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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.
"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."
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
Among the nightmares of an unprecedented epidemic, sex work gets more dangerous for opioid addicts
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.
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?”
By 2014, it was a full-court press, with Suboxone lobbyists pushing more than 10 bills on Beacon Hill
From the doc’s office to the dispensary, Mass continues to fight opioids with cannabis
“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.”
All these years later, it’s absolutely unbelievable what has become of this mess.
DIG 22.32 – 8/13/20
