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The Heroin Addicts Who Steal from Supermarkets to Fund Their Use
Every couple of weeks in the UK there are reports of heroin users appearing in court to face shoplifting charges. I hung out with a couple of them to see what their world is like.
The Inside Story of How the UK's Big City Drug Gangs Are Taking Over the Rest of the Country
More and more, city gangs are sending young runners out into the sticks to sell crack and heroin. We spoke to dealers, sex workers, and police to get a better understanding of how the whole process works.
The Drug Users Taking Advantage of the UK's New Lenient Policing Policies
Two British police forces have started referring people caught with a personal amount of drugs to educational workshops rather than sending them to court.
Some Police in the UK Have Stopped Arresting Drug Users
For several months, police units in the UK have been operating "diversion" schemes which have resulted in scores of drug users avoiding court, jail, and a criminal record.
No, Your Drug Use Is Not Funding Terrorism
We often hear about "Jihadists flooding the west with heroin," or "ISIS making billions through drug trafficking"—but we rarely see much actual evidence.
What Today's New Drug Death Statistics Tell Us About Britain's Hard Drug Use
The number of heroin-related deaths in England and Wales is the highest it's ever been, more than doubling in the last three years.
What the 1980s Glue Sniffing Epidemic Can Teach Us About Preventing Ecstasy Deaths
If authorities want to cut the amount of drug deaths in the UK, they need to start confronting the problem instead of running away from it.
I Use LSD to Help Me Deal with the Trauma of Being Kidnapped by My Dad
When Nara flew to Iraq from London for her grandmother's funeral, she found her grandmother very much alive and her father furious at her for becoming "too Westernized."
British Police Officers Reveal What They Really Think About the War on Drugs
"Sometimes I think we're like those Japanese soldiers in WWII—the ones on the island who just kept fighting because they didn't know the war was over."
Are You Supporting Violence When You Buy Drugs?
Some critics say users are responsible for the narco-war and the toxic pollution of the world's rainforests, but the forces creating these situations are actually at a much higher level.
Tabloid Scare Stories About Drugs Actually Make People Buy More Drugs
When the tabloids write horror stories about drugs such as mephedrone or laughing gas, searches for how to buy those drugs go through the roof.
College Professors Are Using Smart Drugs to Grade Your Crappy Essays
It's not just students taking modafinil to help them power through their workload.