
Science, meet life: Why I write on addiction in the Bronx
I write, I listen, I research, I tell stories. Mostly just listen. I don't think we listen without judgment enough. I explore marginalized things we like to ignore. Addiction and mental illness is The White Noise behind many lives -- simply what Is. Peripherals: I write on culture, poverty, addiction and mental illness in New York City, recovering from stints as a chemist and interactive TV producer. During the day, I teach science in South Bronx public school.

Science, meet life: Why I write on addiction in the Bronx

Strolling "Craigs List Avenue" for Drugs: Tatiana's Story

What All Parents Need to Know, Zoe's Story

Global Substance Use Breakdown (Hint: Americans Love Painkillers)

Money Aside, Who Goes to Rehab? White Alcoholics

Chelsea Handler and Addiction as Identity

App Intervention to Treat Addiction (and It Runs on Android)

My genetic profile says I d be a heroin addict

The science of relapse (and when did drinking become a hobby?)

All you need is love: the neurochemical jolt and obsession

5 alcohol-isms for New Year's

A drug year in review, 2011

Every drug is the deadliest drug, especially oxycodone

Street slang in drug education advertises more than it helps

Drugs, as seen from a 12-year-old

Is Nyquil a drug of choice?

To understand addiction and relationships, watch "Shame"

Sex Addiction's Moral Battleground

Dear Dracula, Edward Cullen and Bill Compton: you have a substance abuse problem

Introducing an addiction-free society of the future

If you could improve your personality with a hallucinogenic drug, would you?

Excess by the numbers, on more than Wall Street

Worst drug PSA videos and why we might still need them

Can drugs drill holes in your brain?