needles
Who’s Putting Needles in Canada’s Potatoes?
The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is offering $50,000 to anyone who can tell them who the hell keeps putting sewing needles in the potatoes from local farms.
Heroin Overdose Treatments in American Prisons Are Dangerously Old-Fashioned
As heroin use surges among the general public, the drug has become a mainstay in the prison system, where the common overdose treatment Naloxone is still hard to come by.
Seeing Through The Ice
Calling methamphetamine use an 'epidemic' is a misuse of language; it’s a deceptive metaphor. Ebola, an actual epidemic, is not contracted voluntarily.
Bucharest Is Not a Good Place to Be a Heroin Addict
Unless you're into police brutality and an enforced lack of medical attention.
Does Sydney Need Another Supervised Injecting Room?
15 years after Sydney opened the first medically supervised injecting centre in the English-speaking world, its founders think it's time to establish a second one.
There Are Crack-Pipe Vending Machines in Vancouver
Thanks to Portland Hotel Society, a nonprofit that provides services to people with mental-health and addiction issues, there are two crack-pipe vending machines in Vancouver.
Needle Play Is a New Frontier of Love
Needle play, the blanket term used to describe inserting needles into your body to get off, is quickly becoming one of the most popular forms of kink in the BDSM world.
New Cocaine Routes Are Ruining West Africa
At the end of June, the UN held its annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Yury Fedotov, head of the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, gave a speech in which he mentioned that the cocaine trade in Africa is growing, "fueling...
What's Your Suicide Song?
Can you imagine how mortifying it'd be to pick the wrong track to kill yourself to?!
Afraid of Needles and Shots? Get Ready for Your Magnet-Powered Jet Injection
Emerging technology from MIT's Mechanical Engineering department is a jet propelled shot, eliminating the need for needles, bringing the sensation of receiving an injection down to that of a mosquito bite – possibly less. This piece of equipment uses...