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AS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CHANGES, SO DOES A PRIVATE PRISON GIANT
Among GEO's 54 residential reentry centers, 42 offered such programming, and 21 focused predominantly on substance abuse... READ MORE›
PORTUGALS RADICAL DRUGS POLICY IS WORKING. WHY HASNT THE WORLD COPIED IT?
Alvaro Pereira was working as a family doctor in Olhao in southern Portugal... READ MORE›
'RULE OF LAW' FOR PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR
Rights groups say Mr Duterte has sanctioned extrajudicial killings by vigilantes and by police... READ MORE›
MILLIONS OF PATIENTS FACE PAIN AND WITHDRAWAL AS OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS PLUMMET
In the battle to wean patients off opioids, dosage has emerged as a critical issue... READ MORE›
WHY HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES TO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS CHANGED? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
But secondary school children in England are now more likely to have tried illegal drugs than cigarettes, according to NHS Digital... READ MORE›
WHITE HOUSE REPORT SAYS TRUE COST OF OPIOID EPIDEMIC TOPS $500 BILLION
Last month at the White House, President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a national public health emergency... READ MORE›
AFGHANISTAN'S BOOMING HEROIN TRADE LEAVES TRAIL OF ADDICTION AT HOME
In 2001, the last year of its rule, the Taliban outlawed opium cultivation, but they have since reversed course... READ MORE›
HOW ONE COUNTRY DRAMATICALLY CUT TEENAGE DRINKING
Jump to media player How do you stop people being the victims of violence over and over again?... READ MORE›
FDA WARNS OF INJURY, DEATH WITH HERBAL SUPPLEMENT KRATOM
But the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that kratom carries similar risks, including addiction and death, and the agency is working to block shipments... READ MORE›
TRUMP HAS 'GREAT RELATIONSHIP' WITH DUTERTE
US President Donald Trump said he has a great relationship with Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte, after a highly anticipated meeting in Manila... READ MORE›
NUMBER OF UK CRACK USERS SEEKING HELP TO BEAT ADDICTION IS UP 23%
Overall, 279,793 people accessed drug treatment services in England in the year to April 2017, of whom 69 percent were male and 90 percent were white... READ MORE›
IMPENDING CLOSURE OF LOWERTOWN POP-UP INJECTION SITE 'BITTERSWEET,' SAY VOLUNTEERS
Catherine Hacksel is a volunteer with Overdose Prevention Ottawa and calls the closure of the Raphael Brunet Park tent site 'bittersweet.'... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID CRISIS TO BE A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY BUT FUNDING STILL VAGUE
In ringing terms, President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency -- a step that won't bring new dollars... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OVER OPIOID CRISIS BUT DOESN'T COMMIT A CENT, DRAWS FLAK
In ringing terms, President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency -- a step that won't bring new dollars... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID EPIDEMIC A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency... READ MORE›
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD JUST 'SAY NO' TO OPIOIDS
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the Heritage Foundation's Legal Strategy Forum in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2017... READ MORE›
OFFICIALS SAY TRUMP'S OPIOID EMERGENCY WON'T MEAN NEW MONEY
Utah wants to use video to connect rural patients with a Provo-based doctor trained to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction... READ MORE›
FDA HOPES TO LIFT STIGMA ON USING DRUGS AS TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTION IN FACE OF RESISTANCE
FDA hopes to lift stigma on using drugs as treatment for opioid addiction in face of resistance... READ MORE›
