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...
Growing Number of Older Addicts Spawns Unusual Treatment Center
Associated Press By Elizabeth LeSure In his 60s, Ramon Loper spent the last few years of his musical career desperately feeding a heroin addiction. He rushed from gig to gig, getting cash and getting high. "And then," he says, "I broke my hip. Thank God!" The members...
Help for Aging Addicts
New York Daily News By Thomas Zambito At first glance, it could be a gathering of church elders on a Sunday morning. But the seven men and women gathered in the basement of an East Harlem treatment center are among the city's most incorrigible drug addicts. Now...
Letter to the Editor: New Pieces of the Drug Puzzle
To the Editor: Re: Adjusting Drug Policy (editorial, Feb. 27) For years, drug treatment experts have argued for more money to be spent on demand reduction over interdiction and enforcement, and for years, study after study has supported their argument that treatment...
Letter to the Editor: Experiencing Ecstasy
Responses to The New York Times Magazine's "Experiencing Ecstasy" (January 21, 2001) were notable for especially strong opinions, both pro and con. Many parents, doctors and public officials accused the article of glorifying Ecstasy use and for insufficiently...
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