The Future of Addiction?
MIT recently came out with a new method of injection: a Hypospray. The hypospray delivers fluid or powder into the flesh at a rapid speed (nearly the speed of sound) in such a thin stream that there...
View ArticleThe Needle and the Damage Undone
Heroin is a very popular drug around the world. Over the past couple years, heroin has become an epidemic. During my two years of using heroin, I have seen many friends go down with this drug...
View ArticleDope Sick Detox
I knew my last fix would arrive shortly upon waking up from an entirely unpleasant half-sleep in the backseat of my car. It was a quick drive to my favorite coffee shop where inside there was a...
View ArticleAn Addict’s Will to Change
I had fifteen months clean before I relapsed on May 11, 2011. My run lasted a little over a year. I thought I would only use one time so I could escape from the immediate situation and the hell...
View ArticleThe Benefits of the Needle Exchange Program
The 19th International AIDS Conference, held this year, discussed many exciting and revolutionary ways to fight HIV, but, as one NPR correspondent, Richard Knox pointed out, didn’t say much about the...
View ArticleHealth Risks of Intravenous Drug Use
Most people recognize that intravenous drug use is dangerous by itself, simply because it involves injecting oneself with toxic chemicals. Besides the obvious risks of untrained individuals injecting...
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