I got hooked on heroin at the age of 13 - but now I've turned my life around

Shannon Ashley tried heroin at aged 13 and spiralled into a life of crime - shoplifting and stealing to feed her costly habit ...

I was a $700-a-week teenage heroin addict — here’s the moment I hit rock bottom

I’d be dead if I hadn’t gone to prison. I met the most amazing people in prison staff, and I benefited hugely from the ...

I was a heroin addict for a decade after trying at 13, I even took it when pregnant – now I look like a different person

SHE now rakes in a whopping £13,000 a month thanks to TikTok. But just a few years ago, Shannon Ashley’s life was looking ...
The New Republic

The Spiritual Appeal of Elizabeth Gilbert

All the Way to the River” taps into an enduring strain of spiritual eccentricity and wandering in American literature, from ...

DeWine wants to ban kratom, but what is the helpful, or harmful, herbal extract?

In August, DeWine asked the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to designate natural and synthetic forms of kratom as illegal drugs.
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“I kicked £500-a-week heroin addiction – I look like a different person”

A mum kicked her £500-a-week decade-long heroin addiction after getting hooked on the drug when trying it to “show off” in ...

Mum, 30, who used DWP benefit payments to fund drug habit beats addiction

A mum who once used her benefits payments to buy and deal drugs has shared she has officially kicked the drug addiction.
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'I kicked £500-a-week heroin addiction from 13 years old – I look like a different person'

Shannon Ashley, 30, tried heroin at aged 13 and spiralled into a life of crime – shoplifting and stealing to feed her costly ...

Synthetic kratom drug now blamed for at least three deaths in California

Three overdoses reported in Los Angeles have been tied to the potentially deadly Kratom compound known as 7-Hydroxymitragynine or 7-OH, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials said in ...
The Abbotsford News

Opium trail: how the unassuming poppy became the root of B.C.’s drug crisis

This article discusses the opioid crisis and its evolution through time. If you or someone you know is struggling with ...
Victoria News

The history of how an unassuming plant became the root of B.C.’s drug crisis

The narcotic first drew widespread attention in B.C. in the late 1990s, when a cheap yet potent strain known as China White ...
Honi Soit

Don’t Knock Up: Rape, Drugs, and Coercion in NSW Women’s Prisons

The assault unfolded inside W2-B, one of Kempsey’s claustrophobic, coffin-shaped houses that squeeze eight women into a ...