War on drugs has failed to protect Americans' health, welfare; it's time to ditch the taboo It’s been nearly 100 years since the U.S. sent heroin underground, banning the sale of what was, at the time, a marginalized opiate. In the time since, h ...
15 Sep 2016 - SR editorial board
Bridget didn’t want to buy syringes at the pharmacy. It was too humiliating an ordeal for the champion gymnast turned heroin addict to go through. Not too long ago she was doing well in high school, never dreaming she would be a junkie within a few years’ ...
29 Dec 2014 - Emily Green
Harm reduction, anyone? For the past two years Street Roots has covered what some are calling an opiate/heroin epidemic in the region. SR is in no place to determine if the region is dealing with what we can call an epidemic — but it’s not pretty. Last we ...
26 May 2010 - Street Roots