As she lives with terminal cancer, Teva Harrison reflects on how fentanyl is helping her make the most of the time she has left.
opioid crisis
Posted inQuotes, Science & Nature
You’re Not Clean Until You’re 110% Clean
Narcotics Anonymous programs offer community support — but turns away people who are using medication to aid their recovery.
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Could Kratom End the Opioid Crisis?
Only if the US government doesn’t classify it as a Schedule I controlled substance.
Posted inCommentary, Profiles & Interviews
Behind The NYT Investigation into Prosecuting Overdoses as Homicides
A Q&A with the reporter and editor behind a recent criminal justice story about how some prosecutors are treating overdose deaths as homicides.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized
Speaking Candidly about Opioid Dependence and Legal, Safe Alternatives
One journalist shares what her experience with prescription painkillers taught her about decriminalization and recovery.
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Living in the Aftershock of Someone Else’s Earthquake
A personal essay in which, a decade after her mother’s death, Ashley Abramson reflects on being raised by a parent addicted to opioids.
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
Where a Simple IV Could Have Saved a Life: Dying in Jail From Opioid Withdrawal
At Mother Jones, Julia Lurie reports on a rising trend: death by opioid withdrawal in jail. Read about how addict shame and silence, jail short-staffing, scant medical equipment, and a general apathy toward inmates make a deadly combination.