Short stories tagged with Drug Abuse

Listing 11 stories.

Triggered by a fellow addict at a group therapy session, a man finds himself on the streets, in search of anything that will help him feel better.

In the 1990s, a 19-year-old aspiring actor-turned-construction worker develops an affinity for crack cocaine, making him doubt the promise of his future.

A woman addicted to narcotics works as a waitress and fixes up her apartment in hopes of getting back her son from foster care after throwing him against a wall.

A financially struggling father tries to smuggle thousands of dollars' worth of Dairy Queen kids' meals toys across a Texas border in order to afford medical treatment for his unconscious daughter, but both the deal and his daughter's rescue go awry.

In the dead of winter and feverish with a coke addiction, a young college dropout wanders around her old university's campus and tries to reconnect with her former lesbian lover.

A high-powered lawyer is tasked with defending a wealthy state attorney's son-turned-cop, who shot and killed a black man on the job.

In a futuristic Detroit where juries are comprised of Artificial Intelligence rather than humans, a jury consultant works to save the one person who means the world to her.

A drug dealer loses the love of his life when she realizes that not only does he sell meth—he also sells it to her mom.

An exoskeleton-bound musician creates the greatest album of all time-and loses herself in the process

A young teen in Southern California, after several months of living on the streets, tries to rebuild her life. She suddenly disappears after six months of sobriety, leaving her family to yet again wonder if she has relapsed and returned to live on the streets again.