books 30,000 Steps is a hilariously heartfelt page-turner about opioid deaths Thom Dunn

drugs Watch Jeanette go from pills to reefer to heroin in this 1961 anti-drug film Andrea James

podcast A small city mayor explains why safe drug injection sites are so effective Thom Dunn

drugs Scientific study reports that CBD reduces opioid cravings and anxiety David Pescovitz

drugs Why Portugal's decriminalization of all drugs has saved so many lives Séamus Bellamy

usausausa After the precariat, the unnecessariat: the humans who are superfluous to corporations Cory Doctorow

picks Grieving mom says 'dirty' police detective stole dead son's money after heroin overdose Xeni Jardin

picks House passes bill to help children who are born hooked on opioids Xeni Jardin

music Animated feature Black is Beltza, Basque music, and the political art of Fermin Muguruza Elías Villoro

book review Review: Some New Kind of Kick is the moving memoir of punk rock icon Kid Congo Powers Gareth Branwyn

drugs This man took 25 hits of Molly (MDMA) every day for four years David Pescovitz

christ what an asshole In his memoirs, Matthew Perry complains that Keanu Reeves didn't die Mark Frauenfelder

drugs "Close clinics and let patients pick up methadone at a real pharmacy" Elías Villoro

Comics Comic legend Carlos Pacheco shares his final professional work after revealing he's suffering from ALS Devin Nealy

drugs Rep. Kevin McCarthy promises to make heroin safer for kids Carla Sinclair

Netflix Nicolas Winding Refn's neo-noir thriller series, Copenhagen Cowboy, coming to Netflix Gareth Branwyn

HDSF Three feminine forms in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Jesse Sheidlower

politics No posthumous pardon for George Floyd Rob Beschizza

movies Get ready for a new Red Sonja flick Devin Nealy