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MAYOR CURTATONE’S COUSIN, A COP, WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE DRUG SCENE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. PEOPLE IN POWER KNEW, BUT NOBODY DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

Written by Posted October 24, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Capobianco was the department’s—and the city’s—worst-kept secret, and over the course of more than a decade, numerous officers informed SPD administrators about his addiction and dealing. Yet not a single person took action to address the issue.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: drugs, Joe Curtatone, Joseph E. McCain, opioids, Oxycontin, Police, Safe Injection Sites, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Police Department, SPD

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: FENTANYL IN THE FAMILY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 3, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Non-fiction

Ben Westhoff’s dive into the 'deadliest wave of the opioid epidemic' is the most frightening book of the year, and it’s mandatory reading

Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: addiction, addicts, arts, Ben Westhoff, books, Brookline Booksmith, china, criminal justice, Donald Trump, drugs, F.I.G.H.T., Fentanyl Inc., fight, opiates, opioids, Oxycontin, Recovery, Suboxone, upcoming events, Walter White

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

F.I.G.H.T. SUBOXONE: HOW DID WE GET HERE?

Written by Posted February 12, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

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By 2014, it was a full-court press, with Suboxone lobbyists pushing more than 10 bills on Beacon Hill

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: BINJ, donations, F.I.G.H.T., fight, FIGHT Opiates, FOIA, Johnny Hickey, Journalism, lobbyists, money, OCPF, opiates, opioids, Oxy Morons, Oxycontin, Reckitt, Suboxone

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

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

DEAR READER: I GUESS THIS TURNED INTO OUR ANTI-OPIATE ISSUE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 11, 2017 Filed Under: Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

All these years later, it’s absolutely unbelievable what has become of this mess.

Filed Under: Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Brittany Baldi, charlestown, drugs, EDM, Emilee Fitzpatrick, Gloucester, Habit, horror, independent films, Johnny Hickey, Mood Swing productions, movies, Oxy Morons, Oxycontin, Real World

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