Up and Down in North Korea

Up and Down in North Korea

Articles

North Korea, known as “the Hermit Kingdom” for its insularity is experiencing its own drug epidemic. Amidon addiction is on the rise as more citizens chose it as their new “drug of choice,” following a predictable curve after years of methamphetamine use (speed burnout is often followed by opiate addiction). Amidon is a synthetic opiate, […]

Counterfeit Drugs a Danger in Scotland

Counterfeit Drugs a Danger in Scotland

Alternative Treatment, Education, United Kingdom

The world of drugs—from an enforcement point of view as well as from a consumer’s—is complicated enough without the added wrinkle of fake drugs. Heroin and cocaine have always been adulterated; the profit motive that facilitates distribution guarantees that these drugs—in powder form—will be “stepped on” at every level between manufacture and consumption. Fake ecstasy […]

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Celebrity Recovery Coach David Charkham Visits DARA

Heroin Epidemic in the US

Heroin Epidemic in the US

Education, United States

According to data compiled by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in the US, heroin use in that country doubled between 2007 and 2012. The governor of the state of Vermont proclaimed a “full-blown heroin crisis” in a speech earlier this year. Deaths by overdose in his state doubled last year. Unlike […]

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