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The Terrifying New Trend in Heroin Addiction
27 Oct 2017
Just like they did in the 80s, Americans are increasingly going straight to heroin, skipping prescription opioids. Too bad US policy doesn't reflect that.
27 Oct 2017
Just like they did in the 80s, Americans are increasingly going straight to heroin, skipping prescription opioids. Too bad US policy doesn't reflect that.
Five things Trump could do right now to ease the opioid crisis
27 Oct 2017
With an estimated 142 Americans now dying every day from drug overdoses, the Trump administration is poised to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency.
27 Oct 2017
With an estimated 142 Americans now dying every day from drug overdoses, the Trump administration is poised to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency.
Hong Kong methadone clinics seen as exemplary
27 Oct 2017
The success of Hong Kong's methadone treatment program has been held up as a bright spot in Asia, where aggressive drug policies continue to prevail in places such as the Philippines and Indonesia.
27 Oct 2017
The success of Hong Kong's methadone treatment program has been held up as a bright spot in Asia, where aggressive drug policies continue to prevail in places such as the Philippines and Indonesia.
Fentanyl overdoses are side effect of war on drugs, expert warns
11 Oct 2017
As Quebec police meet to set a strategy, researcher Eugenia Socias urges policy address the needs of people who have become addicted
11 Oct 2017
As Quebec police meet to set a strategy, researcher Eugenia Socias urges policy address the needs of people who have become addicted
Brazil's latest outbreak of gang violence highlights the real culprit: The War on Drugs
6 Oct 2017
The evidence from Portugal is of vital importance to the citizens of a country that continues to treat people who use drugs as criminals.
6 Oct 2017
The evidence from Portugal is of vital importance to the citizens of a country that continues to treat people who use drugs as criminals.
Scientific evidence and drug policy - a marriage on the rocks
25 Sep 2017
Playing relationship counsellor – can we avert a divorce between scientific evidence and drug policy? Asks Dr Marianne Jauncey
25 Sep 2017
Playing relationship counsellor – can we avert a divorce between scientific evidence and drug policy? Asks Dr Marianne Jauncey
Reframing the War on Drugs – a Conversation with German Lopez
17 Sep 2017
“In the middle of us continuing mass incarceration and a tough war on drugs we are having the worst drug epidemic in US history....."
17 Sep 2017
“In the middle of us continuing mass incarceration and a tough war on drugs we are having the worst drug epidemic in US history....."
North Korea using crystal meth to keep exhausted population working
15 Sep 2017
According to experts, the drug is now highly prevalent in North Korea and comes at a time when the economy is being squeezed.
15 Sep 2017
According to experts, the drug is now highly prevalent in North Korea and comes at a time when the economy is being squeezed.
A doctor tries to lower barriers to methadone treatment
15 Sep 2017
Dr Austin O’Carroll holds regular clinics in a meet-people-where-they-are spirit – trying to erode some of the barriers that prevent Dublin’s homeless from accessing the methadone treatment they need.
15 Sep 2017
Dr Austin O’Carroll holds regular clinics in a meet-people-where-they-are spirit – trying to erode some of the barriers that prevent Dublin’s homeless from accessing the methadone treatment they need.
The new war on drugs
13 Sep 2017
Not every state is responding to the opioid epidemic with just public health policies.
13 Sep 2017
Not every state is responding to the opioid epidemic with just public health policies.
