Ecstasy Parties On — With Dangerous Results
NEW YORK - Ecstasy, the potentially lethal "love drug," is on the move. Glamorized in the 1990s by the predominantly white and suburban all-night "rave culture," E-pills are now spreading fast into America's rural areas and inner cities. Just ask William Alicea. A...
Letter to the Editor: Staying Clean
Peggy Orenstein's cover article "Staying Clean" drew praise from rehab providers and former users confirming that, as reported, there is no quick fix in treating addiction and no guaranteed cure. Below is the response by Dr. Peter Provet, among the many written by...
Letter to the Editor: Treating Drug Use, Urban and Rural
To the editor: "As Drug Use Drops in Big Cities, Small Towns Confront Upsurge" (front page, Feb. 11) clearly tells America that drug abuse is a great equalizer. It does not segregate by class, race or geography. Cities, small towns and rural areas face similar...
NineOneOne: A Guide to Post-9/11 Recovery Sources
NineOneOne The Daily News By Susan Ferraro Salt in the wounds Among the millions traumatized by the attacks on the World Trade Center were thousands of New Yorkers already struggling, day to day, with recovery from substance abuse or painful or disabling...
Letter to the Editor: OxyContin Abuse
To the editor: Monitoring prescriptions of OxyContin sounds like a good place to start to prevent increased abuse ("Few State Track Prescriptions as Way to Prevent Overdoses," front page, Dec. 21). But we must also increase drug treatment programs and sponsor broader...
Letter to the Editor: Addicted to OxyContin
To the Editor: An important concern missing from the increasing attention paid to abuse of the powerful painkiller OxyContin is the treatment needs of the abuser. Whether or not Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the drug (news article, Aug. 13), speeds up development...
A Chance to Reconnect for Mentally Ill Addicts
The New York Times By David Rohde Brandi Wells set off from her Upper West Side apartment for East Harlem on Thursday night fighting memories of a decade of failure. With a mixture of hope and dread churning her stomach, Ms. Wells, a 28-year-old artist with cascading...
Residential Drug Treatment for Mothers Shows More Promise Than the War on Drugs
The American Prospect Online By Melissa Paige McNamara Brandy was crawling on the floor near her mother's feet, dressed in her new denim jumper with tightly braided pigtails framing her dimpled face. Her smile hid any sign that in her nine months, Brandy has already...
Prison isn’t the Answer for Darryl
Darryl Strawberry will be sentenced in Tampa tomorrow for violating probation, and a lot of people are rooting for heavy punishment. The details of his seemingly fruitless battle with drug addiction have left the public understandably fed up. To some, the downward...
Letter to the Editor: Choice of a Drug Czar
To the Editor: Re "Tough Conservative Picked for Drug Czar, Officials Say" (news article, April 26). The choice of John P. Walters as drug czar gives us some solace in that at last we have an inkling of President Bush's position on drugs. But reports that Mr. Walters...
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