A recent tranq episode at our center left a strong impression on many of us. When a patient arrived for his treatment, we gave him the same physical exam that all of our new residents receive. When he ...
Melanie Cox’s mammoth sore had gotten worse – much worse. It started as a hot, puffy spot between her thumb and index finger, where she’d been injecting heroin for nearly two decades. But soon, the ...
IN THE EARLY 2010s reports emerged of a nightmarish drug appearing in Russia and eastern Europe. Krokodil, a cheap substitute for heroin that was concocted in kitchen laboratories, left users with ...
In the early 2010s a nightmarish new drug spread across Russia and Eastern Europe. Krokodil, a cheap substitute for heroin cooked up in kitchen laboratories, left users with scaly skin and rotting ...