Charlie Baker

Charlie Baker is a pseudonym for an East Coast-based safe supply enthusiast who does not enjoy this fenta-dope that’s everywhere now. He misses real heroin. We should bring that back.

Props for Public Drug-Checking, From Someone Who Sold MDMA in the ’90s

In 1997 I went off to college, at an East Coast Jesuit school where everyone was really into athletics. The…

May 15, 2025

The Golden Age of Doctor-Shopping

In 2012, right before prescription drug-monitoring programs (PDMP) shut everything down, I was seeing 11 doctors every month—the same 11…

April 29, 2025

All the “Opioid Alternatives” Are at Least Making Rehab More Bearable

Rehab can serve a lot of purposes other than abstinence. For some people the goal is a tolerance break, or…

April 15, 2025

The Opioid Shuffle

Over my 21 years of using opioids I’ve often joked to myself that I don’t have a drug problem, I…

November 25, 2024

Tapering Off Methadone Without a Clinic, in Just Two Years and 13 Rehabs

Since early 2023, I’ve been surfing my way across what feels like every New Jersey substance use disorder treatment facility…

October 15, 2024

How I Use Short-Tip Needles: A Harm Reduction Guide

[This article contains photographs and descriptions of injecting.]   I've been using opioids for 20 years, but injecting didn't become…

November 17, 2022