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MYTH// "Narcan Party" Hysteria Puts a Value on Drug Users' Lives The real objection is that Narcan access for laypeople--especially drug users--allows them to save lives without the cessation of drug use as a requirement. By Tessie Castillo Share Tweet Forward COMPLEX// How I'm Recovering from C-PTSD Persistent neglect in childhood can lead you to believe that you don't deserve to be loved or cared for. This idea begins to define you: you are a person who ought to be treated badly. By Liz Lazzara Share Tweet Forward POETRY// Addiction and Queerness in Poet Sam Sax's 'madness' "Some of the best advice I ever got about writing was to always write into what scares you most, and from that difficulty will come the bravest and most necessary poems." By Christian Arthur Share Tweet Forward POLITICS// President Trump Declared the Opioid Crisis a Public Health Emergency. Now What? Our president is unwilling to develop new solutions to a crisis deeply ingrained in a poisoned society--instead falling back on methods of attack that have shown minimal success or outright failed. By Christopher Smith Share Tweet Forward LIVING SOBER// Dear People Who Are Not Opioid Addicts I’m not asking you to do my coping for me; I’m asking you to try to understand, perhaps show a little compassion, and some support. By maggie Share Tweet Forward BEST OF THE QUICK FIX Colin Farrell On Sobriety & His 'Garden Variety Tale' Of Addiction Teenaged OxyContin Kingpin Pens Eye-Opening Memoir Elton John: I Lost My Humanity To Addiction Could Pot Use Speed Up The Onset Of Schizophrenia? Smartphones: Do They Hurt Or Hinder Teens? China Denies That They Produce Majority of Fentanyl COMMENT OF THE WEEK Much Ado This week, Tessie Castillo busted some "fake news" that reported people are getting together, intentionally overdosing and then reviving each other with Narcan. Readers commented that this sort of mass-marketed hysteria is counter productive. Terrific article laying bare one of societies ongoing hypocrisies! Thank you for pointing out positive changes that we all can choose to make Ms. Castillo! One point I'd like to add is that the 'fake news' that the prejudices against drug users produces are all made without first hand accounts thus rendering them shoddy journalism as well as consuming resources and creating hysteria which prevents those resources going to truly effective actions. The US needs less blaming and hating and more thoughtful and proven actions around drug use... -DogDays MORE>>

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