Drug Addiction

Is Dr. Dre on Steroids?

Don't Even Try to Syke Her Out

Alice Unchained

Reality from the ground up, brutal and rocking

Junkies

It alters perceptions and skews the ability to tell right from wrong. Ultimately, it results in a dysfunctional society. But it's not a drug. It's the War on Drugs.

It's the Booze Talking

They say the first step to recovery is admitting your addiction. And now they say it on the radio.

Pep Talks

In recovery, out in the field, members of the Partnership to Empower Parents reach out to Miami's drug-dependent mothers

Must Love Meth

A local drug-testing company is desperately seeking tweekers.

Silver Jews

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)

Tune In, Turn On, Root Out

Rusted Root comes bearing trippy fruit.

Not-So-Dear Diaries

Nikki Sixx’s new memoir is a tale of blow, hookers, and all things Mötley Crüe

Drugs Are Bad, Mmkay?

Nikki Sixx’s new memoir is a tale of blow, hookers, and all things Mötley Crüe

Break the Habit

John Schmidt will save Danny. Come hell or a good high.

Louie Vega

John Schmidt will save Danny. Come hell or a good high.

Cage

Hell's Winter (Def Jux)

Opio

Triangulation Station Hiero Imperium

Good Evening, Heartache

Billie Holiday self-destructs on the M Ensemble stage

BEST LOCAL BOY GONE BAD

Ric Sisser

BEST FM RADIO PERSONALITIES

Paul Castronovo and Young Ron Brewer

Zeta (WZTA-FM 94.9)

Addiction Affliction

You thought going cold turkey was painful? Try Mohamed Ibrahim's rehab program at the Sea Winds Healthcare Services.

Exiled in Havana

With the FBI in pursuit, black activist Nehanda Abiodun a decade ago fled to Cuba, where she still dreams of fomenting a socialist revolution in the United States

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

Drug Bizarre

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

Detox Redux

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

A Quick Fix

Despite skyrocketing demand, Miami-Dade is shutting down its only public detox center

The Addiction Connection

They'll bust you for using heroin. They'll sell you the more addictive methadone for a nominal fee at a local clinic--legally. This makes sense?

Addicted to Addiction

University of Miami's Deborah Mash believes ibogaine could be the wonder drug to end all drugs. And she's ready to risk everything to prove it.

Dope Detective

If it gets you high, chances are that James Hall knows more about it than anyone anywhere

Rhaynetta's Cause: The Epilogue

AIDS activist Rhaynetta Cheatham finally succumbs to the illness

Rhaynetta's Cause

Even through her own struggle with the disease, Rhaynetta Cheatham has worked tirelessly to bring AIDS awareness where it's most needed: Miami's black community

Heroin Be the Death of Me

South Beach nightlife sophisticates know they can handle it. A little puff now and then won't kill you. No big deal.

Still Homeless After All These Years

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

Scott Storch Is Back And He's Done Fuckin' With That Lindsay Lohan

Original keyboard player for The Roots, former Davie school kid, and still-a-super-producer Scott Storch is back in the studio. He got caught up in the bullshit Hollywood rock star lifestyle, blew through millions of dollars and hit rock bottom before he woke up in rehab. Give thanks, Storch is a g ... More >>

Defense Attorney: Catholic Parishioner-Turned-Scam Artist Had Drug Problem

The Westchester Parishioner busted for a tax fraud scheme struggled with drug abuse, his lawyer Luis Fernandez tells Riptide. Pablo Gehr, 32, of St. Brendan's Catholic Church, conned over $200,000 from low-income and elderly individuals and members of his church. A judge sentenced him to three years ... More >>

Pick Your Poison At Finnegan's River

Finnegan's River, located on the Miami River, is promoting its' new Detox Sundays deal. This means that from 11am to 7pm you can get five Presidente beers for $15, or $25 pitchers of margaritas or mojitos. We don't take issue with the offer, which sounds reasonable enough -- but "detox" denotes the ... More >>

Gutter Glamour

Mickey Avalon is the club set's unlikely king.

Still Tokin': 4 Million Adults Over 50 Still Get High

​Drugs: They're not just for young people. Old people are getting high in record numbers. A new government study suggests more than 4 million Americans over the age of 50 still smoke pot and abuse prescription drugs, a finding that should surprise no one. Especially if you know ex-h ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Junk Food, Burger King, Passover, and Dream Water

"Scientists in Florida say overeaters are addicted to junk food in the same way drug addicts are addicted to cocaine and heroin." [AllHeadlineNews]"Project Downtown, an organization that started about two years ago in Miami and now has branches other U.S. cities," continues feeding the homeless. [VO ... More >>

More Gerald Posner Plagiarism in Miami Babylon, From New Times, PBS, and Many Others

Back on March 16, Riptide broke the news that South Beach-based author Gerald Posner's latest book, Miami Babylon, had stolen eight passages from Frank Owen's 2003 work Clubland. photo by Bill Cooke New Times and a doctoral student have found more than a dozen new instances of plagi ... 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 >>

Protoman Gets "86'd" Artistically on New EP, Which Is Out Today

​ On the cover of his 86'd EP, conscious South Florida's rapper Protoman sends a mixed message with several examples of vice giving us bedroom eyes from that big, red no-no circle. Come sit over here, Crown Royal.With Los Angeles producer Sebino providing the beat firepower, the EP digs into every ... More >>

Aerosmith

​ On the cover of his 86'd EP, conscious South Florida's rapper Protoman sends a mixed message with several examples of vice giving us bedroom eyes from that big, red no-no circle. Come sit over here, Crown Royal.With Los Angeles producer Sebino providing the beat firepower, the EP digs into every ... 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 >>

Alvin Powell, Former Crack-Addicted Dolphins Player, is Now a Substance Abuse Counselor

​Even the most passionate Miami Dolphins fans might not remember Alvin Powell. The offensive lineman played only two games for the Fins in 1989 before suddenly resigning. His play on the field wasn't much helped by the fact that he was addicted to crack cocaine. Now the former NFL player has turne ... More >>

Selena Gomez at Mizner Park Amphitheatre July 28

​Even the most passionate Miami Dolphins fans might not remember Alvin Powell. The offensive lineman played only two games for the Fins in 1989 before suddenly resigning. His play on the field wasn't much helped by the fact that he was addicted to crack cocaine. Now the former NFL player has turne ... More >>

AIDS Wolf at Churchill's Pub November 3

​Even the most passionate Miami Dolphins fans might not remember Alvin Powell. The offensive lineman played only two games for the Fins in 1989 before suddenly resigning. His play on the field wasn't much helped by the fact that he was addicted to crack cocaine. Now the former NFL player has turne ... More >>

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

​Even the most passionate Miami Dolphins fans might not remember Alvin Powell. The offensive lineman played only two games for the Fins in 1989 before suddenly resigning. His play on the field wasn't much helped by the fact that he was addicted to crack cocaine. Now the former NFL player has turne ... 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 >>

Next to Normal at Actors' Playhouse through February 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 >>