Report: Heroin Use Soars in US

Report: Heroin use soars in US
Drug officials say the rise in heroin use has been largely due to law-enforcement crackdown on unlawful use of prescription painkillers and drug-company reformulations that make the pills harder to crush and snort. "Basically, you have a generation of … Read more on Press TV

Get out of jail clean
Instead of going to jail, defendants with drug problems agree to enter drug court, where they'll get treatment and frequent drug tests to ensure that the treatment is working. Drug courts vary from county to county and state to state, but in Sangamon … Read more on Illinois Times

There Is No Good Drug War
Carl's friends and family members had started their lives with scant available "alternative reinforcers," and for many, that range of options had shrunk considerably, because of involvement with the criminal justice system. As drug charges translated … Read more on Truth-Out