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Oxycontin

EXCLUSIVE: HICKEY’S NEW HABIT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 11, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Film, Non-fiction

Oxy Morons writer-director returns with a drug-addled North Shore gore fest

Filed Under: FEATURES, Film, Non-fiction 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

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

THE HIGH AND THE MARTY

Written by BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ Posted July 28, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

Boston Mayor Walsh is a lousy anti-addiction spokesperson

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AA, Alcoholics Anonymous, alcoholism, Boston, cannabis, DNC, Marijuana, Marty Walsh, opiates, Oxycontin

VIOLENCE DOESN’T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted October 20, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

It seems like the bad news never ceases at the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: capital punishment, DCF, death penalty, Department of Children & Families, drug abuse, Emily Hopkins, opioids, Oxycontin, prison, violence

LET’S TALK ABOUT CHECKS: MEET THE MASSACHUSETTS POLITICIANS WHO TAKE MONEY FROM THE OXY LOBBY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 19, 2015 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.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, Big Pharma, Charlie Baker, Governor Deval Patrick, Heroin, lobbyists, Massachusetts, new england, opiates, Oxycontin, Purdue Pharma, Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, State House, Therese Murray, Tim Murray

FEDS URINATE IN OPIATE OCEAN

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted August 24, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Right now we’ve got a stage four smack problem and a $2.5 million research plan.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: $2.5 million, heroin epidemic, Massachusetts, new england, Office of National Drug Control Policy, opiates, Oxycontin

Q&A: FILMMAKER MICHAEL YEBBA ON HIS OPIATE DOC “A WORLD WITH NO SKIES”

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 5, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Images via Michael Yebba

 

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

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: A World With No Skies, Ben Affleck, Dlaine, documentary, GoFundMe, Heroin, Massachusetts, Micahel Yebba, opiates, Oxycontin, South Boston

CHARLESTOWN DRUG FLICK ‘OXYMORONS’ KEEPS THE WAR ON OPIATES RAGING

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 5, 2014 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

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: ArtsEmerson, bright lights, charlestown, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Hulu, Indie, Johnny Hickey, Netflix, Oxycontin, OxyMorons, Quincy, rehab

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