Despite an ongoing COVID pandemic, the real estate market is booming across the USA. And whenever the housing market thrives, the nearby...

"The mystical experience of psychedelics is ineffable, but we try very hard to F it." -William James In May of 2019, Colorado legalized...

Stigma and stereotype are the framework of the war on drugs. It will crumble into a heap of love and compassion if we ever manage to yank...

Shame is poison, and in addiction it is often the difference between life and death. Even the politicians are starting to repeat the...

On August 18, 2005 I walked out of a Michigan prison, broke and broken. I was back in jail by the end of the year, still sporting...

Two ex-inmates, both forced to work while incarcerated for less than a dollar-per-hour. And our stories, different as they may be, reveal...

If you are a drug user in the United States, you have either thought about it or experienced it first hand. Jail. Prison. The...

Is it a drug? A medicine? A vitamin? Is it an opioid? A psychedelic? An amphetamine? Any time a new drug shows up on the scene, we can be...

**Check out my full interviews with Dr. Michael Ferguson and Dr. Jeff Anderson here** I was just a young teenager when I attended my...

3 4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine: MDMA. It isn’t a new drug: it was synthesized in 1912 by Merck pharmaceutical, who was trying to get...

Just a reminder: I am not encouraging anyone to take drugs. This blog (& podcast) is not meant to serve as medical advice. It is...

“Imagine if the government chased sick people with diabetes, put a tax on insulin and drove it into the black market, told doctors they...

Nearly 1/2 of all veterans have issues with chronic pain. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects nearly 10% of all Afghanistan and...

Chronic Wokeness: (n) 1. A permanent condition of epiphany. 2. A worldview which requires constant comparison of oneself to so-called...

Look, it's a weed. Or maybe it's a flower. Or it might be that stuff the President once called "the most dangerous drug in the United...

Spoiler Alert: Meth doesn't cause tooth decay. Even the American Dental Association agrees: "The extensive tooth decay is likely caused...

Cocaine has a long history of use, predating Western Medicine, and it is still used today in some medical situations. But the cultural...

Welcome to the Dr. Junkie Show! I am excited to get this project started, and to share some of my experience (and opinions) about drugs....