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Vancouver to Give Out Crack Pipes

Matt Cantor — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:13:05 CDT

Vancouver is upping the ante in its efforts to fight the risks of crack addiction: The city will soon give out free crack pipes to users. Officials hope the plan will help prevent the spread of diseases through shared pipe use and will allow health authorities to reach out to...

DJ AM Talked of Sobriety, Crack Fears

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:37:44 CDT

DJ AM boasted of his 11 years of "sobriety"—freed from crack cocaine, his "drug of choice"—on an interview aired on MTV shortly before he was found dead last week of an apparent overdose. But Adam Goldstein also discussed nearly falling off the wagon as he participated in his...

NYC Cops: DJ AM Death Looks Like Drug Overdose

Will McCahill — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:30:02 CDT

A drug overdose looks to be the cause of death for DJ AM, the celebrity disc jockey found today in a SoHo apartment, New York police tell the Post . A crack pipe and prescription drugs lay near the bed where Adam Goldstein, 36, died sometime in the past few days;...