When I began using drugs, I didn’t have anyone I could safely go to for advice or help. Nobody in…
[This article is an adapted excerpt from On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance, which was published in…
Despite recent policy strides like decriminalization in Oregon and authorization of a safe consumption site pilot in Rhode Island, a…
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While still suffering the toll of a deadly global virus, we begin the delicate process of rebuilding our communities under…
Many of us are parenting while using drugs. Sometimes with a single drink at dinner; sometimes with criminalized substances; sometimes…
A terrible menace has descended on a small town. It appears to be a plague, an ever-spreading green vapor that…
In the late 2000s, Nigeria witnessed a surge in various kinds of drug use. Tramadol, a pharmaceutical opioid, became increasingly…
In May 2019 Louise Vincent, executive director of the Urban Survivors Union, urged privileged drug users to “come out” in…
One of the last memories I have of hanging out with my friend Jana (not her real name) was Halloween.…