GUEST POST BY NICOLE SKI FentCheck is a Bay Area non-profit fighting against the fentanyl-related overdose crisis. I first saw FentCheck testing strips in the bathroom as well as a mug for donations at the Rockridge Improvement Club. That is where I met Alison Heller, co-founder of FentCheck, and volunteers

Seeing as New Year’s Eve is nearly here, and people will be partying their faces off on the last night of the year, I figured it was really important to get this public service announcement out there: TEST YOUR DRUGS AND CARRY NARCAN! Honestly, I have no problem with recreational

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“As society degrades, a broader segment of it will choose drugs, moving images, dormancy. Yet this subset will cling, surprisingly, to a single public duty: that of electing a ruling class.” —Author Miles Klee, June 2012 A grim new statistic has emerged in the wake of 2022’s messy midterm elections.