Word: heroinism
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...mise-en-scène, they make the following proposal on their single “Time to Pretend:” “Let’s make some music / Make some money / Find some models for wives / I’ll move to Paris / Shoot some heroin / And fuck with the stars.” They’re not serious, of course. They’re just pointing out the fact that sex, drugs, and rock and roll is still an alluring—albeit chimeric—dream that provides the basis of modern...
...most of his teeth, and the subsequent destruction of his embouchure, it is clear that Baker has slipped somewhat beyond reality into his own self-delusions. An addict for more than thirty years, he distantly recalls, at one point, the effect that a speedball (a mixture of cocaine and heroin) has on him, describing it as “a high that other people are afraid of.”Interviews with colleagues and former loves make him out to be a self-absorbed charmer, but there was no shortage of women willing to indulge Baker’s flaws...
...exiled Inzerillos were content to lie low under the protection of their powerful relatives. But the Gambino era would not last for long. In the mid-80s, 22 Sicily-born defendants were tried in the Pizza Connection case on charges of using New York pizzerias as fronts for importing heroin and laundering profits. The Gambinos suffered hit after hit and never recovered...
...idea of an Arab oil power like Abu Dhabi supporting fossil fuel alternatives sounds a bit like a heroin dealer trying to sell methadone, think again. Virtually alone among its Persian Gulf neighbors, Abu Dhabi has embarked on a serious program in alternative energy research, backed with oil money. In 2006 it launched the Masdar Initiative (the name means "source" in Arabic), a multi-pronged scheme that includes a collaborative research institute with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, support for solar and other kinds of green power within the city itself and a clean energy investment fund worth $250 million...
...Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. That mature, soulful performance was, sadly, the peak of actor Brad Renfro's career. Though he went on to roles in Sleepers and Ghost World, he was battling drug addiction and in 2006 spent 10 days in jail for drunk driving and attempted heroin possession. His death is under investigation...