The United States is currently facing an unprecedented opioid crisis caused in large part by the predatory practices of large pharmaceutical companies. This article dives into the history of opioid use and advocates for a more compassionate approach to fixing the epidemic.
Author: Wayne Chien
Wayne Chien is a junior History and Philosophy double major at the University of California, Berkeley. His area of interest lies in applied ethics, economic inequality, and government policies related to promoting a peaceful world. Besides his work at The Rights Stuff, he is a staff writer for the Business Review at Berkeley and a consultant for The Berkeley Group.
The Importance of Recognizing Each Other as a Human Being
The Importance of Recognizing Someone as a Human Being For us to have any conception of human rights, we must first determine what it means to be human. We feel comfortable recognizing the billions of people living in the world as people who should be afforded the same decency as us, simply because they are…
