
Ann-Marie K. Foster, the author, addresses program participants (photo: Phoenix Houses)
It’s often said, but worth repeating during National Recovery Month: addiction does not discriminate. Drugs can hook anyone, anytime, anywhere—and it’s more of a problem now than it’s ever been. In New York, for instance, there were more opioid-related overdose deaths in 2017 than there were in the first six years of the 2000s combined.
Today, the types of drugs available are also terrifyingly effective at creating addicts. Fentanyl and other synthetic
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