SR-17018 has been hailed as a "magic bullet" fix for opioid addiction, which can produce painkilling effects without tolerance or risk of overdose. Is the hype justified?

In an epic stroke of idiocy, Attorney General Pam Bondi asserts that the fentanyl seized at the border over the past three months has saved 258 million U.S. citizens' lives (current U.S. population: 340.1 million).

There once was a boy named Gimmesome Roy. He was nothing like me or you. / 'Cause laying back and getting high was all he cared to do. / As a kid, he sat in the cellar, sniffing airplane glue... /

How mu opioid receptors work; what happens to them during dependence / addiction; and what causes ordinary and precipitated withdrawal. Explains receptor dynamics, antagonists / agonists (full and partial), binding affinity, downregulation, and related concepts.

I've been extensively involved in 12-Step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous for a good chunk of my adult life, but I've become disillusioned with them. This video explains why I believe that they can be unhelpful and even dangerous.

Nine questions to help you determine whether you should stay in a relationship with a partner who is struggling with addiction.

Twenty years of opioid / benzo addiction in the U.S. and abroad during the apex of the failed War on Drugs. Update on my speedrun of methadone detox.

Dice (ladicetrole) is part of a novel group of combined pharmacologic / virtual reality treatments known as Positive Visualization Actualizers (PVAs).

A conflicted review of the 2018 movie Beautiful Boy, which is about a father who is losing his talented, beloved son to crystal meth.

The Butternutters are a renegade Syracuse AA group who deny the reality of mental illness and advocate detox without medical supervision.

Am I dead already? Incidence of the strange belief system called Cotard's delusion among addicts with Near-Death Experiences (NDE).

Intro to Jungian psychology, including shadow work and its implications for recovery from addiction.

Info on nitazenes, also called benzimidazole opioids, a group of potent, synthetic opioids that are increasing in prevalence in the U.S.

Is modern society becoming an open-air prison?

My thoughts on the D.A.R.E. anti-drug curriculum that I grew up with & what I would say to my younger self about drugs.

A story from a New Yorker who was addicted to heroin at the time of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

My thoughts on the "two arrow" model of pain vs. suffering from DBT.

Exploring deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the nucleus accumbens as a treatment for refractory addiction to opioids and other substances.

The intriguing history of the Third Reich and mind-altering drugs, including amphetamines and opioids. Based on Norman Ohler's "Blitzed."

Four short scenes depicting the surreal highs and lows of heroin addiction, all of which are based on experiences that I lived through.