How toxic is drug stigma in the US?
Well, in 2015 Judy Malinowski was set on fire by her boyfriend Michael Slager. She received 3rd degree burns over 90% of her body. Judy had a history of SUD.

Henry Kissinger’s death is also an opportunity to remember Anthony Bourdain as a fearless, globe-trotting antidote to American isolationism as he spoke truth to power wherever he saw it misused around the world https://t.co/HBFxoqbxwO
For a dog who was afraid of thunder, Roselle the guide dog did her job calmly through the ear-splitting noise and crashing debris that engulfed the 78th floor of the North Tower on 9/11.
Her owner, Michael Hingson, blind since birth, smelled jet fuel. Yet he trusted that his dog would not lead him into danger.
Unsure if Roselle could hear him or see hand signals through the smoke, Hingson gave the command "Forward."
Stopping only for dog kisses to calm a panicked woman, the canine-human team led a group of people down more than 1,463 steps to safety.
This is a regular stress dream of mine, followed by me having to either attend high school classes or move back into the dorm as a grown-ass adult and finish my college degree.
y’all have no respect for the ppl who make your life easier. the person making your morning coffee deserves a livable wage. the person stocking the groceries you buy deserves a livable wage. the person cleaning the restrooms in the office you work at deserves a livable wage.