Joshua Bennett-Johnson continues his teenage DEA informant story. In Part II, secrecy, controlled buys, and a friend’s warning deepen his fear as the work continues past when he expected it to end.

Sandy Rivers explores moral injury in recovery: the pain of violating one's values, being harmed by others, and facing impossible choices. She shows how hearing moral grievances without judgment can open a path toward responsibility, acceptance, reconciliation, and change.

Joshua Bennett-Johnson argues for harm reduction, naloxone, syringe services, safer-use tools, autonomy, and dignity in addiction care.