heroin
Why people hooked on opioids, especially in the U.S., keep falling through the cracks
The author notes that the culture of pill-taking often takes hold in early life, when kids are prescribed drugs such as Adderall or Ritalin for ADHD
Vancouver’s opioid crisis can be measured in discarded needles
B.C.’s illicit-drug users are going through 15 million needles a year, and a lot wind up in alleys, parks and playgrounds. We followed the guy who picks them up.
Why rats are overdosing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Rodents and other pets have been getting into their owners’ drugs, forcing community volunteers to play emergency vet
Barack Obama’s doomed new war against drugs
With the DEA and the CIA often working at cross-purposes, observers say it’s a war that can’t be won
The big news: The Supreme Court talks democracy
Also: Rob Ford sweeps front pages, heroin users take on Ottawa
Heroin-assisted treatment goes to the courts
Five patients challenge the Health Minister
A peek inside Rob Anders’ imagination
A Conservative MP worries about government funded heroin injections for children
Justin Trudeau, safe injection facilities and scary drugs
Is it time to ban alcohol and cigarettes too?
‘Under the guise of treatment’
The Throne Speech and heroin-assisted treatment
‘No evidence,’ Minister Ambrose?
The Health Minister on heroin-assisted treatment
Heroin-assisted treatment and politics-based medicine
‘Ms. Ambrose doesn’t have any medical education’
Q&A: Dr. Perry Kendall on Heroin-Assisted Treatment
‘I think it’s ethically quite dubious to withhold access to a scientifically proven treatment’