A Hard Life: Heroin Use Increases in Region, Strains Services
A hard life: heroin use increases in region, strains services
Last week the Food and Drug Administration approved a prescription device that can inject a fast acting antidote to heroin and other opioid drugs. It's the latest response to a… Continue reading
Heroin Spreads Misery Across US
Heroin spreads misery across US
A local rehab facility has a six-month wait. One school recently referred an 11-year-old boy who … Cocaine, painkillers and tranquilizers are all used more than heroin, and the latest federal overdose statistics show that… Continue reading
Rent Boys, the Crystal Methodist and Twisted Values at the BBC
Rent boys, the Crystal Methodist and twisted values at the BBC
Readers may recall that last November the Mail on Sunday discovered that Mr Flowers had bought and taken illegal drugs, including crystal meth, crack cocaine and ketamine. Apparently incontrovertible… Continue reading
Tripoli's Poor Find Solace in Substance Abuse
Tripoli's poor find solace in substance abuse
Too poor to pay the going rate for heroin or cocaine, Tripoli's underprivileged instead turn to hard-hitting prescription pills such as Rivotril, normally used to control seizure and epilepsy, or the more popular… Continue reading
Frontline London: This Ex-Gang Leader Came Close to Suicide in Jail. Now He …
Frontline London: This ex-gang leader came close to suicide in jail. Now he …
He told me he had a heroin addiction and I got him to disclose it and that got him moved to the drug rehab wing and… Continue reading
All the Way From Africa, Abbot Church Has a New Pastor
All the way from Africa, Abbot church has a new pastor
But at the age of 18, while serving with the British South African Police on a training exercise, he saw what he described “as a beautiful, glorious sunset.… Continue reading