New York Mayor pledges to open drug use centers
Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to create four safe drug injection centers - making the metropolis the pioneer of controversial practices that have sparked debate across the country. The centers are planned to open as summer pilot programs at existing needle exchange / reception centers in the ...
In the US, the number of organs for transplantation has increased, but drug addicts are becoming donors.
The researchers found that there has been an increase in organ transplants across the country from drug overdose deaths. In 2016, 3533 organ transplants were performed using organs from overdose victims, up from 149 such transplants in 2000. In 2000, the victims ...