M.L. Lanzillotta 
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 ...
How My Drug Use Has Become More Sustainable Over Time
When I first began using opioids, in 2017 when I was 18, I knew ...
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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