Laura Ling tackles the dark side of ‘Society X’

Laura Ling will tackle several thought-provoking topics on her new investigative series "Society X With Laura Ling" — including the rise of synthetic drugs like Molly and Spice (synthetic marijuana). They're both explored in detail on the show's Oct. 3 premiere (10 p.m. on E!).

"I had been wanting to do [an episode on] Bath Salts and synthetic marijuana for quite some time, when these were less regulated," she says. "Now there are stricter laws and more regulations … but it's just exploded into this world of designer drugs that's really so much more than Molly or Bath Salts. Working on this episode really opened my eyes to this whole world … that's moving so fast with the Internet. You can now get heroin and other drugs delivered to your doorstep and it seems like the drug makers are so many steps ahead of the law." Several of the people featured in the Oct. 3 series premiere are college students — who both manufacture (with a bit of chemistry knowledge) and use these designer drugs — which is extremely alarming. "We're just shining a light on this subculture," Ling says, adding that she's "pretty pregnant" and has taken a short break from shooting "Society X," but hopes to tackle the subcultures of electronic music festivals and "real-life vampires" in future installments of the show.

"Homeland" gets literary

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Books: I love "Breaking Bad" too, but there are other anticipated shows out there — believe it or not — including "Homeland," which returns for its third season this Sunday on Showtime. William Morrow has published "Homeland: Carrie's run," a new "prequel" book written by Andrew Kaplan that delves into the back story of Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes, right, who won her second Emmy for the role Sunday night). The book is set in Beirut in 2006 and "follows Carrie's attempts to find evidence linking a new contact to Abu Nazir," according to a publisher press release.

Last, but not lest…

"Derek" star Ricky Gervais in the Oct. 7 issue of People on the last time he cringed: "Watching someone on a reality show flirting, being pretentious or needy." The issue hits New York City newsstands Wednesday … Local TV: "Inside Edition" now on twice daily: 2:30 p.m. (Ch. 5) and 10:30 p.m. (Ch. 9). Deborah Norville hosts. And Robert Rose ("American Latino TV") launches "Raw Travel" Oct. 4 (also on Chs. 5 and 9) … Dyker Heights school teacher Josina Reaves becomes the first contestant on the Cedric the Entertainer-hosted "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" to make it up to the $1 million question on today's show … Oxygen is holding a premiere lunch Thursday for its new series, "Preachers of LA" at Red Rooster Restaurant (310 Lenox Ave.) … Favorite Publicist Names #35: Sweety Ghuman (42West) … Congrats to Mitch Graham, who's gone from a top-notch CBS publicist to being named the network's VP of alternative programming — a huge move for a deserving guy.

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