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Home » Drug addiction

Tag: Drug addiction

Posted inArts & Culture

Serenity Now! creates a sober space for performers in a booze-filled industry

by Brianna Wellen October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Stand-up Whitney Wasson wanted to create a healthier environment for people in recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction.

Posted inArts & Culture

Not One Batu feels torn directly from life

by Jack Helbig July 5, 2018August 18, 2021

The goal, as with all Nothing Without a Company performances, is total immersion.

Posted inBlogs

A fix from Mayor Emanuel for the state’s drug laws

by Steve Bogira September 26, 2014August 18, 2021

A political ploy is also a sensible drug reform.

Posted inBlogs

Oscar-nominated live-action shorts: Out late with Curfew

by Drew Hunt February 19, 2013August 19, 2021

A review of Curfew, one of this year’s Oscar-nominated live-action shorts.

Posted inNews & Politics

People Issue 2012: Mitzi Scott, the survivor

by Chicago Reader December 19, 2012August 19, 2021

Addict who’s 12 years clean: “You can call it a bottom, or you can call it a blessing.”

Posted inBlogs

Cause of death: poverty

by Steve Bogira August 6, 2012August 19, 2021

The protagonist of David Simon’s book on a Baltimore neighborhood consumed by drugs has died of an overdose

"He has a gusto for life," Judge Larry Axelrood says of Shorty (pictured). "If he can convince a roomful of cynics that he's serious about changing, we're going to give him the opportunity."
Posted inNews & Politics

Shorty’s comeback

by Steve Bogira July 25, 2012August 19, 2021

Kelvin “Shorty” Wallace has been given one more chance to beat a two-decade heroin addiction.

"Oh John, it was purr-fect."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Is my boyfriend a pet-a-phile?

by Dan Savage April 4, 2012August 19, 2021

Dan on feline attraction, plus the hazards of dick enlargement and meth use

Posted inBlogs

What’s new again: Abel Ferrara’s Dangerous Game

by Ben Sachs February 1, 2012August 19, 2021

A reevaluation of Abel Ferrara’s 1993 feature Dangerous Game

Posted inBlogs

The Line Forms Here

by Cliff Doerksen August 13, 2010August 19, 2021

It’s bed time in Connecticut

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