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HIV/AIDS Drug Produces Effects Like LSD

By McCarton Ackerman

Popular antiretroviral drug Efavirenz is found to make users hallucinate. MORE  

The Loneliness of the Addict Activist

By Maia Szalavitz

Since AIDS, I've worked to try to help addicts unite as a political force. Go ahead and laugh. But we remain the only "disease community" that can't stand up for itself. MORE  

Voice Star Speaks Up About Meth and HIV

By McCarton Ackerman

Beloved ex-contestant Jamal Rogers talks about contracting HIV during his addiction to meth. MORE  

"Whoonga" Abuse Threatens HIV Patients

By May Wilkerson

Smoking antiretroviral meds mixed with street drugs ("Whoonga") fuels immunity to HIV treatment. MORE  

World AIDS Day: Solidarity, Struggle—Even Celebration

By May Wilkerson

While the global AIDS epidemic is leveling out, drug users and prisoners remain at high risk. MORE  

Many HIV Patients Skip Meds to Drink

By May Wilkerson

Researchers find that 51% of HIV patients chose alcohol over their meds—when in fact, it's much safer to take both. MORE  

Methadone Therapies Found to Reduce HIV Risk

By McCarton Ackerman

A new study links opiate substitution treatments to a 54% fall in HIV risk among intravenous drug users. MORE  

Morning Roundup: July 25, 2012

By Chrisanne Grise

Fetal alcohol syndrome linked to behavioral issues in kids, NY truck doles out "weed" lollipops, and the Jaguars' Justin Blackmon pleads guilty to DUI. MORE  

Morning Roundup: July 23, 2012

By The Fix staff

US War on Drugs expands to Africa, international AIDS conference opens in Washington, and boozing hamsters don't get beer guts or hangovers. MORE  

Elton John "Wasted" His Druggy Past

By Valerie Tejeda

The music icon talks about miraculously surviving addiction during the height of the AIDS epidemic. MORE  

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London Gallery Drops Ecstasy Exhibition

A major showcase is cancelled after it's found to contain thousands of real tabs of ecstasy.

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Scientists are engineering tobacco plants to produce biofuels that could power airplanes, cars and trucks.

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Mexican Army Takes Over Michoacan State

The President appoints an army general to take control of the drug cartel-ravaged region.

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A Brooklyn man is charged with using his pizza route to distribute over $45,000 in cocaine.

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The “beach-house-relaxed” Cliffside Malibu claims to provide an oasis for recovering addicts and alcoholics. And that’s just what you'll get—if you’ve got the cash.

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