drug treatment
How Canada's Rehab Centers Are Failing Drug Users
Canadians are waiting months to get into government treatment centers, new data shows.
The NHS Is ‘Ill-Equipped’ to Help You with Your Weed Issues
There's been a surge in young people seeking help for weed-related problems, and treatment centres don't know what to do with them.
Portugal’s Example: What Happened After It Decriminalized All Drugs, From Weed to Heroin
As world leaders meet to consider the future of global drug policy at UNGASS, the UN's special session on drugs, they will look to Portugal as an example of what decriminalization can accomplish.
Group Therapy Behind Bars (Excerpt from ‘New Hampshire’s Prison Detox’)
Henry Langston joins a group therapy session at the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility, where inmates talk about their looming release dates and their biggest challenges in maintaining sobriety.
Cold Turkey: New Hampshire's Prison Detox
VICE News looks inside the state facility in New Hampshire that's readily providing substance abuse treatment — its state prison.
New Hampshire's Prison Detox (Trailer)
Coming soon: VICE News looks inside the state facility in New Hampshire that's readily providing substance abuse treatment — its state prison.
Alberta Turned Down $980,000 in Drug Treatment Funding During the Fentanyl Overdose Crisis
The Progressive Conservative government made the decision due to "budget constraints."
Two Inmates Overdosed at a Yellowknife Prison But Authorities Don’t Know on What
The prison, which houses around 150 federal and provincial offenders, doesn't have a history of overdoses.
Irish Addicts Can't Get Help Unless They're On the 'Right' Mix of Drugs
Rehab centers are bound by tight regulations governing who can receive treatment, which means many addicts are turned away.
Britain Needs to Give Heroin Addicts Something Better Than Methadone
For six years I’ve been struggling to beat a heroin addiction, and I'm convinced that trying to switch over to methadone isn't the answer—but the people in charge of drug policy in the UK disagree.
A Shaman, an Exile, and a Rapper Are Bringing a Hallucinogenic Heroin Cure to Afghanistan
The three men are working to open the country's first rehab clinic specializing in treatment with the vision-inducing drug ibogaine.
Is BC’s New Methadone Leading Some Patients Back to Heroin?
After BC’s 15,000 methadone patients were switched to a new form of the medication called Methadose, complaints rolled in stating the doses did not last long enough. Now some patients say its forcing them to self-medicate with heroin.