Tag: methamphetamine
An On-the-Ground Look at Duterte’s Bloody Drug War
Few Americans have come face-to-face with the foot soldiers—both cops and encouraged vigilantes—of Philippines ...
Chemsex Invisibility May Explain Missing Meth Use in UK Data
Regular methamphetamine and mephedrone use is nearly nonexistent in the United Kingdom—that is, if ...
SAMHSA’s “Meth Monster” Video Is Pure Fear-Mongering Propaganda
Stigmatizing PSAs about drug use have advanced far beyond the imagery of an egg ...
Will the FDA Repeat Its “Abuse-Deterrent” Oxy Mistake With Stimulants?
OxyContin got a makeover in 2010. That year, the Food and Drug Administration approved ...
Ed Buck Charged With Felonies After Third Black Man OD-ed at His Home
Over the past two years, three Black gay men have overdosed (or overamped) on ...
Are Fentanyl-Meth Deaths in Indiana Due to Contamination, or “Speedballing”?
Marion County, Indiana is seeing a troubling rise in deaths related to methamphetamine combined ...
“I Am Not an Addict”—What Should “Recovery” Mean in 2019?
My name is Adi, and despite my years of struggling with meth addiction, I ...
What Should “Overdose Awareness” Really Mean?
Fatal overdoses may be slightly declining in the United States, according to preliminary 2018 ...
Why Researchers Are Ill-Equipped to Study Surging Meth Harms
In recent months, key government studies from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention ...
How Harm Reduction Is Serving—and Failing—Asian Americans
The “4th wave of the overdose crisis” has arrived, tweeted Brett Giroir, a top ...
