug Addicts Treatment Instead of Jail

After all time wasted in Tally by Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff this session -- from the wrongheaded, like bills to bring casinos to Miami and move Dade's reaches further into the Everglades, to the absurd, like her plan making it legal to dye animals crazy colors -- it's somehow poetic justice that her one ... More >>

Next to Normal at Actors' Playhouse through February 12

After all time wasted in Tally by Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff this session -- from the wrongheaded, like bills to bring casinos to Miami and move Dade's reaches further into the Everglades, to the absurd, like her plan making it legal to dye animals crazy colors -- it's somehow poetic justice that her one ... More >>

Marc Sarnoff Illegally Shut Down an AA Club to Win Neighbors' Votes, Club Managers Claim

Commissioner Marc SarnoffEarly last November, a city crew backed by an armed SWAT team emptied out a house full of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in Shorecrest, then quickly erected concrete barriers blocking in the Alcoholic Anonymous club's parking lot. The dramatic crackdown was the lates ... More >>

Motherf**cker With the Hat at GableStage through February 5

Commissioner Marc SarnoffEarly last November, a city crew backed by an armed SWAT team emptied out a house full of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in Shorecrest, then quickly erected concrete barriers blocking in the Alcoholic Anonymous club's parking lot. The dramatic crackdown was the lates ... More >>

AIDS Wolf at Churchill's Pub November 3

Commissioner Marc SarnoffEarly last November, a city crew backed by an armed SWAT team emptied out a house full of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in Shorecrest, then quickly erected concrete barriers blocking in the Alcoholic Anonymous club's parking lot. The dramatic crackdown was the lates ... More >>

Maternal Bondage

Commissioner Marc SarnoffEarly last November, a city crew backed by an armed SWAT team emptied out a house full of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in Shorecrest, then quickly erected concrete barriers blocking in the Alcoholic Anonymous club's parking lot. The dramatic crackdown was the lates ... More >>

Selena Gomez at Mizner Park Amphitheatre July 28

Commissioner Marc SarnoffEarly last November, a city crew backed by an armed SWAT team emptied out a house full of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in Shorecrest, then quickly erected concrete barriers blocking in the Alcoholic Anonymous club's parking lot. The dramatic crackdown was the lates ... More >>

Truth at the Vagabond May 12

Commissioner Marc SarnoffEarly last November, a city crew backed by an armed SWAT team emptied out a house full of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in Shorecrest, then quickly erected concrete barriers blocking in the Alcoholic Anonymous club's parking lot. The dramatic crackdown was the lates ... More >>

Hank and Cupcakes at Bardot May 5

Commissioner Marc SarnoffEarly last November, a city crew backed by an armed SWAT team emptied out a house full of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in Shorecrest, then quickly erected concrete barriers blocking in the Alcoholic Anonymous club's parking lot. The dramatic crackdown was the lates ... More >>

More and More of Florida's Babies are Being Born Drug Addicts

​The number of babies coming straight out of the womb as drug addicts is rising, and officials say that Florida's out-of-control problem with easily available prescription pain pills may be to blame. Nearly 1,000 babies were born in Florida in 2009 that had to be treated for drug withdrawal sympto ... More >>

Runway Pinups

​The number of babies coming straight out of the womb as drug addicts is rising, and officials say that Florida's out-of-control problem with easily available prescription pain pills may be to blame. Nearly 1,000 babies were born in Florida in 2009 that had to be treated for drug withdrawal sympto ... More >>

The Mazel Tov Moms

​The number of babies coming straight out of the womb as drug addicts is rising, and officials say that Florida's out-of-control problem with easily available prescription pain pills may be to blame. Nearly 1,000 babies were born in Florida in 2009 that had to be treated for drug withdrawal sympto ... More >>

Aerosmith

​The number of babies coming straight out of the womb as drug addicts is rising, and officials say that Florida's out-of-control problem with easily available prescription pain pills may be to blame. Nearly 1,000 babies were born in Florida in 2009 that had to be treated for drug withdrawal sympto ... More >>

Tickets to the Gun Show

​The number of babies coming straight out of the womb as drug addicts is rising, and officials say that Florida's out-of-control problem with easily available prescription pain pills may be to blame. Nearly 1,000 babies were born in Florida in 2009 that had to be treated for drug withdrawal sympto ... More >>

Scott Storch / Dr. Dre Comeback Single Delayed by Eminem; Check Out Its Alleged YouTube Leak

Illustration by Jason SellerAfter this cover illustration, we can't blame him for being pissed at New Times. ​Miami New Times' recent cover story on Scott Storch may not have been the most flattering of portrayals, but it did reveal at few nuggets for those interested in the former superproducer's ... More >>

