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My beautiful, drug-addicted boy
David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Mar 1, 2008
It's easy for soldiers to score heroin in Afghanistan
Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape.
By Shaun McCanna Aug 7, 2007
Get your cheap cocaine at the globalization candy store
The efficiencies delivered by global markets aren't limited to cheap TVs and blue jeans. Heroin and coke are also priced to move.
Andrew Leonard Jun 21, 2007
Nude awakening
It was a hot Chicago summer. My stripper year. My heroin year. I had a new college degree and nothing made sense. I was having the best time of my life.
By Stephen Elliott Nov 29, 2006
Pregnant on death row
A Vietnamese inmate gets pregnant while in solitary confinement. Will she still die by firing squad, or will her pregnancy save her life?
Adrienne So Oct 13, 2006
The needle and the damage undone
Vancouver has halted a drug epidemic by helping street addicts shoot up in safety. Will U.S. cities -- and Bush's drug czar -- learn from the Canadians' success?
By Mark Follman Sep 22, 2006
The rise and fall of Kate Moss
The skeletal model's coke-fueled plunge from grace has exposed some ugly truths about the fashion industry -- not least its world-class hypocrisy.
By Rebecca Traister Sep 23, 2005
Iraq and the damage done
Where the war on terrorism now meets the war on drugs.
Mark Follman May 13, 2005
Letters
Readers respond to "Canada's Safe Haven for Junkies" by Mark Follman, and "Black Copters Over Oregon" by Bill Donahue.
Sep 11, 2003
Canada's safe haven for junkies
Vancouver hopes to save hundreds of lives by opening street clinics where heroin addicts can shoot up safely. But the White House is accusing Canada of going AWOL from its war on drugs.
By Mark Follman Sep 8, 2003
I hate my girlfriend's boyfriend
We love each other, but she won't leave her abusive, jealous, e-mail-snooping man.
By Cary Tennis May 28, 2002
Heroin sheik
In celebration of National Poetry Month, musician and "Basketball Diaries" author Jim Carroll reads poems published in the Paris Review.
Apr 23, 2001
Suckers from strangers
Sri Lankan pedophiles are jailed for using heroin lollipops to lure victims.
By Jack Boulware Nov 20, 2000
"It's a punk movie"
Director Darren Aronofsky talks about why his junkie movie, "Requiem for a Dream," really isn't a junkie movie and about writing the script for the next "Batman."
By Jeff Stark Oct 13, 2000
31 Ejaculations: No. 22
It's so much like coming, you don't have to come anymore.
By Eric Bogosian Jun 30, 2000
Happy Fourth of July, soldier
Independence Day is a national holiday, but personal associations -- from heroism to heroin -- are what give it meaning.
By Cary Tennis Jun 30, 2000
Greil Marcus: Real Life Rock Top 10
The "Seinfeld" stamp, "Careless Love," Wire's arty punk revival and more.
By Greil Marcus May 15, 2000
U.S. drug policy: Are we doing the right thing?
The White House responds to Michael Massing's critique of the war on drugs, and Massing replies.
Apr 5, 2000
Nipple-ring blues
A smuggler's body piercing set off airport metal detectors recently in Turkey.
By J.A. Getzlaff Apr 3, 2000
Methadone Rx
Your local pharmacy may be the next place to treat heroin addicts.
By Harry Jaffe Mar 14, 2000
Germany OKs drug-injection rooms
Heroin users can shoot up off the streets, unless the U.N. has its way.
By J.A. Getzlaff Mar 13, 2000
Going Dutch
Can America learn from the Netherlands' drug policy of tolerance and ambiguity?
By David Downie Mar 13, 2000
The elephant in the room
Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs.
By Michael Massing Feb 22, 2000
"My War Gone By, I Miss It So" by Anthony Loyd
A jaded British correspondent feeds his smack habit in Bosnia and Chechnya.
By Judith Coburn Jan 28, 2000
Is being hooked a choice?
A new book argues that all addictions are a matter of free will, even heroin and coffee.
By Andy Dehnart Jan 10, 2000
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