The experiences of one doctor in Louisiana reveal the tensions around trying to get people to engage in addiction treatment, even if they’re not ready to stop using drugs.
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‘We have no choice’: Indigenous guards take on cocaine gangs in Peru’s Amazon
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the Kakataibo Indigenous Guard patrols their ancestral land armed with spears, machetes and a drone — risking their lives to keep cocaine producers out of the forest.
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U.S. imposes sanctions on Colombia’s president and family over drug trade allegations
The sanctions sharply escalate tensions with the leftist leader of a country that has traditionally been one of the closest U.S. allies in South America.
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A controversial but effective treatment for meth addiction gains ground
Policymakers in California embrace a proven but unorthodox treatment for meth and cocaine addiction: Give people gift cards to stay off the drugs.
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Not a B movie: Sharks are ingesting cocaine in the ocean, scientists find
A scientist in the study says it’s likely the sharks were exposed to Rio de Janeiro wastewater contaminated from human use of cocaine.
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More people who use cocaine in Rhode Island are dying of overdosesÂ
In an empty stairwell in Pawtucket, R.I., Jackson offered to show a reporter how he tries to reduce his risk of overdosing when he smokes crack cocaine. (Jackson agreed to speak to The Public’s Radio for this story on the condition that we use only his first name.) It had been several hours since his […]
