My thoughts on the D.A.R.E. anti-drug curriculum that I grew up with & what I would say to my younger self about drugs.

A story from a New Yorker who was addicted to heroin at the time of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

Thoughts on the Tao Te Ching (道德经; "Book of the Way"), a Chinese spiritual treatise on flow, balance, and right action.

Help, I've fallen, and I can't get up! Thoughts on my 36th trip around the sun.

Key facts about xylazine. a veterinary sedative being added to "tranq" dope throughout the United States.

Dedicated to my friend Zack B., who passed away in 2020.

Why I believe that the mythical state of "pure" opioid dependence is really just a prelude to or a less severe form of opioid addiction.

An overview of mu opioid receptor dynamics that explains affinity, full agonism, partial agonism, antagonism, tolerance, and withdrawal

A run-down of the direct financial costs of my opioid addiction during the past 15 years of full-blown active addiction. I've also estimated

Gabapentin and xylazine provide a case study of why U.S.-style drug prohibition fails so miserably. I discuss how we can reform our system t

A bar in Harbin, Northern China, a frigid and stunning city. 1. Anyone who says that money isn’t everything is revealing that they have...

First Step of NA / AA: We admitted that we were powerless over drugs / alcohol; that our lives had become unmanageable. I am the first...