Behind The NYT Investigation into Prosecuting Overdoses as Homicides By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary A Q&A with the reporter and editor behind a recent criminal justice story about how some prosecutors are treating overdose deaths as homicides.
Living in the Aftershock of Someone Else’s Earthquake By Ashley Abramson Feature A decade after her mother’s death, Ashley Abramson reflects on being raised by a parent addicted to opioids.
The Sacred Right of Universal Narcotic Entitlement By Michelle Weber Highlight Inventing maladies and marketing drugs to relieve them isn’t a new m.o. for pharmaceutical companies. OxyContin is its fullest and most terrible expression.
The Kids Are Not Alright: How Opioids are Destroying American Families By Krista Stevens Highlight As mom and dad nod out and overdose, the under-funded American foster care system is struggling to mind the children.
West Virginia: Still High on Hope By Krista Stevens Highlight The state with the highest overdose rate in the United States is the front line of the opioid crisis.
Nyet to Harm Reduction: Russia’s HIV Epidemic By Krista Stevens Highlight In Yekaterinburg, the fourth largest city in Russia, one in 50 are HIV positive, half of which are due to intravenous drug use.
Opioid Addicts Are Losing Their Memories and Doctors Don’t Know Why By Krista Stevens Highlight How does opioid overdose permanently damage the hippocampus, the area of the brain responsible for memory?
Winnipeg’s Indigenous Bear Clan Patrol Protects the Vulnerable By Krista Stevens Highlight Vice’s Geraldine Malone walks the streets with group of volunteers dedicated to fighting overdoses.
