Yea, "Chinese Medicine", That's The Ticket

"Although Abdul claims that she never filmed an episode of 'Idol' while under the influence -- and vehemently denied any illegal drug use in the past -- she did spend at least part of the last decade relying on painkillers and Chinese medicine to quietly combat her injury-induced chronic debilitating pain, she says.

...But that's all ancient history. Last Thanksgiving, Abdul gave up the meds for good during a stay at Calsbad, Calif.'s La Costa Resort and Spa."

-- Maxine Shen - who sounds like the type who will buy anything - buying Paula Abdul's bullshit story about her drug addiction, in The New York Post.