Experts view a shift from injecting fentanyl to smoking it as a promising development that could cut overdose deaths and reduce needle-related harms.

Many Americans who inject illicit drugs are unknowingly getting fentanyl mixed in with their heroin, which can increase their risk for overdose and perhaps their tolerance for the drug. About 80% of ...

The idea for this post was initiated when I read a snippet in The Fortean Times about a 34-year old man from New York who injected cocaine into his penis and ended up with gangrene and further medical ...

We hear the horrifying statistics daily – over 106,000 drug overdose deaths in America in 2021, with nearly 30% deaths in people 15-34. These young people have their whole lives ahead of them, ...

“Oh, the drug state,” the driver says, giggling. Wear it with pride. Take comfort in the opening lyrics of Copper Chief’s hit song “Snakeskin Boots.” “This here’s a song about methamphetamine and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two people using a safe injection site. Two city-approved “safe” drug injection sites could be forced to close under a new ...

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09, announced a proposal to install the nation’s first supervised drug injection facility in Ithaca, according to an official statement released by the City of Ithaca Monday.

Background: In Iran, there are an estimated 200,000 injecting drug users (IDUs). Injecting drug use is a relatively new phenomenon for this country, where opium smoking was the predominant form of ...

Two city-approved “safe” drug injection sites could be forced to close under a new executive order issued by President Trump, which rips the facilities, where addicts can use illegal drugs like meth, ...