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For some children, staying home from school is more dangerous than facing COVID-19

September 27, 2020 By Seth Blais

Image: Volodymyr Hryshchenko As fall creeps in, this is the time of year when students usually crowd into school hallways and classrooms. It’s a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: Addiction, Adverse Childhood Experiences, COVID-19, Trauma

You can’t overdose on fentanyl by touching it

July 24, 2019 By Seth Blais

Photo: Austin Ban It seems like every day we see a new story about fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that has infiltrated the drug supply and greatly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: Addiction, fentanyl, Overdose

If I die from an overdose, please don’t prosecute my dealer

September 4, 2018 By Seth Blais

Overdose Vigil

In 2014, one of my heroin dealers supplied drugs to someone who would later overdose and die. I wasn’t involved and only heard about it second-hand, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Recovery Tagged With: Heroin, Marginalization, Overdose

It doesn’t matter if you think addiction is not a disease

August 16, 2018 By Seth Blais

Addiction is defined as a disease by most medical associations, including the American Medical Association. It has been considered such for several … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Recovery Tagged With: Addiction, Overdose, Shame, Stigma

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