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Andrew Gillum, who won over the hearts of Florida voters during the 2018 gubernatorial race when he came 34,000 votes shy of winning the election, was found in a Miami hotel room filled with bags of possible methamphetamine. According to the Miami Herald, Gillum was one of three men in a South Beach hotel room…

Lamar Odom finds it very “therapeutic” opening up about his overdose. The 39-year-old basketball star nearly died at a ranch in 2015 and was rushed to the hospital, where he suffered 12 seizures and six strokes. His lungs collapsed, his kidneys ruptured, and his heart stopped twice, but he admits now that it was good…

A man has been charged in connection with Mac Miller’s death. The “Self Care” hitmaker died from an overdose on Sept. 7, 2018, and almost a year later, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Fusion Task Force have arrested 23-year-old Cameron James Pettit, alleging that he sold counterfeit drugs containing fentanyl to the late rapper. According to an affidavit…

Lamar Odom is a “walking miracle,” according to doctors. The 39-year-old former NBA star suffered 12 strokes and six heart attacks while in a coma following an overdose in 2015 and he has admitted everyone including himself is surprised he is still alive after the ordeal. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times newspaper he said: “My doctors…

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A well-known German plastic surgeon has been jailed after being found guilty in the death of his girlfriend. Dr. Andreas David Niederbichler, 43, was recently sentenced to nine years in prison in the overdose death of his lover, who died in February 2018. Niederbichler had met a woman, identified only as Yvonne M. by the…

Once again, a gay Black man has been found dead in the home of wealthy Democratic donor Ed Buck. On Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, LA County firefighters responded to a 911 call of a man not breathing. Inside the home of Buck was the body of Timothy Dean, 55, who was pronounced dead at the scene.…

This past August 2018, a talented and pregnant Lyric McHenry, 26, was found unresponsive on a street in the Bronx section of New York City. According to police, she was sprawled out on the street, wearing a pink top, panties and with a small Ziploc bag of cocaine. She had been celebrating her birthday that night…

Bow Wow “almost died” after he became hooked on cough medicine. The 31-year-old rapper has begged his young fans to stay away from drugs in the wake of Mac Miller’s death from a suspected overdose last week after he became addicted to Lean — a homemade drug made up of soda, hard sweets, and prescription…

Prince’s estate gave the late music icon’s fans a huge gift today when it released 23 of the of his albums on major streaming services. The “Purple Rain” singer — who died last April at the age of 57 from a fentanyl overdose at his Paisley Park estate — pulled all of his music from Spotify…

A small park near Yale University was the scene of a mass overdose according to police in New Haven, Connecticut. Police reported that at least 76 people were hospitalized as suspected overdose victims on Wednesday while another 17 were reported ill on Thursday. All the victims reported smoking synthetic marijuana, known on the streets as K2.…

What should have been a fun birthday celebration for Lyric McHenry, 26, instead has ended in tragedy as the NYPD has discovered her body. McHenry was a talented young woman who at the age of 15 found herself working on the Obama Presidential Election Campaign. She excelled in academics, was named a Ron Brown Scholar…

Across the country, many states have addressed growing marijuana use with decriminalization, medical legalization, and recreational legalization. In Illinois, where limited medical use is permitted, there is now a problem for those who choose to buy fake weed or synthetic pot — it is causing users to bleed from body orifices. According to the Illinois Department of…

The crisis of opioid use has a family in Pennsylvania grieving over a double tragedy. According to “WJAC News,” Theresa Plummer, 69, found her son Ronald, 45, unconscious on the bathroom floor from a drug overdose. Her son was a known drug addict and there was paraphernalia in the bathroom. Ronald was rushed to the…

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning about two new versions of the synthetic opiate fentanyl. “According to a warning issued by the GBI: The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Lab in Cleveland, Georgia, has identified two new fentanyl analogues, acrylfentanyl and tetrahydrofuran fentanyl. Both of these synthetic opioids had not previously been…

Shantonia Heard, 27, rushed into the emergency room at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, with her 1-year-old daughter along with another 3-year-old child. Her daughter was in physical distress, and Heard told the hospital staff that her daughter had consumed Epsom salts from a styrofoam cup a few hours earlier and started having a…

The state of Georgia is on alert after police and public health officials are warning the public over a string of mass overdoses and deaths that have hit the middle portion of the state. In the past 48 hours, four people have died and there have been dozens of overdose cases at emergency rooms across…

Earlier this week, a police officer was flagged down by a frantic woman in Portsmouth, Ohio. It was a little after midnight and the woman stated that a child was lying on the sidewalk unresponsive. As police went to the location, they spotted a red SUV speeding away from the scene and the child was…

Veteran dancer and performer Alvester Martin has hit the stage with international stars Beyoncé, Rihanna, Tamar Braxton and Mariah Carey. Fans got a nice glimpse of Martin during the first season of Vivica Fox’s “Black Magic,” where he remixed Darrin Henson’s choreography. Now, Martin just released his first single, “Overdose.” Here’s what he has to say…

The plague of heroin addiction has made news recently as people across the nation are overdosing at alarming rates. The city of Louisville, Kentucky is now taking center stage as at least 52 people have overdosed on heroin in a 36-hour period. Louisville Metro Emergency Services reported a string of 911 calls that started last…

In a story that shows the dangers of allowing drug dealing to occur in a home, a grandmother has been sentenced to jail. Police and prosecutors claim that Lisa Davis, 44, of Warren, Ohio, knew her sons were dealing drugs from her home. Staying at the home also was her daughter Carlisa Davis, 19, and…