Sunday, Oct 21, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Will a rain forest shrub cure my addiction?
An expert tracks the pros and cons of using ibogaine to relieve heroin withdrawal
Maia Szalavitz
Sunday, Oct 7, 2012 3:00 PM UTC
Help! How do I stop smoking pot?
Turns out the answer is complicated. An expert explains
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Topics:
Marijuana Anonymous, Pot, Recovery, addiction, The Fix, marijuana, The New York Times, High Times
Monday, Sep 24, 2012 4:09 PM UTC
Romney advisor’s reefer madness
Mel Sembler, GOP's top drug policy aid, founded a rehab that “treated” 50,000 teens with a dehumanizing routine
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Topics:
legalization, Mel Sembler, GOP, marijuana, Drugs, Mitt Romney, Smart Colorado
Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 10:21 PM UTC
Should methadone moms keep their babies?
For child welfare officials, these women are still considered junkies -- and a threat to their newborn
Topics:
Pregnancy, The Fix, Heroin, The Daily Beast, Methadone
Tuesday, Aug 28, 2012 7:46 PM UTC
Do 12-step programs lead to cults?
We think we're finding help, but we could be submitting ourselves to a unique form of trauma
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Topics:
The Fix, Drugs, Alcoholism, addiction, Washington, D.C.
Monday, Sep 19, 2005 10:46 PM UTC
The return of reefer madness
The U.S. drug czar's office is running ads implying that smoking marijuana can lead to insanity. But pushing dubious science is no way to persuade teenagers not to do drugs.
Topics:
Mental Illness
Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 10:01 PM UTC
Death penalty for I.V. drug users
The Bush administration is considering imposing a gag rule on U.S.-funded groups that provide clean needles to addicts, despite their huge success in preventing the spread of HIV.
Topics:
AIDS
Tuesday, May 11, 1999 4:00 PM UTC
Cracked up
How did a drug whose addictive properties were once compared to potato chips become the scourge of America?
Topics:
Ronald Reagan
Monday, Jun 29, 1998 7:00 PM UTC
Where's the rest of me?
The prospect of "full-body transplants" offers some weird new twists on the old mind-body problem.
Monday, Nov 4, 1996 12:18 PM UTC
Just a pinprick
Are advertisements for home HIV tests selling false hope?
Maia Szalavitz is the author of the forthcoming book "Tough Love America: How the 'Troubled Teen' Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids"
(Riverhead, 2005). She has also written for the New York Times, Elle, Redbook and other publications.
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