People Who Take Opioid Painkillers Are Getting Screwed Thanks to Coronavirus
Co-published with Vice. Pain patients who take opioids face numerous barriers to accessing adequate medication amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Why Social Capital Could Be the Key to Solving America’s Overdose Epidemic
Co-published with The Guardian. Researchers are exploring how community, connection and trust could help protect society’s most vulnerable.
The Problem with Addiction Treatment: Getting People to Take It
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Someone who has been addicted to painkillers or heroin could be on the alternative medication, under a doctor's watch, for many years, similar …
The Feds Are About to Stick It to Pain Patients in a Big Way
Co-published with VICE. Doctors are already getting spooked out of prescribing painkillers, and new rules could make life in some of America's struggling communities even worse.
The American Opiate Epidemic
Co-published with Fast Company Co.EXIST. Portsmouth, Ohio, is a small Rust Belt city ravaged by job loss and economic stagnation. Over time, prescription painkillers replaced the American …
My Sister Is a Recovering Addict
Co-published with Vox. She's been in and out of shelters and rehabs. I can’t fix her. But she also can’t fix herself.
The “Firewater” Fairytale
Co-published with The Verge. No, Native Americans are not biologically more likely to become alcoholics. What's really to blame? Poverty, trauma, and colonialism itself.