M.L. Lanzillotta 
A Clash of Drinking Cultures for US Students in Italy
One of the first major cultural contrasts I was warned about as an American ...
How I Was Forced to Go Through Testosterone Withdrawal
When I moved to Italy for school in August 2022, I brought a three-month ...
“Sleep’s Cave”—The Speculation Around Ovid’s Opium References
Publius Ovidius Naso, known today as Ovid, was a Roman poet of great acclaim ...
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 ...
Seroquel Gave Me a Reminder That All Drugs Are Merely Tools
Drugs are not good or bad. They are simply morally neutral tools which can ...
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 ...
What I Wish Someone Had Said to Me When I Started Using Drugs
When I began using drugs, I didn’t have anyone I could safely go to ...
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