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Beating a different drum

Indie-rock drummer turned chile roaster, Jesse Sandoval, tells how his brush with death brought him back to life "You have three months to live.” Jesse Sandoval knew his lifestyle would catch up with him eventually, but this soon? The doctor’s words ...

7 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
Running for recovery

Neon colored sneakers and ponchos contrasted the backdrop of a gray sky. The sound of raindrops and rubber pounding the pavement synchronized to roaring rock and roll music. Twenty six miles. Five hours and 27 minutes. A familiar feeling of pride and succ ...

1 May 2015 - Jennifer Ortiz
Legalize, regulate pot, says state addiction expert

Richard Harris spent much of his working life with people addicted to various substances, and he knows about drugs and what they can do to people. So when Harris came out in support of Measure 91, which would legalize recreational marijuana use if approve ...

14 Oct 2014 - Jake Thomas
Starting over with renewed dignity

Wyman Wilson began selling Street Roots two years ago to support his habit, but his first stint with the vendor program didn’t last long. He had his badge pulled when he couldn’t remain sober enough to sell the paper. It’s not the first job he’s lost due ...

9 Sep 2014 - Sam Bouman
A new reason to live

One year ago, Tara Elizabeth Axmaker, high on meth, stabbed a Clackamas County acquaintance, stole a police car and led deputies on a chase that ended when she wrecked about five miles away. In October 2013, Axmaker pled guilty to first-degree assault, ag ...

21 Mar 2014 - Tara Axmaker
Relax with Richard Lewis—the comedian sits down with SR to talk stand-up and sobriety

A lot has changed since Richard Lewis first hit the comedy scene in 1971, but Lewis’s onstage persona has stayed point-on: neurotic, obsessive and cathartically using fodder from his life on the analyst’s couch. Performance as therapy. Therapy as performa ...

15 Feb 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Vancouver, B.C.’s drug revolution

Vancouver, B.C.’s drug revolution By Ben Christopher, Street News Service Roots, resistance, and survival in Vancouver’s war on drugs began when William Lyon Mackenzie King came to Vancouver, B.C. in the spring of 1908. The battle, in some ways, continues ...

14 Mar 2012 - Street Roots