Heroin abuse
'Fresh Air' Celebrates The 90th Birthday Of Jazz Improviser Sonny Rollins
Rollins recorded his first sessions in 1949, and played his last live shows in 2012. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation, then we listen back to a 1994 interview with the tenor saxophonist.
New Janis Joplin Biography Reveals The Hard Work Behind The Heart
In the 1960s, Janis Joplin was an icon of the counterculture, a female rock star at a time when rock was an all-boys' club.
From Convict To Criminal Justice Reporter: 'I Was So Lucky To Come Out Of This'
As a criminal justice reporter for the Houston Chronicle, Keri Blakinger has a special interest in covering the conditions of prisoners — in part because she spent nearly two years locked up in county and state correctional facilities herself.
Biographer Sought To Write The Kind Of Book Lou Reed 'Deserved'
Music critic Anthony DeCurtis has written a new biography of Lou Reed who was also his friend.
Released From Prison, 'Apologetic Bandit' Writes About Life Inside
Daniel Genis, son of Soviet emigre writer Alexander Genis, served 10 years for armed robbery. The crimes fueled his heroin addiction. "It was so obvious I didn't fit in," he says.
New Meds Block Heroin Craving, But Reporter Finds Treatment Centers Don't Use Them
The Huffington Post's Jason Cherkis investigated the heroin epidemic in Kentucky, and found that the abstinence-based approach used in most treatment centers was leading to many fatal relapses.
Dr. David E. Smith Discusses What's Behind the Current Heroin Epidemic.
Dr. David E. Smith is Founder and President of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics in San Francisco. He is a specialist in treating drug addicts including heroin. He talks about the rise in heroin's popularity in the 1990's.