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opioid crisis
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The Deadly Fentanyl Fraud Between the Doctor and the Pharmacist
“Then, after he was done seeing patients for the day, he’d begin his other work. The work no one could find out about. The work that would destroy his life, along with hundreds of others.”
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Paul Clarke Wants to Live
When a promising student left a neighborhood full of heroin for the University of Pennsylvania, it should have been a moving story. But what does an at-risk student actually need to thrive — or even just to survive?
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Total Depravity: The Origins of the Drug Epidemic in Appalachia Laid Bare
In an excerpt from his essay collection, Australian journalist Richard Cooke reports on the American opioid crisis through the astonished eyes of a foreigner visiting steel and coal country.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Overdose Video: America’s Latest Genre of Horror Film
Posting videos of the drug addicted in active overdose to social media in a bid to publicly shame them to get clean is as about as effective as you’d expect it to be.
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A Visit to Opioid Country
In this personal essay, Aaron Thier contemplates the connections between privilege, addiction, and recovery.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
A Visit to Opioid Country
Aaron Thier contemplates the connections between privilege, addiction, and recovery.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
A Visit to Opioid Country
Aaron Thier contemplates the connections between privilege, addiction, and recovery.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
‘I was pain incarnate.’
As she lives with terminal cancer, Teva Harrison reflects on how fentanyl is helping her make the most of the time she has left.