Seven years after a vicious drug cartel massacre, residents are still looking for answers about the fates of their loved ones.
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How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico
The inside story of a cartel’s deadly assault on a Mexican town near the Texas border — and the U.S. drug operation that sparked it.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Current Events
These Activists Say Marijuana is a Gift from God
“But to bring cannabis to the region of the US where states are deeply red and religious and where pot is both a social taboo and a ticket to jail, Decker and others are harnessing their devotion to their faiths to evangelize for it.”
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Carol Blevins: The Confidential Informant Who is Now A Target for Murder
Carol Blevins’ work as a confidential informant put 13 members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas behind bars. Now they want revenge.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
How an ER Doctor Got Hooked on Fentanyl and Lost It All
At Toronto Life, Katherine Laidlaw tells the story of Darryl Gebein, who got hooked one of the most dangerous opioids on the market.
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Disgraced
As told to writer Katherine Laidlaw, ER doctor Darryl Gebein describes how he became addicted to fentanyl—and lost everything.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
‘Smoking freebase has pretty much been my job for the past year.’
In the New Yorker, Naomi Fry writes about Cat Marnell’s new memoir in a piece that’s part review, part analysis of women’s addiction stories.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
My Mother’s Murder: ‘I am good at keeping secrets. I am good at telling lies.’
It took Leah Carroll years to determine that her mother was murdered by an organized crime syndicate as a suspected drug informant.
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The Needle and the Damage Done: ‘What kind of a childhood is that?’
The story of Zaine, Arianna, and Zoie Pulliam — three kids under 17 living in South Charleston, West Virginia. Deemed “opiate orphans,” they exemplify a generation of children whose parents have died of drug overdoses as a result of the opioid epidemic.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, read stories by Mark MacKinnon, Rachel Cusk, Carmen Maria Machado, Suketu Mehta, and an excerpt from Bill Hayes.