September is “National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month” If you drink alcohol on a regular basis? Are you consuming more today than you were three to five years ago? Were you drinking more five years ago than the five years before that? Alcoholism is a progressive disease. What this means is that for people […]
I recently experienced a shoulder injury. No, I wasn’t pumping iron, again (jokey-joke). But, when I went to see my physician-specialist, he made three recommendations. The first was an offer of a prescription for opioid painkillers.  Well, as an addictions specialist, that was not an option for me. Statistics tell us that that scenario is […]
Prince’s two ex-wives held a private memorial to celebrate the singer’s life on Wednesday, according to reports. The service, hosted by Manuela Testolini and Mayte Garcia, took place in Los Angeles. Attendees included Dita Von Teese, Tavis Smiley, and Herbie Hancock. Testolini and Garcia decided to join forces and host their own event because they reportedly […]
Authorities want to know who prescribed the "Purple Rain" singer the pain meds that might have killed him.
The 58-year-old made his return to WVKO-AM (1580), the radio station where the Ohio native began his career in the 1980s before drug and addiction woes took over.
Katherine Jackson and the King of Pop’s offspring are headed to court this morning as the family of the befallen singer seek damages in his death. The family seeks more than $40 billion in their lawsuit against AEG. The question at the center of the trial: Was Michael Jackson, who battled an “intense and decades-long […]
The Legendary El DeBarge stopped by our sister station Magic 95.9 studios in Baltimore to talk to Mykel Hunter about his bout with drug addiction, what life was like being incarcerated, performing at this summer’s BET Awards, his upcoming album Second Chance and a worldwide tour that he plans to kick off beginning in October. […]
