Addicts resell ‘used methadone’
Some drug addicts in Scotland who take the heroin substitute methadone under supervision resell it later after spitting it out, a BBC investigation finds.
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Young adults reject ‘poor quality, expensive’ cocaine in favour of legal highs
The number of 18 to 24-year-olds being treated for addiction in 2009-10 fell sharply for every drug except cannabis as young adults turned away from class A drugs.
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Musician hopes album about personal free-fall can be a balm for others
It’s a place Mary Gauthier did not want to visit. Having finally sobered up after years of alcohol and drug addiction, Gauthier, a singer-songwriter whose name is pronounced GO-shay, thought she’d be feeling better about herself. But she didn’t. Her recovery from addiction — which started e…
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