Yesterday afternoon, music superstar Whitney Houston was found dead in her hotel suite at the Beverly Hilton. Her body was removed from the hotel to the morgue for an autopsy, but Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said, "There were no obvious signs of criminal intent," though it's unclear whether she died of natural causes. more ›

The upside of being a patient of Dr. Alvin Yee was that you could always order a latte if the doctor was running late. That's because Yee set up his practice in local Starbucks around Orange County, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Investigators say that patients from all around the Seattle to Detroit would come to Yee with cash in hand, expecting to get a prescription for painkillers without a really thorough examination. more ›

While our roads are getting safer, the number of Americans are dying from drug overdoses has doubled in the last decade. That means more of us are dying from overdoses than traffic accidents for the first time since the government started keeping track of drug-related deaths in 1979, according to the Los Angeles Times. more ›

Typical smuggling cases involve the illegal movement of drugs INTO the United States. Not in this case. Dr. Tyron Reece, a 71-year-old general practitioner in Inglewood, was arrested earlier this week for conspiracy to smuggle prescription drugs from California to Mexico. more ›

Details surrounding the 10-car pileup crash that killed three people including Julia Allen, the 27-year-old driver of the Ford Taurus that hit three vehicles and then flew airborne before landing on a motorcycle, are emerging and questions remain about what may have caused the accident. more ›

Parents, teachers and police officers are concerned over a dramatic increase in drug arrests at Santa Monica High, according to the Santa Monica Daily Press. 35 drug arrests have been made so far this school year, up from 17 during all of last year. Are these students getting mellow with a little marijuana? Oh no. Most of the arrests have been for prescription drugs and the school is now focused on educating parents about keeping pills out of their kid's hands and recognizing signs of drug abuse. more ›

The Drug Enforcement Administration Los Angeles Field Division announced yesterday they collected 8,190 pounds of medicine as part of the Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Program held on Saturday, September 25th. The goal of the one-day event was to give people a safe method and location for disposing of unwanted prescription medication. more ›

The Los Angeles Coroner's Office released their report on the death of actor Corey Haim, and have determined the troubled onetime child star died of natural causes. Haim's death has been attributed to "a combination of pneumonia and respiratory and heart trouble, and not from an overdose of prescription drugs as suspected," according to On the Red Carpet. The drugs found in Haim's system were "not a factor in his death," notes the Washington Post, adding, that despite "low levels of both over-the-counter and prescription drugs and some marijuana in his body," his death was "natural." more ›

A West Hollywood clinic's doctor has been arrested on charges he wrote "thousands of prescriptions for highly addictive drugs for 'patients' he did not examine and who simply paid cash for the prescriptions," according to the Department of Justice. more ›

Attorney General Jerry Brown has revealed the findings of report made on the "doctor shopping" habits of the late actor Corey Haim, whose last month of life included visits to multiple doctors and pharmacies to obtain hundreds of pills. more ›

Actress Brittany Murphy was taking hundreds of prescription pills a month prior to her death, and was even using an alias to obtain additional and often duplicate scrips, according to TMZ. The gossip site notes: "Pharmacy records show Murphy was getting regular scrips for hydrocodone (Vicodin), clonazepam and Klonopin (anti-anxiety), and Vicoprofen (a Vicodin/ibuprofen combo) -- doubling up on some prescriptions on certain months," in quantities sometimes as much as 100-300 of each drug. Murphy used the name "Lola Manilow Murphy -- at Eddie's Pharmacy in Los Angeles for nearly two years ... before the pharmacy finally cut her off 4 months before her death." The 32-year-old actress died on December 20th. more ›

Following the death of onetime child star Corey Haim this week from a prescription drug overdose, authorities and the public quickly moved to scrutinize the actor's abuse of the pills and the possibility he had been "doctor shopping"--a practice that involves seeking prescriptions from multiple doctors at the same time. more ›