I am reading an essay about death and dying in a crosswalk while my mother lays dying in the hospital bed across from me the day after...

They found him near a homeless encampment in the city. He died the day after Christmas. We didn't find out until February 10th. Daughter...

When I discovered that the custody termination papers had come directly to the residence hotel I was staying at in 1992. Wow, that's...

CW: Disgusting descriptions of infection; pus is involved Back in 1991, MSRA hadn’t yet hit the San Francisco IV drug-using population,...

I spent eight arrests down at 850 on the 6th floor, one in San Mateo county, and three out at San Bruno. The 6th floor looks like...

TW: explicit mentions of sex in exchange for drugs--and no, not the fun kind. One day, crack entered the picture. I'd enjoyed indoor...

Deep addiction, like jail, distorts time. Ecstatic states, like a hook pull, also distort time. On one hand, I was acutely aware of every...

With that said, this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend is different for me. For the better part of 20 or so years, I put on the...

I hardly ever go to protests and this is why.

I haven't read any articles. I haven't seen any footage. But I've heard that Dumb Dumb, Jr. was advocating for people to either inject...

Bob and Carol and Mary and Susan

I too am on lockdown during COVID-19. But am I really?

The pain started long before I ever stuck a needle in my arm.

In and out of homeless drug addiction, plus cigarettes.