opioid
'DOPESICK: Fentanyl's Deadly Grip' Dives Deep Inside Canada's Opioid Crisis
On June 22, VICE will air the immersive and personal feature film about Canada's fentanyl crisis told from the perspective of a social network of drug users.
Canada Admits That It Knows Very Little About W-18, the Drug It Just Banned
The announcement comes in the midst of a public health crisis around fentanyl in Canada, with hundreds of reported overdoses throughout the country in the last few years
Here's What You Need to Know About Fentanyl, the Powerful Opioid That Killed Prince
In the United States, fentanyl is a lesser-known opioid that has been overshadowed by heroin and OxyContin, two drugs at the root of the country’s overdose epidemic.
Canada Says One Test on Mice From the '80s Proves That W-18 Is 100 Times Stronger Than Fentanyl
W-18 is supposed to be a powerful opiate responsible for a Canadian man's death — but it might not be powerful, an opiate, or responsible for his death at all.
Canada's Ban on Ultra-Potent Drug W-18 Could Make Things Worse
Canada's health department announced the ban on Wednesday. But experts are questioning the science behind the government's claims that W-18 is 100 times more powerful than the deadly opioid fentanyl.
The US Drug Overdose Epidemic Has Made It Easier to Get an Organ Transplant
So many people are dying from overdoses in the United States that the number of organs available for transplant is now 270 percent greater than that available in 2006.
Prince's People Reportedly Called an Addiction Doctor the Night Before He Died
The late singer was scheduled to meet with the doc the day after he was found dead, according to a local paper.
The Rise of Mexican Black Tar
VICE News travels to the remote mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, to follow the lucrative and destructive path of black tar heroin as it makes its way to the US.
British Columbia Has Declared a Public Health Emergency over Drug Overdoses
The province saw nearly 500 deaths from drug overdose in 2015, a 30 percent rise from the year before. The main driver behind the rise appears to be the opioid fentanyl.
Obama Wants to Spend More Than $1 Billion to Fight Opioid Addiction in the US
The president has unveiled an ambitious new plan to combat addiction to heroin, prescription painkillers, and other related drugs.
Group Therapy Behind Bars (Excerpt from ‘New Hampshire’s Prison Detox’)
Henry Langston joins a group therapy session at the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility, where inmates talk about their looming release dates and their biggest challenges in maintaining sobriety.
Cold Turkey: New Hampshire's Prison Detox
VICE News looks inside the state facility in New Hampshire that's readily providing substance abuse treatment — its state prison.