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What's Driving the Opioid Crisis? Mar. 07, 2018
By now, most have heard about the deadly opioid epidemic that has struck our nation. According to da... Read More
The Syringe Bowl: Philly vs. San Francisco Feb. 07, 2018
Philadelphia has just had a great week with the Eagles winning the Super Bowl. But now some city lea... Read More
Putting the Pieces Together Nov. 13, 2017
I live in a city with 88,000 residents and 17 dollar stores. I also work for the local newspaper, an... Read More
Blaming MDs for Opioid Crisis Is Malarkey Nov. 01, 2017
President Trump's declaration that opioid abuse is a public health emergency is sparking debate abou... Read More
Drug Abuse Band-Aids May Increase Addictive Behavior Sep. 30, 2017
Every action has a reaction, and every decision has a consequence. Remember that lesson you learned ... Read More
A Bold Remedy for Overdose Deaths Apr. 27, 2017
Addiction to opioids is hazardous to your health. To most people, this may sound like an obvious and... Read More
Bill O'Reilly and Aaron Hernandez Apr. 24, 2017
During Aaron Hernandez's first trial, at the courthouse in Fall River, Massachusetts, I stood in the... Read More
What the Politicians Won't Say About Drugs Apr. 05, 2017
The Trump administration is launching a campaign against the heroin and pain pill epidemic, which ca... Read More
Opioid Deaths: Another Drug War Failure Mar. 19, 2017
Illicit drug use is an old phenomenon, and Jeff Sessions has an old solution: take off the gloves. "... Read More
Heroin Takes Its Toll Right Here Oct. 13, 2016
Heroin use has become a nationwide epidemic, and Bay County, Florida, is not immune. Over the past m... Read More
America's Heroin Epidemic Just Got More Deadly Sep. 10, 2016
It is an opioid that's 10,000 times more potent than morphine. A minuscule dose, no bigger than a sn... Read More
No Safe Space to Shoot Up Apr. 10, 2016
Larry Campbell, a former cop and former mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, was appalled as he cam... Read More
The Opioid Crisis Is Crap Feb. 12, 2016
I live in a poverty-stricken former factory town of about 85,000 people. We are, they tell us, in th... Read More
A High School Athlete in Heroin's Deadly Grip Nov. 09, 2015
Middle-class white kids overdosing on heroin will do for junkies what AIDs did for promiscuous gay m... Read More
Lamar Odom Isn't the Only Overdose We Should Care About Oct. 24, 2015
Can I just vent this week? Please? Thank you. I am a sympathetic person; really, I am. But the exce... Read More
Fight Heroin With Marijuana May. 23, 2014
A plague of heroin addiction is upon us. Another plague. Heroin was the crisis that prompted Richard... Read More
Everybody Used to Be Something Feb. 10, 2014
When Philip Seymour Hoffman, light of the American theater, died, apparently of a heroin overdose, I... Read More
Heroin Makes a Comeback Feb. 08, 2014
Heroin is back — with a vengeance. It never really disappeared from the drug-culture landscap... Read More
Hoffman and Heroin Feb. 07, 2014
When my kids were little, an older and more experienced mother told me that one key to raising kids ... Read More
Hollywood, Hoffman and Fantasy Heroism Feb. 07, 2014
"If one of us dies of an overdose, probably 10 people who were about to won't." Said Philip Seymour ... Read More
