Addictions
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From  NEW! Chapter 5Two Fighters |
Wood begins the chapter discussing his friendship with Moaiad, a past roommate. His mother suggests tea when Wood is told the quit coffee, beginning his connection with peppermint tea. Wood … | Alex Wood | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Personal Best |
This interview features a woman who started sex work through camming, then moved on to stripping. She then began working in an adult massage parlour. She receives a lot of support from her … | Kerri Cull | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Rat ParkFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter highlights the research done by experimental psychologists since the 1960s in the addiction studies. Taking Skinner’s Box and juxta positioning it against the Rat Park … | Travis Lupick | 23 | 2017 | $0.46 Add |
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From  NEW! Representations of AddictionThe History and Continuing Repercussions of Canadian Drug Rhetoric From: Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada |
Classifying Substances and Assessing their Use in Canada – The Cultural History of Canadian Drug Policy – Drug Panics, Political Rhetoric, and Mass Media Representations – … | Mitch D. Daschuk | 24 | 2020 | $2.40 Add |
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From  NEW! SixFrom: Holden After & Before |
- | Tara McGuire | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Social Emergency RoomFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes how the medical emergency model is being used to treat the social emergency a homeless person faces; triaging newly homeless people and helping them reconnect to housing and services in … | 12 | $1.20 Add | ||
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From  NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsMonsters From: On Opium |
The author describes what suffering does to her body and mind and how the effort required to transcend it makes her feel like a monster. While her condition allows her to walk and run but not … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 6Wish You Were Here |
Wood’s career trajectory begins to take stronger shape. However, two weeks after a farewell bash thrown in Uncle Noel’s honour, Wood relapses. Though staying strong for his family … | Alex Wood | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From Growing Up RadicalFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter introduces Ann Livingston. A single mother on welfare, Livingston moved to the Downtown Eastside with her three boys in 1993, and was moved to act by the sight of people shooting up … | Travis Lupick | 20 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From Homes, Jobs and FriendsFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes what how homeless shelters should be assisting homless people in three areas: finding a home, preparing for work, and developing friendships. Analyzes how the Gateway Shelter (Salvation … | 16 | $1.60 Add | ||
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From NEW! SevenFrom: Holden After & Before |
- | Tara McGuire | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsDross From: On Opium |
In this chapter, dross, the undesirable scum that rises to the top of molten metal and also the residue from previously smoked opium is applied as metaphor to junkies: the unwanted product of … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From Back AlleyFrom: Fighting For Space |
By 1996, the fight for government-funded harm-reduction services was just beginning. Residents of the Downtown Eastside had to fight for a simple recognition of their existence. With overdose … | Travis Lupick | 32 | 2017 | $0.96 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 7April Fool |
Starting the segment "Alex Wood Quits Everything," Wood explains how he prepared for his podcast where he would quit the rest of his vices in one year. He describes his struggle through … | Alex Wood | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! EightFrom: Holden After & Before |
- | Tara McGuire | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsSaturnalia From: On Opium |
Through the description of a trip to Spain, the author explores facism and the relationship between governments and drug users, and other disposable groups of people. The author states that we … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
