Drug Cartels Thrive on Ultimate Consumers: Addicts

Drug Cartels Thrive on Ultimate Consumers: Addicts
When you travel by freeway, you're driving a Silk Road of sorts for heroin, meth and cocaine. Recovering addict Kevin Lehl says it was … He said he got hooked as a teen when he was prescribed opiates to treat chronic pain. "I was in love with it from … Read more on KPBS

Marijuana users face plenty of unknowns
Whatever the effects, more people will be experiencing them, predicted Neal Hayden, an addiction counselor who founded Gateway Behavioral Health in Spokane 10 years ago. Marijuana comes in a close second among substances used by his clients, after … Read more on The Spokesman Review

Meth still problem despite progress
Still, we have little choice but to continue enforcement efforts, as well as programs to treat meth addicts. We need to get meth labs off the streets and out of the small towns, but we won't be able to incarcerate our way out of this problem. Education … Read more on Clinton Herald