Drugs & Alcohol

Pep talk from Carolyn Wiger ... she says a fellow "The Traitors" and "Survivor" contestant she's best friends with needs to cut back on his party lifestyle ... and we got her delivering Yam Yam Arocho a strong message.

Our photog caught up with Carolyn at LAX today, and she was on the phone telling Yam Yam he needs to get his s*** together and stop partying if they want to collab.

We asked Carolyn about her passionate plea, and, after catching her breath, she explained she was sharing some wisdom from her own life with Yam Yam.

The guy won "Survivor" season 44 and is on the upcoming fourth season of "Traitors" ... but as far as Carolyn is concerned, he's surrounding himself with the wrong crowd, and it's holding him back from reaching his full potential.

Andy Dick may have overdosed on crack earlier this week ... but, we've learned he actually drinks alcohol more often than he uses drugs -- with vodka being his drink of choice.

Multiple sources who have known Andy for years tell TMZ ... the comedian can easily drink more than a fifth of vodka a day ... taking swigs basically from the time he wakes up until the time he eventually hits the hay.

We're told he never has to pay for his alcohol ... because enablers around him will always provide it to him -- making it easy for the troubled comedian to get hammered.

Andy Dick has gotten lucky if he mainly uses crack cocaine to get high, our law enforcement sources say ... because fentanyl isn't generally mixed in with the drug.

Two current federal Drug Enforcement Administration officials tell TMZ ... mixing fentanyl with crack's a fool's errand. The substance burns off with heat -- so putting it in the drug wouldn't produce the desired effect.

The chemical structure of fentanyl breaks down once someone lights up the rocks ... and it loses its potency. We're told the drug will still have some effect, but it simply won't be as strong -- and it certainly won't have a lethal effect on a person.

Andy Dick had everyone worried after suffering a drug overdose on the streets of Hollywood this week ... but he’s making it pretty clear he’s not planning to seek out any professional help.

The troubled comedian invited a TMZ photographer into his L.A. home Wednesday and he straight-up told us he’s not going to rehab -- offering up that answer only after he first posed the question hypothetically to himself, his buddies, and back to us -- even though we’re the ones who brought it up.

Andy Dick is getting real about his frightening drug overdose ... telling us he smoked crack cocaine because he doesn't "mind doing a little crack every now and then."

The troubled comedian invited a TMZ photographer into his L.A. home Wednesday to chat about his brush with death on a Hollywood street the day before.

As everyone knows, Andy was caught on video slumped over on cement stairs outside a building in Hollywood as two friends rushed to his aid to bring him back from the brink. One of the men is seen screaming at Andy to "wake up" while the other administers a shot of Narcan -- a life-saving medication used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses.

Andy kicked off Wednesday's interview by telling our cameraman he's now "100 percent fine." Then he changed his answer to "110 percent," while flanked on either side by his buddies -- both of whom were featured in the overdose video.

Andy Dick is in dire straits ... the troubled comedian suffered an apparent drug overdose on the street, and this chaotic video shows people in his Hollywood neighborhood rushing to save his life.

TMZ has exclusively obtained video of Andy slumped over on cement stairs outside a building in Hollywood in broad daylight Tuesday. As you can see, Andy is completely out of it, with his signature spectacles lying on the ground in front of him.

Eyewitnesses tell us several of Andy's friends ran up to try to revive him. One happened to be live-streaming as he approached, and screamed at Andy to "wake up" ... while others called for an ambulance.

The manhunt for Olympian Ryan Wedding rages on ... and now the FBI has released a new image of the snowboarder-turned-alleged-international-drug trafficker, as the feds desperately search for the man they've compared to Pablo Escobar.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Los Angeles field office dropped the photo on Tuesday night, claiming it shows Wedding in Mexico this summer.

While his look isn't drastically different, Wedding is rockin' different facial hair in the new pic.

12/9 7:50 AM PT -- "Emily in Paris" star Jeremy O. Harris has been released from custody in Japan after being accused of smuggling the below drugs, TMZ can confirm.

Officials in Japan originally said charges were filed ... but a source close to the actor tells us he was freed without a single charge filed against him. We're also told he will be staying in Japan to work on an upcoming project.

We told you about his arrest last month -- officers found 780 milligrams of Ecstasy, also known as MDMA, in his carry-on tote bag when he was traveling to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa from Taiwan.

Jeremy O. Harris, a Tony-nominated playwright and actor, is reportedly in custody in Japan on suspicion of attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into the country ... because customs officials at an airport say they found Ecstasy in his carry-on.

