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Dear Mom, This Is Why I’m Addicted: A Letter from a Lost Daughter
The author died in 2014 at age 29 from endocarditis due to IV drug use with contaminated needles and related conditions—before the heroin problem was being treated like a national crisis.
The Idiot, the Pisser and the Nazi: Tattoo Artists On Their Most Memorable Customers
These days body art lovers are just as varied as the motifs they cover themselves with.
Meet the Girls Behind São Paulo's Female-Only Tattoo Shop
We talked with the shop's artists about how they got started, guys being jealous and their love of permanently marking people's bodies.
Bucharest Is Not a Good Place to Be a Heroin Addict
Unless you're into police brutality and an enforced lack of medical attention.
There Are Crack Pipe Vending Machines in Vancouver
Thanks to Portland Hotel Society, a non-profit that provides services to people with mental health and addiction issues, there are two crack pipe vending machines in Vancouver.
New Cocaine Routes Are Wreaking Havoc in West Africa
The War On Drugs has forced South American cartels into a damaging rethink.
Question of the Day - What's Your Suicide Song?
Can you imagine how mortifying it'd be to pick the wrong track to kill yourself to?!