Treatment

My beautiful, drug-addicted boy My beautiful, drug-addicted boy

David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back.
  • "Traffic" jams the drug war

    It's rare for a movie to change the direction of a political debate in Washington, but this one has.
  • Portrait of a drug czar

    Gen. Barry McCaffrey drives his government office like a lockstep battalion, but some contend his ruthless schedule and egomaniacal ways are only hurting his effort to bring sanity to America's drug policy.
  • Battling the pharmaceutical Microsoft

    Hepatitis C activists are angry about Schering-Plough's decision to "bundle" two drugs, one of which is a potentially life-saving pill not available anywhere else.
  • Methadone Rx

    Your local pharmacy may be the next place to treat heroin addicts.
  • The elephant in the room

    Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs.
  • "The Red Devil"

    A woman with cancer rediscovers her body through a passionate love affair.
  • "Paisley Girl"

    An excerpt from a powerful novel about how disease affects body and soul.
  • The worried well

    Patients who over-research their ailments sometimes do more harm than good.
  • Kicking the PCP habit

    Will doctors someday be able to use antibodies to treat drug addicts?
  • Triumph of the cure

    Lance Armstrong beat testicular cancer and then won the Tour de France. Was it a miracle or is he a poster boy for the power of modern medicine?

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