Among the nightmares of an unprecedented epidemic, sex work gets more dangerous for opioid addicts Nikki got in the truck after agreeing to exchange sex for $50. She didn’t notice that the passenger-side door handle had been removed … [Read more...]
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: ‘FENTANYL, INC.’ READING AND INTERVIEW WITH BEN WESTHOFF (SEPT. 13)
We are excited to be part of the upcoming Greater Boston reading for Fentanyl, Inc. by Ben Westhoff. Ahead of the event, we will also speak with Ben about his bold investigation deep into a realm of synthetic drugs that is largely … [Read more...]
F.I.G.H.T. SUBOXONE: REAL TALK ABOUT MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT
An interview with Eric Spofford After years of struggling with addiction to opioids and heading straight for the grave or incarceration in his early adult life, Eric Spofford got sober in 2006. Two years later, he founded Granite Recovery Centers … [Read more...]
SACKING SACKLER
PHOTOS BY DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN Tufts students work to expose administration’s thirst for opioid blood money It’s been a shitty past couple of weeks for the organized crime family behind OxyContin. The Connecticut-based Sacklers, whose … [Read more...]
F.I.G.H.T. SUBOXONE: HOW DID WE GET HERE?
The makers of Suboxone have the Bay State on a leash For more than a year now, the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism has been working with local filmmaker Johnny Hickey (Oxy Morons, The Habit) and his company, Moodswing Productions, on … [Read more...]