Elizabeth Brico 
If We Wrote About Caffeine Like We Do Other Drugs…
Genelle Chaconas can’t go a day without caffeine. They consume the powerful stimulant in ...
Our Irrational Cruelty to Pregnant or Parenting People Who Use Drugs
Keri, now 35 and studying to become an addiction treatment counselor in Illinois, learned ...
A Cop at My Bedside: The Nightmare of Disclosing MAT Before Giving Birth
I gave birth to my elder daughter in Palm Beach County, Florida in 2014. ...
“Junkie” Caricatures Make Us All More Vulnerable to Addiction
I shot heroin for the first time because I wanted to write poetry about ...
How Stigma Against Addiction Devastates Pain Patients
First it was a hip replacement. Then it became complicated by a MRSA infection. ...
Sex, Heroin and Survivor’s Trauma Are Interlinked for Many Women
The first time I had sex after ending my abusive relationship in 2008, I ...
Judges and Lawyers Ignorant of MAT Require Urgent Education Efforts
When Jarrod* went before a Clinton County, New York judge in November 2017 to ...
Let’s Embrace the Christmas Miracle of Naloxone
It does one thing and one thing only. It brings people back to life. ...
Stigma and Strip Searches: We Still Treat People on Methadone as Less Than Human
Have you ever noticed how quiet a cold morning feels? Something about the coldness ...
Six Months Since My Daughters Were Taken, Here’s How the System Punishes Past Drug Use
The ground feels unsteady, like there’s some dark ocean lurching beneath the wide flat ...
