For people who use drugs, accessing prescription pain medication when needed can be a severe challenge. A new paper digs…
My life changed in a matter of seconds, when in 2010 I sustained a serious spinal injury in a tree-cutting…
It’s legal for adult use in 19 states, two territories and DC, and for medical use in 37 states, four…
On June 27, the United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the government cannot rightfully prosecute prescribers for violating the…
On June 27, the White House "drug czar" recognized the therapeutic potential of marijuana in pain treatment, and said that…
[This article is an adapted excerpt from On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance, which was published in…
Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her chronic pain, following some cancer-related surgeries.…
Last year, I volunteered at a harm reduction center where fights and cold sweats broke out, war stories and grudges…
Throughout the past decade, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sought to encroach on patients’ privacy by accessing their prescription records…
In January, a few weeks after my 49th birthday, my partner, Carolyn, gave me a most unexpected gift. She emerged…