Thanks largely to Gabor Maté, it has become popular to say that addictions are overwhelmingly rooted in trauma. However, the…
For most of my 20s, running out of Adderall was the problem that put everything else on hold. If my…
Many people living with HIV who pass through Washington Corrections Center (WCC) tell me their status, because I'm known as…
Harm reduction supplies are hard to come by in prison. In some facilities, people who inject drugs might use needles…
There are 41 fire stations spread across Calgary, Alberta. To a group of University of Calgary medical students, they represent…
When I first arrived in Rome to attend university last summer, I was surprised by both the widespread cigarette smoking…
The state of Queensland, Australia, has announced that it will begin providing free drug-checking services. People will be able to…
I’m coming up on the three-year anniversary of the day I stopped smoking cigarettes. It’s strange to think that I…
Until recently, Boyle Street Community Services staff had been handing out various harm reduction tools to people who wanted and…
In the fall of 2020, COVID lockdown-induced depression triggered my incarceration-related PTSD and related suicidal ideation. So I looked into…