Five Studies: Understanding America’s Opioid Crisis
After 20 years of skyrocketing addiction rates, how can the United States get its pill problem under control?
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Needle Exchanges Work—Now Let’s Bring Them to the Suburbs and Countryside
Volunteers in inner cities launched the United States' first needle exchange programs, but now the need has moved to suburban and rural America.
How Big Pharma Gave America Its Heroin Problem
OxyContin, designed for cancer pain relief, became the drug prescribed for back and tooth aches.
Five Studies: New Approaches in Treating Addiction as a Disease
The disease model of addiction offers addicts several ways forward—including getting drunk to beat alcoholism.
Why the Future of Drugs Is in Genetically Engineered Microbes
Though a new generation of genetically engineered microbes is raising fears about home-brew heroin, a technology de-coupled from the whims of growing seasons could also mean cheaper, legal drugs.
Gathering Political Support for Heroin Addiction’s Most Effective Treatment
Seeing opioid addiction as a disease, instead of a moral failing, helps.
Drug Courts Grow Up
As drug courts spread across the world, new standards and best practices aim to hold them all accountable.
The Other Prison Health Crisis
Hepatitis C is common behind bars, but sick prisoners aren’t getting treatment.
When Addicts Get Out of Jail
New research suggests that maintaining methadone treatment in jails and prisons would save lives.