AltWeeklies Wire
FDA Late to Fight Rampant Abuse of OxyContinnew
An estimated 70 percent of Central Coast heroin addicts start out on pharmaceuticals like OxyContin. Now, after widespread abuse, the FDA is looking to clamp down on drug makers. For Stefan R., a recovering addict, the efforts are too little, too late.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
12-17-2009 |
Drugs
Immigrant Dealers Feed Americans' Hunger for Heroinnew
Most of the heroin dealers in downtown Denver are young Mexican and Central American men. Many of them are selling heroin to pay off thousands of dollars in debt to smugglers who spirited their families into the country.
Westword |
David Holthouse |
10-13-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Mexico, cocaine, Afghanistan, methamphetamine, drug, black-tar heroin, Colorado Department of Human Services' Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, drug dealers, Enforcement Administration, HIV infection rates, Honduras, intravenous drug users, Nicaragua or El Salvador, Opium, treatment centers, undercover narcs, crime & justice