OTTAWA CHEF BEHIND RIVIERA, EL CAMINO ADMITS TO SEXUALLY HARASSING WOMEN
Ottawa chef behind Riviera, El Camino admits to sexually harassing women... READ MORE›
ROGER CRYSTAL WENT TO BUSINESS SCHOOL TO LEARN HOW TO TREAT ADDICTION
He was lying there with his liver and intestines exposed, and all he wanted to do was shoot up on heroin, Crystal says... READ MORE›
HIV IN RUSSIA: HATE, DISCRIMINATION LEAD TO RISE, EXPERTS SAY
Special envoy for HIV in eastern Europe, called the atmosphere for effective HIV prevention in Russia poisoned... READ MORE›
DRUG CZAR NOMINEE COULD BE IN LIMBO AFTER REPORT ON DRUG INDUSTRY TIES
Manchin calls on Trump to withdraw drug czar nomination, saying Marino is unfit for job and can't be trusted to confront opioid epidemic... READ MORE›
A SPACE TO SHOOT UP, BUT NO SPACE FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT
Jonathan worries he may die before getting into an Ottawa treatment bed... READ MORE›
UK ACCOUNTS FOR LARGEST SHARE OF DARKNET FENTANYL SALES IN EUROPE
The UK is the largest host of fentanyl sales on the darknet in Europe, with 1,000 trades being made in the last few months, research shows... READ MORE›
DRUG FATALITIES HIGHEST WHERE TREATMENT CUTBACKS DEEPEST
Other drug death hotspots with the biggest cuts are Gateshead 51 percent, Sefton 51 percent, Portsmouth 38 percent, and Durham 38 percent ... READ MORE›
DUTERTE PULLS POLICE OFF CONTROVERSIAL DRUGS CRACKDOWN
Police say they have killed over 3,850 people in anti-drugs operations since Mr Duterte took office last year... READ MORE›
RODRIGO DUTERTE PULLS PHILIPPINE POLICE OUT OF BRUTAL WAR ON DRUGS
Donald Trump, however, has praised Duterte for what he said was an unbelievable job in a fight against illegal drugs... READ MORE›
MELANIA TRUMP TOURS WEST VIRGINIA INFANT DRUG REHAB CENTER
West Virginia also by far has the highest rate of drug overdose deaths... READ MORE›
MELANIA TRUMP TOURS WEST VIRGINIA INFANT DRUG REHAB CENTER
AP -- First lady Melania Trump has toured a West Virginia drug addiction recovery center for infants in the heart of the nation's opioid epidemic... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Drug Addiction
THEY ARE SLAUGHTERING US LIKE ANIMALS
The rain-soaked alley in the Pasay district of Manila was my 17th crime scene, on my 11th day in the Philippines capital... READ MORE›
CALGARY MOTHER HOPES PHOTO OF DYING SON WILL DETER OTHERS FROM DOING FENTANYL
The next day, however, while his sister was taking a nap, Kent says Michael left the house to meet up with the man once again... READ MORE›
DUTERTE'S POLICE HAVE KILLED THOUSANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES. BUT THIS POLICE CHIEF TOLD HIS OFFICERS, 'DON'T KILL.'
A Quantico-trained police chief says no to Duterte's call to kill drug suspects... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP MADE ME GREAT AGAIN
He should also heed the call for expanding public health services for the 22 million Americans and their families facing addiction... READ MORE›
RODRIGO DUTERTE'S NEXT TARGET: 9-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN
Human rights groups and advocates for child welfare counter that the lives of children living at the margins of the drug trade are anything but pampered... READ MORE›
'EL CHAPO' ARREST SPARKS HOMICIDE SURGE AS FACTIONS FIGHT TO FILL VACUUM
Mexico had just started emerging from its bloody battle with drug cartels, with murder rates dropping for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014... READ MORE›
'ADDICTION CLAIMED HIS LIFE': SCOTT OAKE OPENS UP ABOUT SON'S BATTLE WITH DRUGS
Bruce had been assaulted over a drug debt, so he turned to his parents... READ MORE›
'THE PILL MILL OF AMERICA': WHERE DRUGS MEAN THERE ARE NO GOOD CHOICES, ONLY LESS AWFUL ONES
Portsmouth, Ohio, once known for making things steel, shoes, bricks, is now known for drugs, and labeled by some as the pill mill of America ... READ MORE›
DUTERTE KEEPS ADMITTING TO KILLING PEOPLE. HIS SUPPORTERS KEEP SHRUGGING IT OFF.
