overdoses
Victoria Won’t Be Getting A Safe Injecting Room Anytime Soon
While Sydney's supervised injecting room has been a widely accepted success, the Victorian government still opposes a facility in Melbourne.
Meet the 'Fake Heroin' Behind the Next Overdose Epidemic
Acetyl fentanyl, packing many times the punch of heroin, is now making its way into the United States' narcotic supply.
Meet the Guy Who Earns His Living Drawing Peanuts Characters on Their Period
Living in an SRO means you're either one step out of homelessness or one step away from it. As part of our series on housing the homeless in San Francisco, we talked to a man who spends his days wandering between bars in the Mission and drawing dirty...
Tamper-proof Oxys are Causing an Increase in Overdoses
How concerned with stopping drug abuse are its producers anyway?
Montreal is Experiencing a Rash of Fatal Overdoses and No One Knows Why
At least 56 overdoses linked to the intake of street drugs, including heroin and cocaine, have been reported in Montreal since May—18 of whi
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.
You Can Finally Buy the Gadget That Reverses Drug Overdoses
The pocket-sized device reverses the effects of opiates, street drugs, and prescription meds alike.