Pat Riley Pleads With Judge to Go Easy on Michael Douglas's Drug Dealer Son

​Life must be so tough for you when you're born to a megarich Hollywood superstar like Michael Douglas. It's such a tragedy getting cast in crappy movies because of who your dad is, so please forgive Cameron Douglas. Isn't it understandable he's been caught time and time again with drugs ... More >>

Set Design

​Life must be so tough for you when you're born to a megarich Hollywood superstar like Michael Douglas. It's such a tragedy getting cast in crappy movies because of who your dad is, so please forgive Cameron Douglas. Isn't it understandable he's been caught time and time again with drugs ... More >>

Pop Culture Apocalypse

​Life must be so tough for you when you're born to a megarich Hollywood superstar like Michael Douglas. It's such a tragedy getting cast in crappy movies because of who your dad is, so please forgive Cameron Douglas. Isn't it understandable he's been caught time and time again with drugs ... More >>

Pánfilo Takes on "Raulita" and Fidel

Pánfilo is back.A Cuban with a major drinking problem, Pánfilo stumbled onto a video interview with a Cuban rapper earlier this year and became an overnight sensation, logging nearly 750,000 hits on YouTube and becoming a hot topic of debate across Miami's Cuban community.In his latest video appea ... More >>

Take It, B-Easy

Pánfilo is back.A Cuban with a major drinking problem, Pánfilo stumbled onto a video interview with a Cuban rapper earlier this year and became an overnight sensation, logging nearly 750,000 hits on YouTube and becoming a hot topic of debate across Miami's Cuban community.In his latest video appea ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Gets Owned

Oh, this is not good. We already had our star power-or-maybe-small forward of the future in a rehab facility for a full month; Lamar Odom waffled for three weeks and then chose L.A. over us (BTW: Notice how decisive he was when it came to marrying a Kardashian. We sent the wrong negotiating team! La ... More >>

Additive-Free Fun

Oh, this is not good. We already had our star power-or-maybe-small forward of the future in a rehab facility for a full month; Lamar Odom waffled for three weeks and then chose L.A. over us (BTW: Notice how decisive he was when it came to marrying a Kardashian. We sent the wrong negotiating team! La ... More >>

Down by the River

Oh, this is not good. We already had our star power-or-maybe-small forward of the future in a rehab facility for a full month; Lamar Odom waffled for three weeks and then chose L.A. over us (BTW: Notice how decisive he was when it came to marrying a Kardashian. We sent the wrong negotiating team! La ... More >>

Don't Even Try to Syke Her Out

Oh, this is not good. We already had our star power-or-maybe-small forward of the future in a rehab facility for a full month; Lamar Odom waffled for three weeks and then chose L.A. over us (BTW: Notice how decisive he was when it came to marrying a Kardashian. We sent the wrong negotiating team! La ... More >>

Who’s the Biggest Diva of Them All?

Tonight they duel for the title at the Colony Theater.

Silver Jews

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)

Is Dr. Dre on Steroids?

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)

OJ, Phone Home

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)

All-Day Pretty Party

Make the trip to GBS

Drugs Are Bad, Mmkay?

Make the trip to GBS

Cage

Hell's Winter (Def Jux)

Opio

Triangulation Station Hiero Imperium

Good Evening, Heartache

Billie Holiday self-destructs on the M Ensemble stage

Lost Lives Found

Ever since she hit bottom, Heather Klinker has devoted herself to helping others avoid the fall

BEST MIAMI HERALD PHOTOGRAPHER

Carl Juste

BEST PAWN SHOP

Goldmasters Jewelers

BEST FM RADIO PERSONALITIES

Paul Castronovo and Young Ron Brewer

Zeta (WZTA-FM 94.9)

Best Power Babes

Janet Reno and Donna Shalala

Best Ensemble Cast

Caldwell Theatre Company's How I Learned to Drive

Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying

Petrossian

Best Nonprofit

Grubstake Resources for Recovery

Her So-Called Life

Raised in a family devastated by drugs and neglect, Porsche Williams became a mother at age twelve, and a murder victim at fifteen

Hip-Hop Goes Back to the Streets

Raised in a family devastated by drugs and neglect, Porsche Williams became a mother at age twelve, and a murder victim at fifteen

Drug Bizarre

Robert Dowd is a veteran, a Southern Baptist, a Republican ... and a staunch supporter of legalizing drugs

Letters

Robert Dowd is a veteran, a Southern Baptist, a Republican ... and a staunch supporter of legalizing drugs

Still Homeless After All These Years

The Pottinger case returned to Judge Atkins's courtroom, and both sides came out firing

Writes of Passage

Charlotte Leibel knows all about the handwriting on the wall, and she uses it to unlock the secrets of personality

Alice Unchained

Reality from the ground up, brutal and rocking