Chasing the Scream Terms

Downtown Eastside is the central Vancouver neighborhood where the city’s drug addiction, homelessness, and mental health crises are concentrated. Gabor Maté, Bruce Alexander, and Liz Evans all developed their theories of addiction while… read analysis of Downtown Eastside

The Federal Bureau of Narcotics was the U.S. government’s drug enforcement agency from 1930 to 1968. Harry Anslinger directed the bureau for nearly this entire period. read analysis of Federal Bureau of Narcotics

The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act is the 1914 law that first effectively banned cocaine and opiates (including heroin) in the U.S. read analysis of Harrison Act

The iron law of prohibition is the principle that, when a substance is made illegal, stronger and more dangerous versions of that substance inevitably take over the market. This is because it’s far more profitable… read analysis of Iron Law of Prohibition

Opiates are a family of addictive drugs derived from opium poppies, including opium, heroin, morphine, methadone, codeine, and fentanyl. Opiates are frequently used for medical pain management, as well as recreationally for their relaxant and… read analysis of Opiates

The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, or VANDU for short, is the Downtown Eastside-based nonprofit activist group that Bud Osborn founded in 1997. read analysis of VANDU

The war on drugs is a decades-long, U.S. government-led campaign to combat the illegal drug trade. Its initiatives include laws prohibiting drugs, harsher prison sentences for those caught possessing or selling illegal drugs, and military… read analysis of War on Drugs

The Zeta Cartel is a powerful, notoriously brutal Mexican drug cartel based in the border town of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. It was originally founded by a group of Mexican special forces soldiers who had received… read analysis of Zeta Cartel