Addict Nation (43 page)

1 Natalie Finn, Ashley Fultz, and Lindsay Miller, “Michael Jackson’s Parents Fume, Say Conrad Murray ‘Killed Him,’” E Online, February 8, 2010,
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b166241_michael_jacksons_parents_fume_say.html
.

2 “The Drugs That Caused Michael Jackson’s Death,” Reuters, February 8, 2010,
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6174A420100209
.

3 “Jacko Sued for Not Paying for His Meds,” TMZ, January 12, 2007,
http://www.tmz.com/2007/01/12/jacko-sued-for-not-paying-for-his-meds
/.

4 “Geller, Ex-bodyguard Tell of Jackson Drug Abuse,” Associated Press, July 2, 2009,
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31706977
; and Paul Solomon, “Opinion: Did Prescription Drugs Kill Michael Jackson?”
Digital Journal,
July 2, 2009,
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275152
.

5 Karlie Pouliot, “Drugs That Killed Heath Ledger Could Be in Your Home,” February 6, 2008, Fox News.com,
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328926,00.html
.

6 “Anna Nicole Smith died of accidental overdose,” Associated Press, March 27, 2007,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17788386/page/2/print/1/displaymode/1098/
.

7 “Arrest Linked to Corey Haim Death,” CBS/Associated Press, March 13, 2010,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/17/entertainment/main6308582.shtml
; and Mike Fitgerald, “Hillbilly Heroin: The Story of Jon Riley Hays, M.D.,” Opiates.com,
Belleview News-Democrat,
http://www.opiates.com/media/heroin-belleville.html
.

8 Lisa Fletcher and Sarah Netter, “Corey Haim: Where Did His Prescriptions Come From?” ABC News.com, March 15, 2010,
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/corey-haim-death-prescription-drugs/story?id=10099842
.

9 Nancy Dillon, “Corey Haim autopsy results: Former child actor died of natural causes, not a drug overdose,”
New York Daily News
, May 4, 2010,
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/05/04/2010-05-04_corey_haim_autopsy_results_reveal_actor_died_of_natural_ causes_not_a_drug_overdo.html
; Robert Jablon, “Corey Haim Cause of Death: Pneumonia Complications, NOT Drugs,” Associated Press and
Huffington Post,
May 4, 2010,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/04/corey-haim-cause-of-death_n_563300.html
.

10 Liz Szabo, “Prescriptions now biggest cause of fatal drug overdoses,”
USA Today
, October 2, 2009,
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-30-drugoverdose_N.htm
.

11 Barry Meier, “When Pain Drugs Hurt: Focusing on Doctors,”
New York Times,
CNBC online, July 29, 2010,
http://www.cnbc.com/id/38464522
.

12 California Office of the Attorney General, Cures Program,
http://ag.ca.gov/bne/cures.php
.

13 National Drug Control Strategy FY 2009 Budget Summary, White House, February 2008,
http://www.cfr.org/publication/10373/forgotten_drug_war.html
;
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-03-31/politics/cafferty.legal.drugs_1_drug-trials-cartels-drug-suppliers?_s=PM:POLITICS
;
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/policy/09budget/index.html
.

14 Liz Szabo, “Prescriptions now biggest cause of fatal drug overdoses,”
USA Today
online, October 2, 2009 (updated August 10, 2010),
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-30-drug-overdose_N.htm
.

15 Barry Meier, “When Pain Drugs Hurt: Focusing on Doctors,”
New York Times,
CNBC online, July 29, 2010,
http://www.cnbc.com/id/38464522
.

16 “Suspect Charged in Somer Thompson’s Murder; Recovering Addict Explains Doctor Shopping,” transcript,
Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell
, March 26, 2010,
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1003/26/ijvm.01.html
.

17 “Lindsay Lohan Starts Serving Jail Sentence,” Associated Press, July 20, 2010,
http://cbs11tv.com/national/Lindsay.Lohan.jail.2.1814144.html
.

18 “Lindsay Lohan Probation Report Released,” Radaronline.com, July 7, 2010,
http://www.radaronline.com/sites/radaronline.com/files/Lindsay%20Lohan%20Probationc.pdf
.

