When most remember the late '90s and the Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter, fond memories of dancing and singing to their songs rush to the forefront.  Now, with the recent death of his sister Leslie, the public is instead  warned of the danger of prescription drugs.

Ginger Carter, Leslie's stepmother, openly admitted that Leslie had a history fraught with mental illness.  The medications found at the scene paint a picture of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. These included:

A trio of men were arrested along with 2 students in an LSD sting in Philadelphia.

The men were selling LSD on sheets that depicted a "psychedelic" homer simpson and Jerry Garcia.

Authorities estimate the men were taking in $5,000-$15,000 a week selling acid using the campus of Drexel University as

A British company named GW Pharma is seeking FDA approval to sell a marijuana-based prescription painkiller in the U.S.  The drug, which is administered as an oral spray and is intended for cancer patients, is the world's first prescription drug that contains raw marijuana.  According to API reports, GW Pharma hopes to begin marketing the new drug, which it calls Sativex, in 2013.

According to a recent study, addiction to the Internet might cause the same changes to the brain that occur with alcoholism and cocaine addiction.

India has somewhat earned a reputation as a "teetotaler" country - in which the use of alcohol is largely discouraged due to a variety of religious and social mores.

Of course, the drug is not explicitly illegal and there are some who crave and enjoy using the drug recreationally (and perhaps even habitually).

Many policymakers believe that Drug Courts provide a viable alternative to incarceration for drug offenders who have no criminal background.

Eight years ago, officials from the state of Washington adopted a cost-cutting measure related to prescription painkillers. 

People with subsidized health care are being given methadone rather than other types of pain medication.

The Drug Cartels have literally changed the face of Mexican Culture and the government has really gone to great lengths to fight back against the Mexican Drug Cartels.

We checked out the Occupy L.A. encampment this weekend and were suprised to see a rather mellow and small "one block long" group of tents. Perhaps the heyday of Occupy L.A. is behind us and/or perhaps L.A. is not quite the powderkeg of activism that Seattle, Portland, and New York are.