On May 4, 2015, Gloucester, Massachusetts Police Chief Leonard Campanello wrote on the department's Facebook page that, in the wake of their "opiate crisis," the police were "poised to make revolutionary changes in the way we treat this DISEASE." The chief promised three critical actions: First, "Any addict who walks into the police station with the remainder of their drug equipment (needles, etc.) or drugs and asks for help will NOT be charged. Instead we will walk them thro

Henry, a 43-year-old educated and now unemployed white man in the Midwest, was taking a potentially lethal overdose of narcotic pills prescribed for chronic pain but was interrupted by his wife and survived. In the emergency room, the doctor called his insurance company for authorization to admit him to a psych ward but was denied because he was not at that moment trying to kill himself. Mary, a teenager, had one leg over the bannister of a high rise apartment when the cleani

Where will you be when the next mass killing occurs? Where will your children, spouse, brother, sister, parents, niece or nephew, dear friends or co-workers be when the next mass killing occurs? The now daily onslaught of violence in the United States is not a big-city, medium-city or small-town event. The incessant murders that have dominated this country's attention happen at work and school, at play, public and faith-based settings. The slain are... Continue Reading The op