M.L. Lanzillotta

    M.L. is a writer from the Washington, DC metro area. He’s the author of a number of novels. In his spare time he paints, dances, directs, acts, cooks and embroiders.

    Pliny the Elder’s Ancient But Refreshing Take on Opium

    Pliny the Elder, a Roman statesman and writer, lived during the 1st Century CE. ...

    Why Are My Classmates Switching From Vaping to Smoking?

    When I first arrived in Rome to attend university last summer, I was surprised ...

    A Year After I Quit Drugs, the Stigma Still Haunts Me

    From the moment I began openly acknowledging my opioid use—often via self-deprecating jokes, at ...

    No, My Prescribed Opioid Use Was Not a “Relapse”

    Society tends to view banned drugs and their use in binary terms. People who ...

    How I Quit Heroin and Why That Hasn’t Fixed My Life

    There exists a common misconception that if a person uses illicit drugs, all of ...

    The Kind Man Who Used to Sell Me Heroin

    In popular culture, people who sell drugs are stereotyped as remorseless monsters, like the ...

    What It’s Like to Be “Out” as a Person Who Uses Heroin

    In May 2019 Louise Vincent, executive director of the Urban Survivors Union, urged privileged ...

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