Breaking Bad, Nurse Jackie, and the Complete Inversion of '60s Drug Culture
Breaking Bad, Nurse Jackie, and the Complete Inversion of '60s Drug Culture
One Dr. Jerome Jaffe had seen positive results weaning junkies off heroin using methadone, and Nixon appointed him head of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention. As a 2012 Frontline pointed out, Nixon's program would be one of the few … Read more on The Atlantic
How a Mix of Heroin and Alcohol Killed Cory Monteith
Canadian health authorities announced yesterday that Cory Monteith, a star from the hit TV show Glee, died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol. … a while despite Bayer's aggressive marketing attempts, then, early in the 20th century, a potential use … Read more on Daily Beast
Heroin in New England, More Abundant and Deadly
Do a Tester Shot” and “Use the Recovery Position” (which is lying on one's side to avoid choking on vomit). The city, like many others across the country, is experiencing “an inordinate number of heroin overdoses,” said Vern Malloch, assistant chief of … Read more on New York Times