http://www.drugnews.org/ Media Awareness Project Drug News en-us Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:46:47 -0700 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:10:02 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Modperl editor@mapinc.org (MAP Editor) webmaster@mapinc.org (MAP Webmaster) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n029/a02.html New York Times, 29 Nov 2019 - LONDON - Homeless drug users in Scotland will be allowed to inject pharmaceutical-grade heroin twice a day under the supervision of medical officials as part of a new program intended to reduce drug deaths and H.I.V. infection. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week, a $1.5 million facility in Glasgow that opened on Tuesday will allow a handful of drug users to receive doses of the drug alongside other treatment for their physical and psychological health, according to Glasgow City Council. Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n029/a02.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n115/a07.html New York Times, 24 May 2018 - TORONTO - An aging construction worker arrived quietly in the building's basement, took his seat alongside three other men and struck his lighter below a cooker of synthetic heroin. A woman, trained to intervene in case of an overdose, placed a mask over her face as his drug cooked and diluted beneath a jumping flame. He injected himself, grew still and then told of the loss of his wife who died alone in her room upstairs - an overdose that came just a few months before this social service nonprofit opened its doors for supervised injections. Thu, 24 May 2018 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n115/a07.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n096/a06.html Vancouver Courier, 04 Apr 2018 - Studies show controlled drug use can reduce consumption of street drugs As the opioid crisis rages on across North America, a number of recent studies are pointing to cannabis and prescription heroin as viable options in curbing the consumption of lethal street opiates, reducing long-term medical and policing costs and extending the lives of users. Wed, 04 Apr 2018 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n096/a06.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n067/a06.html Globe and Mail, 20 Feb 2018 - Every morning, Kevin Thompson takes a short stroll from his apartment to the Crosstown Clinic, where he signs in, gets his prescription medicine, then sits in a small room and injects it before heading off to work. He follows this routine up to three times a day and has done so virtually every day for more than a dozen years. Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n067/a06.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n277/a04.html The Asian Pacific Post, 22 Aug 2017 - The Taliban in Afghanistan is now running significant heroin production lines in the war-torn country to provide jihadists and insurgents with billions of dollars, western law enforcement officials And much of that heroin is flowing into Canada. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n277/a04.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n264/a04.html London Free Press, 14 Aug 2017 - The deadly painkiller fentanyl, thrust under a spotlight by a rare warning by three health agenices and city police, isn't the only dangerous street drug raising eyebrows in London. Heroin is also showing up, in levels-those who work with addicts say they haven't seen before. Mon, 14 Aug 2017 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n264/a04.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n180/a08.html Prince George Citizen, 27 May 2017 - VANCOUVER - Addiction experts from five European countries say their experience with prescription heroin programs have provided overwhelming evidence to suggest Canada should expand its one clinic in the midst of a deadly opioid crisis. Researchers from the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada held a symposium in Vancouver on Friday to share lessons they've learned from multiple clinical trials and years of treatment. Sat, 27 May 2017 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n180/a08.html http://www.peacearchnews.com/news/414754293.html Peace Arch News, 24 Feb 2017 - HEROIN CONCEPT GARNERS ATTENTION A public suggestion by the provincial coroner to provide heroin to addicts is turning some heads. The comments by chief coroner Lisa Lapointe last week came after it was learned 116 people in this province died of overdoses from illicit drugs in January. Fri, 24 Feb 2017 08:00:00 GMT http://www.peacearchnews.com/news/414754293.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n067/a05.html The Georgia Straight, 09 Feb 2017 - Vancouver's Hedy Fry differs from the prime minister on where the national dialogue on fentanyl should go In 1999, Dr. Hedy Fry flew to Switzerland to learn about how the European country had responded to a surge in drug-overdose deaths. Thu, 09 Feb 2017 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n067/a05.html