A Fateful Harvest – part 5 – A heroin lab bust

Published March 9, 2013

A Fateful Harvest – part 5 – A heroin lab bust – The Taliban uses profits from opium as a source of revenue. Video of an anti-narcotic police bust of a heroin lab in Badakhshaan province. Two AM in Badahksh…

Letter: Millions in chronic pain get relief from opioids

Filed under: opium addiction

17 front-page article, “Heroin use spikes as painkillers get scarce,” quoted John Coppola, executive director of the New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers, “If you are legally prescribed an opiate, there is no way that over a …
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'The House I Live In'

Filed under: opium addiction

The city's long and conflicted struggle with addiction, since the days of Mackenzie King. First in a … Opium, Miller says, was not identified as a threat until it became associated with hard-working Chinese immigrants who threatened to take white …
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TONIGHT: The Comedy of Lost Moon Radio at Fais Do Do

Filed under: opium addiction

(“Opium addict,” suggests a disillusioned Charles Darwin.) The show is taut and energetic, with actors flowing from comedy to song so seamlessly you might not notice them changing costumes on stage. Chances are you'll probably notice the alien body …
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Opioids 'key in palliative care'

Filed under: opium addiction

… associated with taking these drugs, including constipation, nausea and drowsiness. The guidelines further recommend that doctors discuss any concerns that patients (and their families) may have about addiction, tolerance, side effects and any …
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