19 Ibid.

20 Letter from Lisa Bloom for the Bloomfirm, Attorneys at Law, to Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, California Department of Justice, dated July 28, 2010.

21 United States Department of Health and Human Services Testimony by William K. Hubbard on the Domestic Sale of Prescription Drugs over the Internet, March 27, 2003,
http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t030327b.html
.

22 Peter Singer,
The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty,
Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks, Reprint Edition, September 14, 2010, page 27.

23 Youtube.com, March 18, 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv2hS_NulHU
.

24 The Henry K. Kaiser Family Foundation Report on Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on Prescription Drug Spending, June 2003,
http://www.kff.org/rxdrugs/6084-index.cfm
.

25 “Top 10 Best-Selling Prescription Drugs in America,”
Listafterlist.com
,
http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/10716/Health/Top+10+BestSelling+Prescription+Drugs+ in+America.aspx
.

26 “Bitter Medicine: Pills, Profit and the Public Health,” May 29 (no year),
http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/archive/bitter-medicine.htm
.

27 Stephanie Saul, “More Celebrities Finding Roles as Antidepressant Advocates,”
New York
Times
, March 21, 2005,
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/business/media/21bracco.html
.

28 Ibid.

29 John Morgan, “Terry Bradshaw’s Winning Drive Against Depression,”
USA Today
, January 30, 2004,
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlighthealth/2004-01-30bradshaw_x.htm
.

30 Stephanie Saul, “More Celebrities Finding Roles as Antidepressant Advocates,”
New York
Times
, March 21, 2005,
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/business/media/21bracco.html
.

31 Julie Creswell, “Nothing Sells Like Celebrity,”
New York Times
, June 22, 2008,
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/business/media/22celeb.html
.

32 Melody Petersen, “CNN to Reveal When Guests Promote Drugs for Companies,”
New
York Times
, August 23, 2002,
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/business/media/23DRUG.html?pagewanted=1&pagewanted=print
.

33 Dennis Cauchon, “FDA Advisers Tied to Industry,”
USA Today
, September 25, 2000,
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/092500-01.htm
. Original links at
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-21-fda-conflicts-interest_N.htm
; and
http://www.fda.gov/oc/advisory/factsheet080408.html
.

34 “Bitter Medicine: Pills, Profit and the Public Health,” May 29 (no year),
http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/archive/bitter-medicine.htm
.

35 Duff Wilson, “Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics,”
New York Times
, December 11, 2009,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/health/12medicaid.html
.

36 Jennifer Ashton, M.D., “5 Drugs Kids Steal Most Often from Parents,” CBS online, May 7, 2009,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/07/earlyshow/health/main4998006.shtml
.

37 Join Together Research Summary, October 30, 2006,
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2006/prescription-painkillers.html
.

38 Jennifer Ashton, M.D., “5 Drugs Kids Steal Most Often from Parents,” CBS online, May 7, 2009,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/07/earlyshow/health/main4998006.shtml
.

39 “Teen Trend: ‘Cabinet Parties,’” MomLogic.com, March 26, 2010,
http://www.momlogic.com/2010/03/teen_trend_cabinet_parties.php
.

40 “Brittany Murphy’s Mom: My Daughter Didn’t Do Drugs,”
People
, January 16, 2010,
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20337389,00.html
.

41 Ken Lee, “Brittany Murphy Died from Drug Intoxication and Pneumonia,”
People
, February 4, 2010,
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20341643,00.html
.

Chapter 3: The Cybers

1 Dungeons and Dragons website,
https://trial.turbine.com/ddo.php?ftui=DDODefault&utm_source=Google_S_DDO&utm_medium=Text&utm_campaign=DDOLaunch0Test&referral=127284&gclid=CMWW2oTbvKICFUJx5Qodam1J5Q
.

2 “Parents Neglect Starved Babies to Feed Video Game Addiction,” Associated Press, July 14, 2007,
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289331,00.html
.

3 Ryan Van Cleave, foreword to
Unplugged: My Journey into the Dark World of Video Game
Addiction
(Deerfield Beach, FL: HCI, 2010), viii.

