In the endless hallway of the NICU, nurses shuffled from door to door. Yellow-toned ceiling lights flickered. My grandmother kept…
It was the weirdest thing. Representative Donald Norcross (D, NJ) agreed with me that his Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act…
One of the most intriguing emails I have ever received hit my inbox in 2021. This, in part, is how…
The American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) successfully fought to prevent expansion of methadone prescribing to a wide range of…
“Hey buddy, wake up.” My father gently gripped my shoulders and shook me back and forth. I tucked my face…
I already knew that my methadone clinic didn’t give a fuck about me or my fellow patients—that much was clear…
Does the world really need another book that examines the opioid-involved overdose crisis? There’s no shortage of tomes devoted to…
Swallow THIS: A Documentary About Methadone and COVID-19 is currently on tour nationwide. Marilena Marchetti and I made the film…
Apparently, fingernails and hair create “layers of drug history.” At the Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) conference,…
The COVID-19 pandemic and record overdose tolls have continued to pressure the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)…