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Opium played a fascinating role in southern African colonial politics, conflict and social change - from the poppy fields of Mozambique to the early days of Johannesburg city.
From colonial poppy fields to pharmatrash, southern Africa offers a fascinating history of drug regimes – one that helps us make sense of drug policies and legislation today.
Treatments for opioid dependence, such as methadone and buprenorphine, are effective. But some people who stand to benefit are missing out.
In the early 1970s, rumors about poisoned candy on Halloween led to mass paranoia. A historian explains why such fears emerge – and what, in reality, feeds them.
Opioid overdoses killed 47,000 Americans in 2017 — more than gun violence. Many fewer would have died if they’d been treated with the life-saving drug naloxone, also called Narcan.
Most Kenyan women were introduced into drug use by male sexual partners in their teenage years.
A study of over 700,000 state and local drug arrests shows that two out of three cases involve a small amount of illegal drugs.
With the exception of Somali piracy, counter-measures have failed to stop transnational criminal networks from taking to the seas.
A safety committee convened by the FDA has declared esketamine safe for severe depression. But isn’t this drug the same as ketamine, an illegal street drug? A medical anthropologist explains.
Naloxone programmes have sprung up in the UK and elsewhere, but drug death rates keep climbing.
Many people aren’t just taking one drug but a combination of drugs.
Ginsberg was one of the most high-profile representatives of the American counterculture and anti-war movement.
Opioids kill 100 people each day in the US, more than vehicular accidents. Those addicted are often left without treatment. An addiction researcher offers six steps to address the epidemic.
The U.S. has had multiple drug epidemics, and, until recently, has not had evidence-tested ways to help people. That has changed. New medicines can help. But other medical issues should also be addressed.
Why bother chasing big drugs operations when it makes no difference? Here are three reasons.
Scientists are beginning to understand why certain drugs and musical genres are natural partners.
Catastrophic increases in opioid overdose deaths across Canada require a broad response – tackling housing, food and income insecurity as well as the contaminated drug supply.
Maybe it’s time the government listened to the advice offered by its Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
Your guide to a public health crisis that’s likely to get worse.
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