Addiction and substance abuse

Chemical weapon for sale: China’s unregulated narcotic

cnelson / October 7, 2016

By ERIKA KINETZ and DESMOND BUTLER For a few thousand dollars, Chinese companies offer to export a powerful chemical that […]

cnelson / September 19, 2016

By MATTHEW PERRONE and BEN WIEDER For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care

cnelson / May 8, 2016

By DAVID KLEPPER Across the United States, heroin users have died in alleys behind convenience stores, on city sidewalks and

cnelson / May 4, 2016

By KEVIN BURBACH The day before Prince died, his representatives reached out to a California doctor who specializes in addiction

cnelson / March 23, 2016

By SADIE GURMAN When he was a teenager, Lee Gonzales could not save his uncle from a heroin overdose. Now

cnelson / October 8, 2015

By PHILIP MARCELO Kylee Moriarty has experienced her share of ups and downs since deciding to kick her heroin habit

cnelson / January 31, 2014

By MARIA CHENG FILE – In this Sept. 2005 file photo, men sleep after drinking on a bench in downtown

cnelson / November 12, 2013

By CARLEY PETESCH In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, Zoleka Mandela, granddaughter of former president Nelson Mandela, is