addiction

Struggle for Safehouse will continue

A crack house is dark. It is a place of sorrow and danger — a hell on Earth. People do…

January 19, 2021

The value of addicts’ lives

Philadelphia has the reputation of being a major heroin haven on the East Coast, with heroin of such high quality…

December 9, 2020

Harm reduction, not jails!

In addressing addiction, harm reduction comes in many forms. Some include drug decriminalization, safe injection sites, spreading of Narcan and…

December 3, 2020

How prisons contribute to opioid crisis

Prisons, which serve the purposes of the capitalist bourgeoisie, are filled to the brim with people who suffer from addiction…

December 2, 2020

Living with addiction and COVID-19

In the countrywide COVID-19 epidemic, it is easy to forget that the most vulnerable among us include those with opioid…

November 25, 2020

Purdue Pharma guilty in opioid deaths

A contributing cause to the opioid epidemic -- overprescription of painkillers like OxyContin -- has been identified by both individuals…

October 26, 2020