Ambien for Coke Heads
Jeff Deeney is a social worker and freelance writer from Philadelphia. He previously wrote about his experience scoring OxyContin on Pill Hill for the Philadelphia City Paper
The latest pharmaceutical being sold on the street is a knock-you-out antipsychotic called Seroquel. Jeff Deeney talks to the dealers, users, and narcs in the "Suzie-Q" black market.
Cocaine Cowboys
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
In an excerpt from Miami Babylon, Gerald Posner recalls 1980s South Beach, when it was a Wild West of drug cartels and sex parties that made Scarface look tame.
Anatomy of a Massacre
Rick Outzen is publisher and editor of Independent News, the alternative newsweekly for Northwest Florida.
New witness reports give horrific details about the murder of the Florida parents of 17, including an underworld motive, the Billings' last words-and the mute 10-year-old son who saw it all and could only sign for help.
Mexican Mafia Connection
Rick Outzen is publisher and editor of Independent News, the alternative newsweekly for Northwest Florida.
Investigators have linked Mexican organized crime to the murders of the parents of 17, reveals Rick Outzen, perhaps answering the case's riddle: Why was a Florida couple shot at home execution-style?
Chopra: Michael Jackson Could Have Been Saved
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
Michael Jackson's famed health guru, Deepak Chopra, tells The Daily Beast's Gerald Posner about his grief, his own medical dealings with the singer-and how a simple emergency-room drug could have saved his life.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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