Tag: Heroin

‘A Monster’: Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond Opioids

Millions of U.S. drug users now are addicted to several substances, not just opioids like fentanyl and heroin. The shift is making treatment far more difficult.

Scenes From a City That Only Hands Out Tickets for Using Fentanyl

Oregon’s experiment to curb overdoses by decriminalizing small amounts of illicit drugs is in its third year, and life has changed for most everyone in the city of Portland.

From Pet Cemetery Owner to Identity Thief to Best-Selling Ghostwriter

How did a felon and former heroin addict spin her background in canine cremation into a lucrative publishing career?