Stories
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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A story of death, trauma and austerity
Marienna Pope-Weidemann, whose teenage cousin Gaia died after going missing, advocates a rethink of our systems, which currently fail many in mental distress.
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Pain, politics and the power of photography
Art historian Giulia Smith explains what she most admires in the work of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, and how their approach makes illness political.
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Surviving sex work on the streets
In care at four, on the streets at nine, Charmaine has had a traumatic journey to reach life as it is now: no drugs, no sex work, looking after her mum, and enjoying her grandchildren. Here she writes honestly about her past.
Catalogue
- Books
Drugs of abuse / Simon Wills.
Wills, Simon.Date: 1997- Books
Drugs of abuse / edited by Leslie L. Iversen, Susan D. Iversen, and Solomon H. Snyder.
Date: [1978], ©1978- Ephemera
Water and ecstasy ... / National Drugs Helpline.
Date: [1998?]- Books
Drugs - use, misuse, abuse : guidance for families / by Margaret Hill.
Hill, MargaretDate: 1980- Ephemera
Drugs : a guide.
Date: [1992]