Drug Addiction

Joseph Mattson, Eric Lorberer

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Derek Boogaard had degenerative brain disease linked to head injuries

The results are in from tests on Derek Boogaard's brain.​After former Wild enforcer Derek Boogaard was found dead in his apartment this past spring, many wondered if a season-ending concussion had anything to do with his untimely death. A toxicology report from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ... More >>

Mike Starr of Alice in Chains dead at 44

Mike Starr, top center, with the original Alice in Chains lineup in 1990​Mike Starr, original bassist and co-founder of the Seattle-based grunge band Alice in Chains, died today at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was 44 years old.

Justin Townes Earle talks addiction, redemption, and the 'crap' we call modern-day country

​Justin Townes Earle is everything that you'd expect from a Nashville born, country-bred, Americana singer-songwriter. Earle seemed predisposed to be a fantastically unrefined folk artist: his father, the legendary country singer, author, and playwright Steve Earle, has won numerous Grammy Awards, ... More >>

Denny Hecker's drug problem won't help his prison problem, says law expert

Hecker fesses up to drug use.​Denny Hecker's sentencing is just around the corner, and the fallen auto king is making an 11th-hour plea for a little mercy. Hecker's lawyers filed a motion yesterday asking a judge to shave two years off the recommended sentence of a decade in prison. Hecker fesses ... More >>

The Works: A Writers Salon

Hecker fesses up to drug use.​Denny Hecker's sentencing is just around the corner, and the fallen auto king is making an 11th-hour plea for a little mercy. Hecker's lawyers filed a motion yesterday asking a judge to shave two years off the recommended sentence of a decade in prison. Hecker fesses ... More >>

Andrew Zimmern talks eating penises and stealing to buy drugs with Nightline

​Andrew Zimmern arrived in Minnesota in 1982 and headed to Hazelden to recover from a serious drug addiction. In subsequent years, the onetime chef became a food writer and host of the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods. This week, he was profiled on ABC's Nightline and shared a few stories on the ... More >>

Joshua James Walker named the Shakopee killer

Joshua James Walker​Joshua James Walker, a 34-year-old Shakopee man with a rap sheet stretching back a dozen years, has been identified as the guy who stole a car yesterday in Plymouth, stabbed 30-year-old Asia King to death in Shakopee, and then was shot dead by cops in a ditch on Highway 169 ... More >>

Mitch Omer

Joshua James Walker​Joshua James Walker, a 34-year-old Shakopee man with a rap sheet stretching back a dozen years, has been identified as the guy who stole a car yesterday in Plymouth, stabbed 30-year-old Asia King to death in Shakopee, and then was shot dead by cops in a ditch on Highway 169 ... More >>

Vikings 'original Whizzinator' heading to Minn. bar memorabilia wall

How do you make a name for your suburban bar in the Twin Cities? Display the Whizzinator of a former Minnesota Viking.

Ex-KFAN host Dubay sentenced to 180 days in workhouse

The ex-KFAN radio host's terrible cocaine habit just sent him straight to the workhouse.

Brian Wilson

The ex-KFAN radio host's terrible cocaine habit just sent him straight to the workhouse.

David Carr Q & A: To Hell and Back, then Back to Hell, Then to the New York Times

The ex-KFAN radio host's terrible cocaine habit just sent him straight to the workhouse.

Pat Neshek and his Staedtler pen

The ex-KFAN radio host's terrible cocaine habit just sent him straight to the workhouse.

Long Day's Journey Into Night

The ex-KFAN radio host's terrible cocaine habit just sent him straight to the workhouse.

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

The ex-KFAN radio host's terrible cocaine habit just sent him straight to the workhouse.

Randy Moss fighting re-entry into NFL drug program

The ex-KFAN radio host's terrible cocaine habit just sent him straight to the workhouse.

Meth: Is it really Minnesota's biggest drug problem?

The ex-KFAN radio host's terrible cocaine habit just sent him straight to the workhouse.

Meth Mouth Madness

The ex-KFAN radio host's terrible cocaine habit just sent him straight to the workhouse.

The Man in the Middle

With Michael Olowokandi seeming stunned, newcomer Eddie Griffin steps front and center

Addicted To Drug Court

The Good News and the Bad News: Hennepin County’s drug court has cleared court dockets and steered a lot of people toward treatment. It’s also allowed the county to push thousands more casual offenders into the corrections system.

Meth Myths, Meth Realities

What we know--and what we don't--about methamphetamine's history, chemistry, and impact on users

A Junkie's Work is Never Done

Ever since his first jolt of painkillers 17 years ago, Curt has been meaning to get clean. Soon.

Playing Horse

Ruby Myhre was 14 when she had her first baby, and 17 when she first used heroin. Now, at 23, she wants a chance to mix sobriety and motherhood.

High and Dry

The Salvation Army bails on providing detox services to Hennepin County

The Quick Fix

St. Paul hauls out the zoning code in the hope of end-running a proposed methadone clinic

Ciao, Belle

Donna Ellringer threatens to decamp from Phillips before the hell she's predicting breaks loose

Fresh Meat for Rotting Puppets

With a new lineup and reissued back catalog, the last great punk band of the '80s gets lost on the freeway again

World Gone Wrong

Ghost in the Machine: Wasted apparitions haunt the house in The Dead Souls, a performance piece by the Montreal company Carbone 14.

Living Clean

The Minnesota AIDS Project tries to shoot a clean-syringes provision through the Legislature.

Shock Resistant

The Minnesota AIDS Project tries to shoot a clean-syringes provision through the Legislature.