4 “What is the total number of websites on Internet?” AbhiSays.com, December 29, 2009,
http://abhisays.com/internet/what-is-the-total-number-of-websites-on-internet.html
.

5 Dan Kadlec, “World Series of Poker: Attack of the Math Brats,”
Time
, June 28, 2010,
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1997467,00.html
.

6 Gambling Facts and Statistics,
http://overcominggambling.com/gambling-facts.html
.

7 Dr. Kimberly Young, “What is Cybersexual Addiction?” HealthyPlace: American’s Mental Health Channel, December 15, 2008,
http://www.healthyplace.com/addictions/center-for-internet-addiction-recovery/what-is-cybersexual-addiction/menu-id-1105
.

8 Miguel Helft, “For X-Rated, a Domain of Their Own,”
New York Times
, June 25, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/technology/26domain.html?src=busln
.

9 Adult Videochat, Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_video_chat
.

10 Online dating service, Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_dating_service
; and Robert L. Mitchell, “Online dating: It’s bigger than porn,” Computerworld, February 13, 2009,
http://blogs.computerworld.com/online_dating_its_bigger_than_porn
.

11 “The Couch-Potato Generation, Kaiser Family Foundation Study,”
Time
, February 1, 2010,
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1955582-2,00.html
.

12 “Third of Teens with Phones Text 100 Times a day,” Reuters, April 20, 2010,
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63J0K220100420
.

13 Clive Thompson, “Brave New World of Digital Intimacy,”
New York Times,
September 5, 2008,
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html?pagewanted=all
.

14 Hilary Stout, “Antisocial Networking?”
New York Times,
April 30, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/fashion/02BEST.html
.

15 Transcript of Text Messages on Wayne Treacy’s Phone,
Sun Sentinel,
May 14, 2010,
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/transcript-of-text-messages-on-wayne-treacys-phone-687916.html
and Sue Scheff, “Text Messages Released: Wayne Treacy planned to Snap (Josie Ratley) Neck and then Stomp Her Skull,”
Examiner,
May 13, 2010,
http://www.examiner.com/parenting-teens-in-fort-lauderdale/text-messages-released-wayne-treacy-planned-to-snap-her-josie-ratley-neck-then-stomp-her-skull
.

16 Jan Hoffman, “Online Bullies Pull Schools In,”
New York Times
, June 27, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/style/28bully.html
to the Fray.

17 Ibid.

18 Tamar Lewin, “Teenage Insults Scrawled on Web, Not on Walls,”
New York Times
, May 5, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/us/06formspring.html
.

19 “Alexis Pilkington Brutally Cyber Bullied, Even After Her Suicide,” CBS, March 26, 2010,
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20001181-504083.html?tag=content-Main
;contentBody; and Oren Yaniv, “Long Island teen’s suicide linked to cruel cyber bullies, formspring.me site: police,”
New York Daily News
, March 25, 2010,
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/03/25/2010-0325_li_teens_suicide_linked_to_cruel_ cyberbullies_police.html

20 Alastair Sweeny,
BlackBerry Planet: The Story of Research in Motion and the Little Device
that Took the World by Storm
(New York: Wiley, 2009), Kindle location, 2973.

21 Tom Lutz,
Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America
(New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007), 41.

22 Ram Dass,
Remember, Be Here Now
(Santa Fe, NM: Hanuman Foundation, 1971).

Chapter 4: The Stargazers

1 Sharon Clott, “Was Lady Gaga’s VMA Meat Dress Real?” MTV.com, September 13, 2010,
http://style.mtv.com/2010/09/13/2010-vmas-was-lady-gagas-meat-dress-real
/; and Tim Teeman, “Lady Gaga’s meat dress the must-have Halloween costume,”
Adelaide Now,
October 22, 2010,
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/lady-gagas-meat-dress-the-must-have-halloween-costume/story-e6fredpu-1225942315873
.

2 “Starvation for Sanjaya: A Hunger Strike,” YouTube.com,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDviPoXJl28&feature=player_embedded
.

3 “In Pictures: The Web Celeb 25,” Forbes.com,
http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/02/web-celebrities-internet-thought-leaders-25_slide_9.html
.