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SPECIAL BOSTON THROWBACK: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HAKIM JAMAL

Written by GEORGE HASSETT Posted February 18, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Friday marks 55 years since the assassination of Malcolm X, and the complexities of his life and his death are increasingly being examined from different angles. A lesser-known but fascinating character in Malcolm X’s life is Hakim Jamal, his “cousin” who, like Malcolm X, transformed from a Roxbury hoodlum to an author and activist.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Activism, Black History, black panthers, Boston, Boston History, Dead Level, Detroit Red, Hakim Jamal, Heroin, Louis X, Malcolm Little, malcolm x, Michael X, Roxbury, throwback, throwbacks

THE POLICY POLICE: CANNABIS COP AND GOP COHORT CHALLENGE CANDIDATES AND EDUCATE VOTERS ON WHY DRUGS SHOULD BE LEGAL

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted February 8, 2020 Filed Under: News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Everyone knows we are a mosquito on the butt of an elephant ... I’ve had cops see my shirt and get inches from my face about it.” 

Filed Under: News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, Bernie Sanders, candidates, cannabis, caregiving, Citizens Agenda, criminal justice, Deval Patrick, Don Murphy, Donald Trump, drugs, Elizabeth Warren, engagement, gun control, guns, Heroin, Howard Cowboy Wooldridge, immigration, income inequality, Joe Biden, law enforcement, local media, Manchester Divided, Marijuana Policy Project, Michael Bloomberg, money in politics, MPP, New Hampshire, opioids, Pete Buttigieg, police brutality, Politics, primaries, Primary, religion, SCOTUS, Shaskeen Pub, taxes, Tom Steyer, town halls, voter rights

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

EXCERPT: REAL PEOPLE REAL RECOVERY BY ERIC SPOFFORD & PIERS KANIUKA

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 3, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Books

While the opioid epidemic is the most glaring effect, it’s certainly not the only symptom of our societal malaise. Things are getting worse across the board—suicide, homelessness, mass incarceration, ecological disaster. Taken together, all of these factors are making life in 21st century America increasingly untenable.

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Dislocation Theory of Addiction, F.I.G.H.T., fight, Heroin, Johnny Hickey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, opiates, opioids, Oxycontin, Politics, Real People Real Recovery, Recovery, recovery drugs, Suboxone, Team Reporting, Videos

F.I.G.H.T. SUBOXONE: REAL TALK ABOUT MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT

Written by Posted May 28, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

I got people telling me, “Yes, I’m in recovery, but who the fuck are you to tell somebody how they should recover? Who the fuck are you to tell somebody that they aren’t in recovery because they are on medication?” And I’m like, “Because they’re fucking not! What the fuck are you talking about?”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, F.I.G.H.T., fight, Heroin, Johnny Hickey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, opiates, opioids, Oxycontin, Politics, Recovery, recovery drugs, Suboxone, Team Reporting, Videos

EXIT DRUGS IN THE GREEN ZONE

Written by EMILY ARNTSEN Posted April 17, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

From the doc’s office to the dispensary, Mass continues to fight opioids with cannabis

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: addiction, cannabis, Dispensaries, Dr. Uma, FBI, Heroin, Marijuana, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, medicine, opiates, opioids, Oxycontin, recreational, statistics

DIRTY OLD BOSTON: HEROIN DAZE

Written by PETER ROBERGE Posted February 1, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dirty Old Boston

An abridged trudge through Boston’s long, repetitive history of opiate abuse

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dirty Old Boston Tagged With: Boston, Dirty Old Boston, Heroin, history, opiates, throwbacks

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

SIF SPACE: WILL MASS BE THE FIRST STATE WITH SAFE INJECTION FACILITIES?

Written by BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ Posted February 15, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“People are dying across the state ... We need to be open to whatever might be helpful to protect people from the worst consequences of their addictions.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, death, Heroin, InSite, opiates, Oxycontin, safe injection facility, SIF, Vancouver, William Brownsberger

HARD DRUG TRUTHS: END MANDATORY MINIMUM DRUG SENTENCES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 10, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Street sales of Oxy and the resulting spike in heroin sales led to a whole new wave of nonviolent offenders sent to prison for years with mandatory minimum sentences.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, drug sentences, Heroin, incarceration, Massachusetts, Oxycontin, politicians, prison, Purdue Pharma

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