Cona M. Thorp was sentenced to 17 months total in prison for dealing cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl.
Once someone gets involved with drugs, it doesn’t stop at simple use. They often fall into bigger crimes like drug distribution or sales. Experts warned, “Drugs not only destroy the body and mind but ...
The Land of Enchantment is anything but. New Mexico is the most drug-addled state in the union, and its teenagers are the ...
Since 2021, New Yorkers have been rightly puzzled by OnPoint NYC, the “safe injection” sites where hard-drug addicts shoot up under medical supervision. After all, drugs like fentanyl and heroin are ...
Progressive “harm reduction” advocates have insisted for decades that active users should take a central role in crafting drug policy. While this belief is profoundly reckless—akin to letting drunk ...
There’s a renewed push to legalize overdose prevention centers on Beacon Hill, with advocates touting supervised drug use as harm prevention. That depends on how one defines harm. At these centers, ...
Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt put forward a plan Friday for dealing with the city's drug and homelessness ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Until we stop framing all drug use and every overdose as problems of “addiction” and “substance use disorders,” we ...
After rising exponentially since 1979, overdose rates have finally begun to decline, falling more than 29 percent since 2022.
A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...
Seattle’s new approach to drug enforcement is triggering alarm among police and public safety advocates, who warn the city is quietly sliding back toward the conditions that once fueled crime, ...
Some recovered drug addicts in western Herat province, highlighting the harmful consequences of narcotics, have urged young ...