Resistance to mind-altering substances is futile, according to a new "Secret History of Getting High in America"
By Laura Miller Jul 20, 2009
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David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 1, 2008
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Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape.
By Shaun McCanna
August 7, 2007
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The efficiencies delivered by global markets aren't limited to cheap TVs and blue jeans. Heroin and coke are also priced to move.
By Andrew Leonard
June 21, 2007
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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
November 29, 2006
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A Vietnamese inmate gets pregnant while in solitary confinement. Will she still die by firing squad, or will her pregnancy save her life?
By Adrienne So
October 13, 2006
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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
September 22, 2006
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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
September 23, 2005
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Where the war on terrorism now meets the war on drugs.
By Mark Follman
May 13, 2005
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Readers respond to "Canada's Safe Haven for Junkies" by Mark Follman, and "Black Copters Over Oregon" by Bill Donahue.
September 11, 2003
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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
September 8, 2003
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We love each other, but she won't leave her abusive, jealous, e-mail-snooping man.
By Cary Tennis
May 28, 2002
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In celebration of National Poetry Month, musician and "Basketball Diaries" author Jim Carroll reads poems published in the Paris Review.
April 23, 2001
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Sri Lankan pedophiles are jailed for using heroin lollipops to lure victims.
By Jack Boulware
November 20, 2000
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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
October 13, 2000
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It's so much like coming, you don't have to come anymore.
By Eric Bogosian
June 30, 2000
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Independence Day is a national holiday, but personal associations -- from heroism to heroin -- are what give it meaning.
By Cary Tennis
June 30, 2000
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The "Seinfeld" stamp, "Careless Love," Wire's arty punk revival and more.
By Greil Marcus
May 15, 2000
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The White House responds to Michael Massing's critique of the war on drugs, and Massing replies.
April 5, 2000
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A smuggler's body piercing set off airport metal detectors recently in Turkey.
By J.A. Getzlaff
April 3, 2000
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Your local pharmacy may be the next place to treat heroin addicts.
By Harry Jaffe
March 14, 2000
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Can America learn from the Netherlands' drug policy of tolerance and ambiguity?
By David Downie
March 13, 2000
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Heroin users can shoot up off the streets, unless the U.N. has its way.
By J.A. Getzlaff
March 13, 2000
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Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs.
By Michael Massing
February 22, 2000
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A jaded British correspondent feeds his smack habit in Bosnia and Chechnya.
By Judith Coburn
January 28, 2000
Why we say yes to drugs
My beautiful, drug-addicted boy
It's easy for soldiers to score heroin in Afghanistan
Get your cheap cocaine at the globalization candy store
Nude awakening
Pregnant on death row
The needle and the damage undone
The rise and fall of Kate Moss
Iraq and the damage done
Canada's safe haven for junkies
I hate my girlfriend's boyfriend
Heroin sheik
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