Making Peace with the Heroin Addict I Used to Be
Credit to Author: Hannah Brooks| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:54:52 +0000
Getting off heroin is one thing, facing the consequences and damage of the years you spent on drugs is another.
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Drug Policy Experts Call for Legal Heroin Sales to Combat Overdose Crisis
Credit to Author: Rachel Browne| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:50:43 +0000
A new report cites medication buyers clubs that emerged during the HIV/AIDS crisis as a model for its proposed heroin buyers clubs.
Read moreIn El Chapo’s Mexico, Fentanyl is the New Boom Drug
Credit to Author: Deborah Bonello| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:32:56 +0000
Despite the drug lord’s take down, the narco-trade in Sinaloa is thriving as producers shift from heroin to deadly opioids.
Read moreThe Taliban-Linked Man Accused of Trying to Funnel Heroin into NYC
Credit to Author: Francisco Alvarado| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:52:11 +0000
This may be a case of US policy in the Middle East coming back to bite it, experts said.
Read moreThe Deadly Worst Case Scenario for America’s Xanax Obsession
Credit to Author: Maia Szalavitz| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:16:56 +0000
Cracking down on the legal supply is not a solution. In fact, it could spell disaster.
Read moreWhy Europe Has Dodged America’s Fentanyl Crisis
Credit to Author: Max Daly| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 14:24:30 +0000
Europe’s most lucrative heroin markets seem ripe for a fentanyl takeover. But why the no-show?
Read moreI Was Injecting Heroin in the Bogs While Working at One of the UK’s Biggest Papers
Credit to Author: Joel Lewin| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:10:56 +0000
Joel Lewin worked at one of the world’s most prestigious financial newspapers. But while he was writing about Tesco’s shares he was also shoplifting there to feed a heroin addiction.
Read moreThis Is How America Is Failing Its Young Opioid Generation
Credit to Author: Jack Dodson| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:07:54 +0000
Jeremy was young and addicted. Over six years, he was let down over and over again by the very system that was meant to help him.
Read moreRussia Is Punishing People for Helping Drug Users
Credit to Author: Niko Vorobjov| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:32:09 +0000
Moscow’s only harm reduction NGO has been given a potentially devastating fine for doing the work it’s meant to do.
Read moreThe Hidden Killer of Dundee’s Street Drug Users
We spoke to drug workers and users about what’s going on in the “drug death capital of Europe”.