Duterte keeps admitting to killing people. His supporters keep shrugging it off... READ MORE›
A RARE SURVIVOR OF A PHILIPPINE DRUG RAID TAKES THE POLICE TO COURT
As he lay on the floor bleeding, he said, he overheard the police officers talking about planting guns and drugs because they had found none there... READ MORE›
IT'S TIME TO DECRIMINALIZE DRUGS, COMMISSION REPORT SAYS
Global drug policy has largely been driven by punitive measures in recent decades, but drug use has not slowed... READ MORE›
AMID OPIOID EPIDEMIC, WHITE HOUSE MAY CUT DRUG CONTROL OFFICE BUDGET
Drug office budget cuts being considered by Trump White House... READ MORE›
NINE DIE IN VANCOUVER IN 24 HOURS FROM FENTANYL OPIOID OVERDOSE
Nine people have died in Vancouver in the past 24 hours from an overdose of the painkiller fentanyl opioid, officials say... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE SAYS HE PERSONALLY KILLED CRIMINALS
Rights groups have previously accused Duterte of running vigilante death squads in Davao that killed more than 1,000 suspected criminals... READ MORE›
PREGABALIN, KNOWN AS 'NEW VALIUM', TO BE MADE CLASS C DRUG AFTER DEATHS
The letter warned of the risk of addiction for both pregabalin and a similar drug called gabapentin... READ MORE›
'LONG-TERM TREATMENT SAVED MY LIFE,' SAYS FORMER B.C. ADDICT WHO OVERDOSED ON FENTANYL 17 TIMES
It took the sisters two years to get into the program, which used suboxone to transition them off fentanyl... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST PLACES TO BUY DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTES
Bloomberg mined its own research, the annual World Drug Report published by the United Nations along with data from the World Health Organization... READ MORE›
MDMA MAY POSE GREATER DANGER TO WOMEN THAN MEN, SAY SCIENTISTS
Global Drugs Survey says there has been four-fold increase in female ecstasy users seeking emergency care in last three years... READ MORE›
DURHAM POLICE WILL GIVE ADDICTS HEROIN TO INJECT IN 'SHOOTING GALLERIES'
A part government-funded pilot scheme in Darlington, London and Brighton involving 127 chronic addicts found that giving them heroin significantly reduced both their drug usage and crime... READ MORE›
TED CRUZ WANTS EL CHAPO TO PAY FOR TRUMP'S BORDER WALL
Ted Cruz wants to build the border wall using a different kind of brick... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S 'DRUG-INFESTED DEN' REMARKS PROMPT STRONG REACTION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
President Trump's statement that New Hampshire is a drug-infested den is more truth than fantasy, he said... READ MORE›
FENTANYL SPIRAL: HOW THE GUILT AND SHAME OF ADDICTION STOLE A B.C.'S MAN'S LIFE
She says a lot of it has to do with how the health care system treats addiction... READ MORE›
AMERICAN COCAINE USE IS WAY UP. COLOMBIA'S COCA BOOM MIGHT BE WHY.
Most of the Colombian cocaine is smuggled through Mexico by the country's powerful drug cartels... READ MORE›
AS OVERDOSE DEATHS HIT RECORD LEVELS, DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES FACE MASSIVE CUTS
Its 2016 annual report, published last week, which also aggregates data from Turkey and Norway, found the UK also had the highest proportion of heroin addicts... READ MORE›
AS AN OPEN-AIR HEROIN CAMP IS CLOSED, OPTIONS NARROW
Now people come to Kensington from around the city, state and country in search of heroin... READ MORE›
MAKERS OF OXYCONTIN, PERCOCET SUED BY U.S. GOVERNMENTS OVER OPIOID CRISIS
Whenever an autopsy is done in Sullivan County, in northeast Tennessee, the report is sent to the district attorney... READ MORE›
BABY BOOMERS' DRINK AND DRUG MISUSE NEEDS URGENT ACTION, WARN EXPERTS
By 2020 the number of people receiving treatment for substance misuse problems are expected to double in Europe, and treble in the US, among those aged over 50... READ MORE›
OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES
Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S PICK FOR DRUG CZAR HAULED IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM DRUG DISTRIBUTORS HE WROTE BILL TO PROTECT
Rep. Tom Marino, who wrote legislation to protect opioid distributors, is expected to be named as the Trump administration's drug czar... READ MORE›
LONDONERS 'TAKE MORE COCAINE ON WEEKDAYS THAN OTHER EUROPEANS'
The analysis points to very low to negligible cocaine use in the majority of eastern European cities... READ MORE›