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How Anna made a philosopher out of me: or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the Concepts
She taught me what I'm for.
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Virgil
In memory of Anna Lind
A reflection on my beloved friend and comrade.
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Virgil
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August 2023

The Word "Addict": Why Not "PWUD"?
A continuation of the justification of addict activism.
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Virgil
The Word "Addict"
Why I use it, and think you should too.
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Discourse with Waithera Sebatindira: "Sobriety taught me about mutual aid"
T. Virgil Murthy and Waithera A. Sebatindira talk about recovery communities as revolutionary centers of care.
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Virgil

June 2023

Discourse with Maia Szalavitz
T. Virgil Murthy and Maia Szalavitz talk about addiction, policy, and public health.
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Addict oppression: the (medical) resource gap
Medical resources available to nonaddicts are withheld from addicts.
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May 2023

Addict oppression: the (nonmedical) resource gap
Addicts are denied opportunities and positive assistance available to nonaddicts.
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Virgil
The Addict Mystique: Part Two
Addicts in the media, tuberculosis, and artistic creativity.
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Addict oppression: intergenerational erasure
Addicts are systematically prevented from creating community across time.
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Addict oppression: the carceral-clinical seesaw
Institutions and prisons play Whack-A-Mole with addicts.
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Virgil
The Addict Mystique: Part One
Addiction is the consumptive bloody handkerchief of modernity.
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Virgil
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