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A judge has ruled in favor of three U.S. drug distributors in a lawsuit over the ongoing opioid addiction crisis. A federal judge made the ruling in favor of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, McKesson Corporation, and Cardinal Health Inc. on Monday. Per Reuters, U.S. District Judge David Faber argued in his ruling in the West Virginia-focused suit that […]
A California family is suing Meta, claiming Instagram is to blame for their teenage daughter’s eating disorder and mental health issues. NBC News reports the lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, by Kathleen and Jeffrey Spence on behalf of their daughter Alexis Spence. The lawsuit alleges Alexis, who began using Instagram […]
YouTube star and musician Lil Bo Weep, born Winona Lisa Green, died last week at the age of 22. Her father Matthew Schofield shared an emotional statement on Facebook honoring his daughter. “This weekend we lost the fight for my daughter’s life against depression, trauma, PTSD and drug addiction that we have been fighting since we got her back […]
A tale of alcoholism, addiction, and the long road to sobriety are strung together in the cinematic new visual for Juice WRLD’s “Cigarettes.” Euphoria actor Angus Cloud also makes a cameo. Directed by Steve Cannon, the “Cigarettes” video follows a young man who loses everything, from his job to his girlfriend, as his addiction to alcohol makes him unable to complete […]
Lil Xan has been very open about his drug addiction, and now that he’s reportedly clean, he’s calling out his ex-manager, who Xan says used to enable him. In an Instagram Live session now saved as a post captioned “The Dangers of The Music Industry,” the 25-year-old compared his own situation to Lil Peep’s, who died in […]
Bobby Shmurda has made it no secret that he struggled with sex addiction following his release from jail. In a new interview with Hot 97, the rapper revealed the specific strategy he used to cope. “When I came home, I ain’t gonna lie… I just stopped like a month ago, I was having like real sex addict […]
Juicy J is opening up on the fall of Three 6 Mafia. The rapper spoke with Nas and radio personality Minya “Miss Info” Oh during the latest episode of Spotify’s The Bridge: 50 Years of Hip Hop podcast, explaining that “drugs really broke Three 6 Mafia up.” After Nas asked which drugs did it, Juicy explained that it was “the […]
Chynna’s posthumous album Drug Opera, the first full-length release following the Philly artist’s death from accidental overdose last year, has arrived. Chynna worked on the record prior to her passing, with her family and team only making minor production tweaks to the finished project due to sample clearance issues. Featuring appearances from ASAP Ant, Kur, and Junglepussy, […]
Four of the biggest drug companies in the world have agreed to pay $26 billion to settle an opioid crisis lawsuit. According to NBC News, a group of state attorneys general confirmed the landmark deal Wednesday, after years of negotiations with Johnson & Johnson and drug distributors AmerisourceBergen Corp., Cardinal Health Inc., and McKesson Corp. The companies are accused of […]
Jada Pinkett Smith says an incident that occurred on the set of the 1996 Eddie Murphy comedy The Nutty Professor opened her eyes about the potential side effects of her tendency toward drug and alcohol abuse. In a new episode of Red Table Talk, Jada—joined by co-hosts Willow and Adrienne Banfield-Norris—reflected on the incident while […]
