PHOTO GALLERY: The drunkards and junkies of the literary worldIt may be wrong to glamorise drug and alcohol abuse, but this fascinating gallery of famous literary addicts — with names like Edgar Allan Poe, Phillip K. Dick and Hemingway — show that at least pain does make great art.
Heroin addicts
Injectable heroin ‘more effective’ than oral methadone
Why can’t we provide an effective treatment to help heroin addicts and the victims of their crimes? Injectable heroin has proved more effective than oral methadone for getting highly dependent users off heroin.
How did naltrexone slip through the regulatory net?
Naltrexone implants have continued to be used very widely in Australia despite never having been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, writes Dr Alex Wodak.
Calls for inquiry into unproven anti-heroin implants
Australia’s leading medical journal is calling for an inquiry into the dangers of an unproven treatment for heroin addicts, writes Ray Moynihan.
