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Suboxone

THE RECOVERY DRUG COMMERCIAL YOU WON’T SEE ON TV

Written by Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: Media Farm, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

This interpolative remix of Indivior’s Sublocade commercial was written and produced by the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism as part of its Film Intervening Getting High Team (F.I.G.H.T.) initiative.

Filed Under: Media Farm, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: addiction, addicts, china, commercial, criminal justice, Donald Trump, drugs, F.I.G.H.T., fight, opiates, opioids, Recovery, recovery drugs, Sublocade, Suboxone

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

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

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