Jeff Deeney
By Jeff Deeney
Despite new bans, the high cost of tests to detect myriad K2 strains means Philadelphia's hustlers can keep on two-in' . MORE
By Jeff Deeney
The short, fast life of Billy the Kid, a drug dealer who got in over his head in Philly's Badlands barrio. MORE
By Jeff Deeney
Dirty and depressing, public treatment centers are a far cry from Celebrity Rehab, but they've helped thousands of down-and-out addicts like me turn their lives around. MORE
By Jeff Deeney
The 2011 data on America's most abused street drugs has just come in, and some of the names on the list will surprise you. MORE
By Jeff Deeney
"Interrupters" are a welcome alternative to near-martial law in a city where drug-related killings are soaring. MORE
By Jeff Deeney
America's heartland has been battered by a tidal wave of crystal meth and prescription pills. Nick Reding, the best-selling author of Methland, explains why. MORE
By Jeff Deeney
William S. Burroughs gives a new spin to the season with some help from Francis Ford Coppola. MORE
By Jeff Deeney
The repressive regime handles drug traffickers brutally, but does better when it comes to the users. MORE
By Jeff Deeney
When the NYPD evicted Occupy Wall Street last week, it enforced a military-style lockdown and media blackout. But in heroin hot spots in poor urban neighborhoods, these drug-war tactics are the way we live now. MORE
By Jeff Deeney
Addicts who miss the easy-access old form of OxyContin chase the pills that are smuggled in from Canada instead. MORE
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