When I first began using opioids, in 2017 when I was 18, I knew nothing of harm reduction. My high…
In popular culture, people who sell drugs are stereotyped as remorseless monsters, like the loathsome Mikey Forrester from the book…
In May 2019 Louise Vincent, executive director of the Urban Survivors Union, urged privileged drug users to “come out” in…
Whether because of fentanyl adulteration or the present pandemic, buying drugs from the “dark web”—a term for sites in the…
Recovery from addiction is different for everyone. In my case, abstinence from heroin didn’t work. Neither did medication. Anonymous meetings,…