Paging Dr. Spicer: Cannabis Could Help Fight Opioid Abuse and Save Us Billions, Actually
On Friday, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revealed that 25% of U.S. overdoses are due to heroin,
Browsing: Heroin
Donald Trump, “Duterte Harry” and the Drug War Death Squads
Philippine Government commits genocide on drug users, Trump promises to continue US support.
Could Medical Marijuana Alleviate the State’s Drug Epidemic?
Consider this counterintuitive fact: One reason overdose deaths in Massachusetts have shot up 50 percent in the past few years is that the crackdown on prescription opioids has worked extremely well.
New DEA Chief: ‘Heroin is Clearly More Dangerous than Marijuana’
Last week, he said weed “probably” didn’t pose as great a health risk as heroin.
Ten Drug Myths Busted
How much do you know about drugs?
Marijuana Is Much Safer Than Alcohol or Tobacco, According To a New Study
Marijuana is roughly 114 times less deadly than alcohol, according to recent findings published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Legalized Marijuana Might Be the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Heroin Addicts
In the 1930s, Harry J. Anslinger, the first head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, embarked on a fierce anti-marijuana campaign.
A Hundred Years’ Failure
How did a law to regulate heroin traffic turn into the costly, futile War on Drugs?
U.S. War On Drugs in Afghanistan is $7.6B Failure
The U.S. government wasted $7.6 billion on an ill-conceived drug war in Afghanistan that was doomed to failure from the start, according to a scathing new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
Marijuana Addiction Exists, But It’s (Almost) All in Your Head
The polarized legalization debate leads to exaggerated claims and denials about pot's potential harms. The truth lies in between.
