DRUG ADDICTION
Watch Macklemore and President Obama Speak About Drug Abuse
"If I hadn't gotten the help I needed when I needed it, I definitely wouldn't be here today."
My Life as a Brooklyn Junkie
"Heroin is like Aladdin's lamp: it will make you think that your wishes are coming true, that you are in control of your life."
How Getting Sober Changed My Relationship with My Mother
By her own admission, my mother says she never stopped loving me through all that hell. But now she can finally like me again.
Can Weed Really Help Addicts Recover from Alcoholism and Hard Drug Use?
Could weed really help you kick a meth habit, or is it just a matter of replacing one vice with another?
Could This Danish Cocaine Antidote Help Addicts Get Better by Ruining Drugs?
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have stumbled upon a compound that essentially negates the effects of cocaine.
A Look at Pete Doherty's Time at a Thai Rehab Facility
Through pictures, videos and an interview with the founder of the Hope Rehab Centre, we understand Pete's most promising recovery.
Valium Can Be Harder to Withdraw from Than Heroin
Sadly, I only found out once I'd become addicted – at 26.
A 20-Year-Old Went to Rehab and Came Home in a Body Bag
A sobering look at America's high-end addiction treatment.
Dying for Treatment
VICE editor Wilbert L. Cooper explores the peculiar and troubling side of the "for-profit" addiction-treatment industry.
Dying for Treatment - Part 1
Wilbert L. Cooper traveled to Southern California, the region with the highest concentration of high-end rehab clinics, to explore the peculiar and troubling side of the "for profit" addiction treatment industry.
We Watched New York's Sexiest Drug Princess Smoke Weird Shit
And found out it's impossible to inhale Lindsay Lohan.