Opioids
Synthetic opioids have arrived in Britain. As a former drug dealer, I know how the UK should respond | Niko Vorobyov
There are better ways of tackling addiction and overdoses than reverting to the tactics of a failed drugs war, says Dopeworld author Niko Vorobyov
Niko Vorobyov
27, Mar, 2024 @3:24 PM
‘In a way, stigma is the leading cause of death’: the radical plan to tackle British Columbia’s overdose epidemic
A ‘compassion club’ was blocked from buying pure drugs on the dark web to supply to users – now they are taking on Canada’s government in court
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
07, Mar, 2024 @12:30 PM
Oregon undoes groundbreaking drug decriminalization law
Measure 110, an experiment approved in 2020, gets overhauled as state grapples with fentanyl crisis and growing public drug use
Dani Anguiano
02, Mar, 2024 @1:24 PM
NSW Health warns of opioid risk after people took heroin thinking it was cocaine or methamphetamine
Authorities say in eight overdose cases where drug samples were available, heroin was the opioid identified
Melissa Davey Medical editor
23, Feb, 2024 @6:44 AM
How Oregon turned on its own trailblazing drug law: ‘Not the utopia we were promised’
Three years ago, the state began a novel social experiment that put treatment over punishment – then came the backlash
Katia Riddle in Eugene and Portland
21, Feb, 2024 @12:00 PM
Doctors fighting US opioid epidemic say insurance barrier impedes treatment
Prior authorization requires permission to be sought before prescribing critical drugs, which could cost lives, doctors say
Jessica Glenza in New York
03, Feb, 2024 @12:00 PM
People buying opioids and sedatives online face deadly fakes, expert warns
National Crime Agency reveals 65 people have died from taking nitazenes, which are up to 100 times stronger than heroin
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
17, Jan, 2024 @9:00 AM
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
11, Jan, 2024 @5:00 AM
US opioid activists argue against Sackler family immunity in Purdue Pharma deal
Supreme court to review immunity of Sacklers from prosecution under a 2019 bankruptcy settlement with the OxyContin maker
Edward Helmore and agencies
04, Dec, 2023 @11:00 AM
‘Drug use is a health problem’: inside one of the world’s oldest legal consumption rooms
At Quai 9 in Geneva, safe equipment and healthcare have cut overdoses and illnesses among addicts. But around the world, opinion is divided on whether such projects really work
Charlotte Lytton
03, Dec, 2023 @1:00 PM
Nan Goldin named art world’s most influential figure
Photographer and campaigner against Sackler family tops ArtReview Power 100 list
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
01, Dec, 2023 @5:00 AM
No evidence cannabis reduces long-term illicit opioids use, study finds
Lead author says study led by University of Sydney is longest ever to have looked at relationship between the two drugs
Natasha May
29, Nov, 2023 @5:00 AM
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