Generation Rx: A Story of Dope, Death, and America’s Opiate Crisis | Counterpoint Press
Praise for Generation rx
“Generation Rx is a harrowing account of the busted lives, splintered relationships, and broken spirits of those who abuse drugs and the people who love these addicts.” —Booklist
“This gripping memoir, enhanced by statistics and other stories of addiction, reveals the devastating human cost of failure to face the consequences of the epidemic spread of drug abuse.” —Kirkus
Selected Works
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Wife of Orlando Gunman Is Charged Under Antiterrorism Laws | New York Times
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U.S. Says Widow of Orlando Nightclub Killer Knew of Attack Plans | New York Times
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With rise in young painkiller abusers, officials see more heroin overdoses | Reveal/The Center for Investigative Reporting
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Young Painkiller Addicts Switch to Heroin, and Overdose Rates Rise | KQED Radio/The California Report
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Additional Work
The Oxy King of Marin County | SF Weekly
Apple, Samsung Trade Parting Blows as They Wrap Up Trial | Law360
Chevron, Nigerians Spar Over Fatal Barge Incident | Law360
Claims Over Drugs Used To Make Meth May Yet Fly | Law360
Kentucky AG Fights To Remand OxyContin Claims | Law360
How Many Strikes? | In The Fray Magazine
We All Want Love To Win Out. But Whose? | In The Fray Magazine (Best of In The Fray 2007)
Why I Needed To Start Talking About My Little Brother’s Heroin Overdose | Business Insider
awards
Winner, Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards, for Generation Rx (2015).
Winner, USA Best Book Awards, Health: Addiction and Recovery and Non-Fiction: Narrative categories, for Generation Rx (2014).
Winner, the Society for Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence in Journalism, Online Reporting category. “Suburban Junkies,” reported in collaboration with the Center for Investigative Reporting and KQED Radio, described the extent of the painkiller and heroin addiction epidemic among teens and young adults in Orange County, California (2012).
Nominee, GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism Article (2007). “How Many Strikes?” detailed the experiences of a homeless transgender teenager in New York City.
speaking engagements
Stanford Humanities Center, Linda Randall Meier Research Workshop, “Reporting Through Grief: The Intersection of Journalism, Personal Experience, and Policy,” 2/1/23
Stanford University, Guest Speaker, “Art & Healing in the Wake of Covid-19: A Health Humanities Perspective,” 5/5/22
Speaker, FedUP! Coalition, National Press Club, 9/27/14