By now we’ve all heard that President Trump decided against declaring the opioid crisis a national emergency… and then proceeded to declare the emergency later…
We all have that one friend who decides it’s a good idea to dance on the tables at the bar, screaming “shots, shots, shots!” and…
I’ll be the first to admit that I couldn’t actually stomach the final, fully collapsed sequence of Requiem for a Dream. The film, centered on…
“If there’s anything I learned after experiencing date rape drugs, is that it can happen to anyone at any time.“ I was 20 when I…
For many people, the first thing they do when they get home from work is grab a cold beer from the fridge. It has become…
One year in jail and a $5,000 fine. That’s the typical federal punishment for the possession of heroin in the U.S. And that’s only for…
It’s likely that when someone mentions the name “van Gogh,” you picture his paintings. Perhaps it’s the blue swirls of The Starry Night that come…
My body has been viscerally seized by the news of a suicide twice in my life. The first was a Thursday almost twenty years ago…
When someone says the word “addict,” what do you picture? Men on dirty street corners? The woman you saw at the gas station this morning…
It’s actually shocking how many people don’t understand legal jurisdiction. They don’t know where federal law leaves room for state law and where state law…