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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.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Chaos at Condé Nast
Responding to Details editor Dan Peres’s new recovery memoir, Katherine Rosman casts a jaundiced eye upon the lax culture and unquestioned expense accounts at Conde Nast Publications that allowed Peres (and several of his colleagues, who also have tell-alls in the works) to get away with gross acts of self-indulgence and mistreatment of their employees.
Posted inNonfiction
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?
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
When Your Doctor is Also an Opioid Addict
How one doctor beat his addiction to start helping members of his West Virginia community to do the same.
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The Revolution…Without Prince
A personal essay in which, hoping to reconnect to their love for the iconic musician, Kevin Sampsell and an old girlfriend go to hear his best known band play without him.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Sports
Choosing Amputation Over Pain
Swimmer Morgan Stickney opted to amputate her leg below the knee to get off of opioids and get back in the pool after a seemingly innocuous foot injury and the ensuing complications left her in pain.
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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.