http://dir.salon.com/topics/heroin/?source=rss&aim=heroin en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT By Laura Miller Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/20/this_is_your_country_on_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/20/this_is_your_country_on_drugs/index.html?source=rss Resistance to mind-altering substances is futile, according to a new "Secret History of Getting High in America" By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/01/beautiful_boy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/01/beautiful_boy/index.html?source=rss David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back. By Shaun McCanna Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/07/afghan_heroin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/07/afghan_heroin/index.html?source=rss Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape. By Andrew Leonard Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/21/cheap_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/21/cheap_drugs/index.html?source=rss The efficiencies delivered by global markets aren't limited to cheap TVs and blue jeans. Heroin and coke are also priced to move. By Stephen Elliott Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/11/29/stripper_year/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/11/29/stripper_year/index.html?source=rss 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 Adrienne So Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/13/pregnant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/13/pregnant/index.html?source=rss A Vietnamese inmate gets pregnant while in solitary confinement. Will she still die by firing squad, or will her pregnancy save her life? By Mark Follman Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/22/harm_reduction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/22/harm_reduction/index.html?source=rss 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 Rebecca Traister Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/09/23/moss/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/09/23/moss/index.html?source=rss 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 Mark Follman Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/13/drug_traffic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/13/drug_traffic/index.html?source=rss Where the war on terrorism now meets the war on drugs. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2003/09/11/junkies_copters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2003/09/11/junkies_copters/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to "Canada's Safe Haven for Junkies" by Mark Follman, and "Black Copters Over Oregon" by Bill Donahue. By Mark Follman Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/08/vancouver/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/08/vancouver/index.html?source=rss 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 Cary Tennis Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/col/tenn/2002/05/28/tennis_30/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/col/tenn/2002/05/28/tennis_30/index.html?source=rss We love each other, but she won't leave her abusive, jealous, e-mail-snooping man. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/the_paris_review/2001/04/23/carroll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/the_paris_review/2001/04/23/carroll/index.html?source=rss In celebration of National Poetry Month, musician and "Basketball Diaries" author Jim Carroll reads poems published in the Paris Review. By Jack Boulware Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2000/11/20/suckers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2000/11/20/suckers/index.html?source=rss Sri Lankan pedophiles are jailed for using heroin lollipops to lure victims. By Jeff Stark Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2000/10/13/aronofsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2000/10/13/aronofsky/index.html?source=rss 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 Eric Bogosian Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/06/30/bogosian_22/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/06/30/bogosian_22/index.html?source=rss It's so much like coming, you don't have to come anymore. By Cary Tennis Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/06/30/soldier/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/06/30/soldier/index.html?source=rss Independence Day is a national holiday, but personal associations -- from heroism to heroin -- are what give it meaning. By Greil Marcus Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/marc/2000/05/15/top10/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/marc/2000/05/15/top10/index.html?source=rss The "Seinfeld" stamp, "Careless Love," Wire's arty punk revival and more. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/04/05/drug_debate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/04/05/drug_debate/index.html?source=rss The White House responds to Michael Massing's critique of the war on drugs, and Massing replies. By J.A. Getzlaff Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/03/piercing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/03/piercing/index.html?source=rss A smuggler's body piercing set off airport metal detectors recently in Turkey. By Harry Jaffe Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/14/heroin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/14/heroin/index.html?source=rss Your local pharmacy may be the next place to treat heroin addicts. By David Downie Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/13/dutch_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/13/dutch_drugs/index.html?source=rss Can America learn from the Netherlands' drug policy of tolerance and ambiguity? By J.A. Getzlaff Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/03/13/heroin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/03/13/heroin/index.html?source=rss Heroin users can shoot up off the streets, unless the U.N. has its way. By Michael Massing Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/22/massing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/22/massing/index.html?source=rss Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs. By Judith Coburn Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/01/28/loyd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/01/28/loyd/index.html?source=rss A jaded British correspondent feeds his smack habit in Bosnia and Chechnya.