Drugs
Recovering from the opioid addiction crisis: Time for progressive strategies?
September 16, 2019Instead of having people die from addictions, governments could be providing services like safe injection sites, needle exchanges, HIV and Hepatitis screening.
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A border wall is no solution to the opioid crisis
August 13, 2019Global cooperation is needed to both regulate production and distribution of legal painkillers and combat illegal drug trafficking while massively funding drug addiction treatment.
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Honduras president implicated in narcotics-related corruption
August 7, 2019The details released so far indicate a profoundly disturbing pattern of involvement of right-wing, U.S.-supported Honduran governments with the international drug trade.
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Big Pharma companies are the “drug kingpins” of the opioid crisis
August 1, 201976 billion opioid pills flooded the country between 2006-2012, and just three companies manufactured 88% of them.
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Review: ‘Birds of Passage’ not your ordinary drug war crime film
February 20, 2019At a little over two hours long, Birds of Passage is an expansive tale of a family in the midst of historic upheaval.
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