Tag Archives: addiction

Source: What I saw in a day on the Downtown Eastside shocked me|The Globe & Mail How have we let things go so wrong for Canada’s roughest neighbourhood? It’s just another day on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. A young man sits on the wet sidewalk, his legs spread wide, sucking the smoke ...

Source: My Year On Death Row|National Post Originally published August 23, 2018 Inside Canada’s ‘other opioid epidemic’ — patients cut off from medical painkillers By Dawn Rae Downton Illustrations by Mike Faille It started in my feet, which ached constantly whether I wore flats, heels, trainers, or went barefoot. Physiotherapy and orthotics? ...

Source: The making of an opioid epidemic|The Guardian When high doses of painkillers led to widespread addiction, it was called one of the biggest mistakes in modern medicine. But this was no accident. By Chris McGreal Jane Ballantyne was, at one time, a true believer. The British-born doctor, who trained as an ...

Source : Dispatches From A ‘Dopesick’ America|NPR.org Originally published on August 21st 2018 Dispatches From A ‘Dopesick’ America There’s no shortage of statistics about the depth of America’s opioid epidemic — there were 72,000 overdose deaths just last year — but numbers don’t tell the whole story. Beth Macy takes a ...

Source : It’s Too Early to Celebrate ‘Progress’ on the Opioid Epidemic|Tonic.vice.com Originally published September 20th, 2018 Instead of taking credit for small wins, the White House needs to treat the drug epidemic like the public health emergency Trump said it was almost a year ago. Fighting Words is a column ...

Source : Why Is the DOJ Trying to Stop Cities from Taking on the Opioid Crisis?|Rolling Stone Originally published August 31st, 2018 Cities across the country have proposed opening doctor-endorsed safe-injection sites to curb opioid fatalities — but the attorney general’s office is threatening civil and criminal penalties if they move ...