
Oxy Morons writer-director returns with a drug-addled North Shore gore fest
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Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: FEATURES, Film, Non-fiction
Oxy Morons writer-director returns with a drug-addled North Shore gore fest
Written by JASON PRAMAS 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.
Written by BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS
Boston Mayor Walsh is a lousy anti-addiction spokesperson
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical
It seems like the bad news never ceases at the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
From 2005 to this year, Purdue Pharma alone spent more than $700,000 hiring four outfits to push its agenda on Beacon Hill.
Written by HALEY HAMILTON Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Right now we’ve got a stage four smack problem and a $2.5 million research plan.
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A lot of people have been talking about heroin and Oxy lately, and about how opiates are gutting suburban towns. We’re not mad about that conversation finally happening, it’s about fucking time, but it’s important to remember that some communities, particularly ... read more
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: Film
When Johnny Hickey first cold-called DigBoston more than five years ago looking for us to write about him, he was a twenty-something Charlestown tough with an unlikely story: He had survived a plummet into the Quincy quarries, the end result of a drug deal gone wrong, and was determined to ... read more