Vancouver clinic offers free heroin in North ...
10-February-2005, Canada, CBC News
VANCOUVER - A clinic in Vancouver began recruiting heroin addicts to give them free drugs, as part of a national study that's the first of its kind in North America.
The North American Opiate Medication Initiative plans to enroll 470 ...
Canada has a radical plan for social costs of ...
07-February-2005, Canada, seattlepi.com
By MIKE LEWIS
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Gina R. is small and sick, 100 pounds of furtive need. Sitting in a coffee shop in East Downtown, her collar covers the abscess in her neck where a handful of times this day -- ...
Kate Moss gives drugs deadline to Pete Doherty!:
01-February-2005, United Kingdom, newkerala
Super model Kate Moss has warned her rocker boyfriend Pete Doherty to quit hard drugs or face losing her.
According to the sources, Doherty's pictures, published in British newspapers showing him smoking heroin at his East London home, have made ...
Afghan Poppy Growing Reaches Record Level, U.N. ...
19-November-2004, Afghanistan, The New York Times
Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, the source of most of the opium and heroin on Europe's streets, was up sharply this year, reaching the highest levels in the country's history and in the world, the United Nations announced on Thursday.
"In ...
New Drugs Used by Beslan Terrorists Puzzle ...
19-October-2004, Russia, MosNews
The terrorists who took over 1,000 people hostage at a school in southern Russia last month used more than just heroin, the head of a parliamentary committee investigating the Beslan siege told journalists.
As MosNews reported on Monday, the ...
Passing fancy in the NFL
02-October-2004, United Kingdom, The Mercury News
PHILADELPHIA - (KRT) - Week 3 was a banner week for NFL quarterbacks. Not since the second week of the 2000 season had five players passed for more than 350 yards, but last weekend, Peyton Manning, Daunte Culpepper, Brett Favre, Marc Bulger and ...
Addiction behind the burka: how Afghan women use ...
30-September-2004, Afghanistan, The Independent
Halima first smoked opium to dull the nightmares after her husband's violent death. He was shot at a checkpoint in front of her as they tried to flee fighting in Kabul, leaving her a widow at the age of 27 with three young children and a joyless ...
Heroin prescription scheme call
30-September-2004, United Kingdom, BBC News
The Scottish Drugs Forum has said users could be helped by prescribed heroin and it believes a pilot should be set up to study the benefits of the idea.
The Home Office is soon to announce prescribing pilot schemes in England.
The Scottish ...
Addicts, health officials trumpet success of safe ...
21-September-2004, Canada, CBC News
VANCOUVER - One year after the opening of Vancouver's safe injection site for heroin addicts, health care officials say it is a resounding success.
The injection site in the city's Downtown Eastside is meant to provide a safe place for addicts ...
Vancouver heroin clinic clears hurdle
17-August-2004, Canada, mytelus.com
VANCOUVER (CBC) - Plans for a controversial prescription heroin study has been been given tentative approval by Health Canada.
The North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) wants to prescribe pharmaceutical-grade heroin to 150 users for ...
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