Oh no! Could Marc Jacobs be back to his drug-addled ways? That’s what gossip-mongers are saying about the designer, who had quite a heroin habit back in the day: “He spends most of his time partying until morning in Paris,” a friend said. “It’s out of control. There’s always a different boy and everyone is worried he’s going to pull a Halston” - referring to the legendary designer whose work suffered due to drinking and drugs. Halston died of AIDS in 1990… But his personal troubles don’t seem to be affecting him professionally. Word is his champion, Anna Wintour, will honor him at next year’s Costume Institute Gala (this year’s honoree was Giorgio … Continued…

We have an idea, but why don’t you lob us your theories: “Which celebrity stylist, who should know better, has been blabbing in L.A. that a particular designer has tumbled off the wagon - again?” [NYDN]

What was CNN journalist Richard Quest thinking when he got arrested with meth and a rope tied to his penis?

God only knows, but the kooky kids at 23/6 are venturing some guesses with a patented thought process flow chart.

Briton Quest’s adventure begins with “Ah, spring in Central Park” and ends with “God save this queen.”
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Richard Quest’s a lucky man. Rather than being thrown in the slammer for being caught with meth, the CNN anchor will complete a six month treatment program, which will essentially make the matter disappear: At Friday’s arraignment, Judge Anthony J. Ferrara told Mr. Quest that the case would be dismissed and sealed if he reported back in October and demonstrated sufficient progress in his therapy. The judge also agreed that there would be no restrictions placed on Mr. Quest’s ability to travel. CNN has not released a statement on Quest’s arrest. They’re probably hoping it disappears, as well.

MNSBC dispatched senior news editor Mike Stuckey to explore the highs and lows of “stoner holiday” 420. White House deputy drug reduction agent Dr. Bertha Madras calls the tradition a “tragedy,” while UC: Boulder spokesperson Bronson Hillard had this to say: This is a sort of annoyance. It’s a silly, unnecessary event…” All of these people are taking it way too seriously. [MSNBC]

Amores Perros and Babel director Alejandro González Iñárritu just signed on to direct commercials for The Meth Project. And they’re just as unsettling as you would imagine, like this one - a jonesing man hitting his mother, whom he’s also robbing. They grow up so fast!

Now this is a revelation. Key Republican donor Stuart Levine told a federal jury that he hosted dozens of drug-filled parties populated solely with male friends.
Chicago’s Sun Times reports that Levine, a key witness against embattled real estate developer Tony Rezko, testified that his clandestine antics back to 1972: Levine said he first experimented with drugs in 1972, primarily using marijuana and cocaine during that decade. He said he also tried quaaludes a couple of times in the same period and did LSD once.

In the mid-1980s, Levine said there was a change in his drug use when he began partying with a group of five male friends — two or three at a … Continued…

A study out of Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC indicates that gay guppies turn to drugs more than their straight peers: The odds of substance use for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth are on average 190 percent higher than for heterosexual youth, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh researchers published in the current issue of Addiction. What’s more, for some sub-populations of LGB youth, the odds were substantially higher, including 340 percent for bisexual youth and 400 percent for lesbians, researchers found. Those lesbians sure are rebellious!

The authors of the study, who spent ten years compiling data, point to social homophobia and violence are factors in these kids’ … Continued…

How does one fight the meth epidemic? California officials and ad executives are hoping the answer lies in a multi-million dollar print, billboard and commercial campaign: California drug officials launched an $11-million barrage of billboards, bus wraps, cable TV ads and a website Thursday aimed at discouraging gay men from using methamphetamine, an illegal stimulant linked to risky sexual behavior and the spread of HIV.
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A statewide survey, also released Thursday, found that crystal meth use was 11 times more common among gay men than in the California population overall. Fifty-five percent of 549 gay and bisexual men surveyed said they had used the drug, compared with … Continued…

Too much marijuana made George Michael a forgetful boy. The singer has reportedly organized a series of dinner parties during which family and friends will regale him with mnemonic material for his upcoming autobiography. Says one snitchy pal: They have all received emails about it and are happy to go along. No doubt after some drinks there will be a few Careless Whispers uttered that will help him out.” We can only imagine the horrors which await… [The People]

She may currently be in rehab, but that didn’t stop singer Amy Winehouse from performing her #1 hit during last night’s Grammy Awards, where she nabbed five golden gramophones. The troubled star certainly looked swell - no doubt a combination of detox and unknown pounds of cake make-up. Our favorite part of her via satellite performance? When she accepted her “record of the year” award and said, “To my Blake, incarcerated”. How deliciously junky! [MSNBC]

Monday’s Colbert Report featured “red letter Christian” Tony Campolo, who penned Red Letter Christians: A Citizen’s Guide to Faith and Politics. Campolo’s book represents a break in the Christian political movement, one which has for so long exploited Biblical misreadings to crusade against the queers.

Campolo disagrees with this backward bigots, saying marriage is in trouble because of straight divorces, not because of gays. He also believes gays should get stoned - as in high on the reefer.

We like the way this guy thinks.

Early reports are coming in that Heath Ledger’s death last month has been ruled an “accidental overdose” by the New York medical examiner. [US]

Good news for Los Angeles terminally ill stoners: “The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines. Patients suffering from chronic pain, loss of appetite and other ailments that marijuana is said to alleviate can get their pot with a dose of convenience at the Herbal Nutrition Center, where a large machine will dole out the drug around the clock.” Wait, doesn’t weed cause cancer? We’re so confused.

How times change…