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10 OF OUR FAVORITE NONFICTION READS OF 2019

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 26, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Books, Poetry

Here’s a rundown of some of our favorites from 2019, including several whose authors we were lucky enough to interview this year.

Filed Under: A+E, Books, Poetry Tagged With: 2019, books, Christina Thompson, Disgraceland, Elaine Welteroth, fentanyl, Hard Times, Ibram X. Kendi, Jake Brennan, Juliet, Luke O'Neil, Our Market Season, Porsha Olayiwola, Welcome to Hell World, Westhoff

LOCAL MOVIE, MAJOR THEATER: HOW FILMMAKER JOHNNY HICKEY GETS HIS MASS FLICKS ON THE BIG SCREEN

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 17, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Film

"You go to these different places and you’re not Hollywood, you’re a local guy. It was really hard the first time, but Oxy Morons earned me credit in that world—a lot of people I became connected with really came to believe in what I am doing."

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Boston, Brittany Baldi, charlestown, Chris "C.T." Tamburello, drugs, EDM, Emilee Fitzpatrick, F.I.G.H.T. Opiates, fentanyl, films, Foxboro, Gloucester, Habit, Habitual, horror, independent films, Johnny Hickey, Mood Swing productions, movies, North Shore, Oxy Morons, Oxycontin, Real World, Showcase Cinema d Lux, Stiz Grimey

SPECIAL FEATURE: SEX, DRUGS, AND FENTANYL

Written by Posted August 18, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Among the nightmares of an unprecedented epidemic, sex work gets more dangerous for opioid addicts

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: abuse, addiction, AIDS, Boston, drugs, F.I.G.H.T., feature, features, fentanyl, fight, Healthcare, Heroin, long read, longform, longreads, Lowell, Lynn, Massachusetts, Merrimack Valley, opiates, opioids, Oxycontin, Prostitution

DRUG CHECKING AS SELF-HELP HARM REDUCTION

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted January 31, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis

“Always test every batch,” Fuentes says. “Don’t assume because the last batch.” He calls it the “chocolate chip” effect when the drugs aren’t cut well and the fentanyl is not well distributed.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis Tagged With: Drug Policy Alliance, drugs, fentanyl, Heroin, InSite, SIF, Trump

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