Tag Archives: Heroin

Apologies to Mexico – The Drug Trade and GNP (Gross National Pain)

Posted on July 14, 2012 by kwc

Rebecca Solnit TomDispatch.com. [This letter appeared in response to one post.] Dear Mexico, I apologize. There are so many things I could apologize for, from the way the U.S. biotech corporation Monsanto has contaminated your corn to the way Arizona … Continue reading →

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Heroin vaccine won’t ‘cure’ what ails addicts

Posted on April 16, 2012 by kwc

Angela Garcia LA Times My aunt Marion is in the hospital dying of liver and kidney failure, the result of her 20-year struggle with heroin use. I was told of her imminent death the same day news broke about a … Continue reading →

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Drugs Inc.: Heroin

Posted on March 16, 2012 by kwc

National Geographic Follow this dangerous drug as it begins in a remote Afghan heroin lab and witness a police raid on a heroin distribution network.

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Mexican researchers patent heroin vaccine

Posted on February 24, 2012 by kwc

Ioan Grillo Reuters While Mexico grapples with relentless drug-related violence, a group of Mexican scientists is working on a vaccine that could reduce addiction to one of the world’s most notorious narcotics: heroin. Researchers at the country’s National Institute of … Continue reading →

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Streets Of Plenty – Vancouver Homeless Doc

Posted on February 11, 2012 by kwc

An unprecedented look into the underworld of Vancouver’s downtown eastside ghetto, this 65 minute documentary follows one man’s 30 day experiment of joining the thousands of homeless, ill, and addicted, who survive the streets of Vancouver’s cold, wet December. He … Continue reading →

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Vaccine to beat heroin addiction ‘is just five years away’

Posted on February 8, 2012 by kwc

Claire Bates Daily Mail A vaccine against heroin addiction could be ready for human use in just five years. Mexico’s Health Secretary Salomon Chertorivski said the Government had patented the treatment after successfully testing it on addicted rats. ‘The next … Continue reading →

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