Jeremy was stopped at Naha Airport on Okinawa island after flying in from Taiwan on November 16 ... and he's been detained ever since ... according to Japanese authorities.

Customs officials say officers found 780 milligrams of MDMA in Jeremy's carry-on tote bag ... and he was arrested on suspicion of violating Japan's Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act.

Tekashi 6ix9ine already knows what he'll be up to after he serves his 3-month prison sentence next year ... because a judge also ordered him to 12 months of supervised release with some pretty strict conditions.

According to court papers, obtained by TMZ, the rapper's supervised release will include a mental health treatment program focused on anger management and an outpatient drug treatment program.

Last week, 6ix9ine told us he wasn't worried about doing his prison bid -- set to start January 6 -- because he plans on using the time to get in shape.

2:04 PM PT -- Tekashi 6ix9ine tells TMZ Hip Hop he isn't worried about his looming 3-month prison sentence come January ... he'll be confined away from the madness and will use the solitary to get in shape!!!

We caught up with 6ix9ine following the judge's verdict and he says the sentence was fair, feeling that the judge got to hear all the facts he and his legal team presented.

Tekashi has to report back on January 6, but suspects he'll be housed in a secure unit because of his "snitch" status!!!

Jelly Roll's 41st birthday had him on cloud nine, but the only high he got was from a solid run.

The rapper posted a video on Instagram Thursday, showing him mid-workout ... "I used to drink and do cocaine on my birthday. I used to do codeine and pills on my birthday. Now on my birthday, one of my best friends wakes me up and says, 'Let's go for a f**king run.'"

JR had already worked up a sweat as he jogged alongside his buddy, Cam Hanes.

A doctor who pled guilty in connection to Matthew Perry's death found out his fate Wednesday ... the judge sentenced him to 30 months -- about 2.5 years -- in prison.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia -- who pled guilty to 4 counts of distributing ketamine back in July -- received the sentence in an L.A. federal courthouse, the L.A. Times reports. He was taken directly into custody.

In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors dropped five other charges ... 3 other ketamine distribution charges and 2 counts of falsifying records.

As you know ... Plasencia prescribed ketamine to Perry weeks before the actor fell unconscious and drowned in his hot tub back in 2023.

POORSTACY's baby mama has been arrested ... with cops alleging drug use in the presence of the couple's young child in the days before the rapper's death ... and we're learning she and the kid were in the room when the musician killed himself.

Nicole Grikstas was arrested Saturday hours after POORSTACY -- real name Carlito Milfort -- took his own life ... with cops booking her on a child neglect without causing great bodily harm charge.

According to a Boca Raton Police affidavit -- which cites an interview conducted with Nicole at the police station hours after the rapper was found dead in a hotel room -- cops say Nicole broke down the events leading up to his death by handgun.

12/4 9:28 AM PT -- The footage of the drunken raccoon inside the liquor store was just released ... and ya gotta see it.

Surveillance video shows the raccoon climbing on some liquor boxes before falling to the ground ... and later, the animal is stumbling down an aisle, walking around broken bottles and puddles of booze.

A raccoon broke into a liquor store and ransacked the joint, shattering bottles of liquor and slurping up the booze until it passed out drunk near a toilet and got apprehended.

You might think this is all a tall tale ... but it's actually a true story and it happened at Ashland ABC Store in Hanover County, Virginia.

The mischievous critter did its little breaking and entering routine at the liquor shop over the weekend, falling through one of the ceiling tiles onto the floor, according to the Associated Press.

Tara Reid has filed a police report after she says she was drugged in an Illinois hotel ... and, in it, she says she's willing to prosecute those allegedly involved.

The actress filed the report Tuesday with the Rosemont Police Department ... we got our hands on the document, and it features a lot of the same information Reid relayed to us in the immediate aftermath of the incident.

As we told you ... Reid says she was at a hotel just outside of Chicago late Saturday night when she went down to the bar for a drink ... she says it was crowded with YouTubers.

Tara Reid is explaining why she's convinced someone slipped something into her drink that knocked her out ... and she says she's fortunate she wasn't raped.

The "American Pie" star joined us on "TMZ Live" Monday and took us through her harrowing night in Chicago ... she says her drink was spiked at a hotel bar.

We have video of Tara in a wheelchair in the hotel lobby and on a stretcher on her way to the hospital ... she says folks at the hospital told her she was "drugged."