It’s National Recovery Month. But I won’t be evangelizing about my recovery, taking the first or any other step on…
On August 31, I spent time with people on the frontlines of the overdose crisis in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Taking the…
Standing in the courtroom as I awaited sentencing, the light tapping of the stenographer gave me déjà vu. The watchful…
I met Paul in 2018, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison. I was an admin orderly; he was a new…
From the moment I began openly acknowledging my opioid use—often via self-deprecating jokes, at least to friends—people shamed me. This…
Counties across the state of New Jersey trumpet their commitment to ending stigma against people with addiction. In 2018, for…
As a signature drive kicks off in Washington State to qualify a drug decriminalization measure for November’s ballot, newly released…
Dawn Troutt, of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, lost her 38-year-old son to a fentanyl-involved overdose on July 22, 2019. Her son,…
The parents of a 13-year-old middle school student brought their son to a counselor of my acquaintance. “He spends all…
A kilo is surprisingly heavy, I thought as I dropped the package onto my mattress with a thud. I never…