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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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Drug sharing in desperate times

When Nicole was threatened with deportation, her mental health deteriorated. Now without a job, a passport or a doctor, she depends on others to send her their leftover anxiety drugs.

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The solidarity of sickness

Visiting an injured friend in hospital prompts writer Sinéad Gleeson to reflect on the instant rapport forged between compatriots in the kingdom of the sick.

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Deciding a date for the end of the world

When will the world end? Charlotte Sleigh explores how our obsession with dates and dramatic imaginings of the end can distract us from the dangers slowly creeping up on us.

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  • A pregnant black woman with a warning about the dangers of drug taking and the risk of AIDS; advertisement for drug treatment by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Lithograph.
  • A pregnant black woman with a warning about the dangers of drug taking and the risk of AIDS; advertisement for drug treatment by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Black and white lithograph.
  • A pregnant black woman wearing a white collared striped shirt with a warning about the dangers of drug taking and the risk of AIDS; advertisement for drug treatment by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Lithograph.
  • A pregnant black woman wearing a white collared striped shirt with a warning about the dangers of drug taking and the risk of AIDS; advertisement for drug treatment by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Black and white lithograph.
  • The huddled figure of a man representing an advertisement for the self-help group, Kursiv for gay men with HIV and AIDS suffering from alcohol problems and dependence on drugs. Lithograph, ca. 1993.
  • A father with a chainsaw running amok in a teenage boy's bedroom; representing a parent to whom it is difficult to talk about drugs, but who is not typical of all parents. Colour lithograph for the Drugs Infolijn and the Trimbos-instituut, 200-.
  • A two-tone green and blue face with yellow eyes and two red hands shaking and text on either cheek; an advertisement for solidarity in the face of AIDS for drug dependents by the Fundação Portuguesa para o Estudo with the help of the Comissão Nacional de Luta Contra a SIDA. Colour lithograph by Ardecore Design, ca. 1996.
  • An exclamation mark inside the outline of a condom against a background of swirling white lines representing an advertisement for Project 'AIDS en Druggebruik' and the AIDS Information line in the Netherlands; advertisement by the N.I.A.D [Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs]. Colour lithograph.
  • The side profile of the face of Gladys, a black woman with red lips with speech bubbles containing a conversation with Steve about the use of condoms; advertisement for safe sex by the N.I.A.D. (Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs). Colour lithograph by Laren, Tadberg Design.
  • The side profile of the face of Gladys, a black woman with red lips with speech bubbles containing a conversation with Steve about the use of condoms; advertisement for safe sex by the N.I.A.D. (Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs). Colour lithograph by Laren, Tadberg Design.
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