April Wilson Smith 
Fired for Cannabis Impairment? What Recourse Do You Have?
As cannabis legalization spreads across the United States, it helps protect people from criminalization, ...
Belladonna and Bad Actors: The Telling History of Addiction Treatment
The roots of today’s stigmatization of people who use drugs—and of paternalistic, exploitative, often ...
“Cleaning Up After the Drug War”—the Work of an Expungement Attorney
The drug war inflicts further, lingering harms on the communities that it targets with ...
Inebriate Asylums to Narcotic Farms: Addiction Treatment’s Cruel Roots
Kenneth Anderson founded HAMS (Harm Reduction, Abstinence and Moderation Support) in 2007 as a ...
Strychnine and Vomit: The Untold Story of Past US Addiction Treatments
Kenneth Anderson is perhaps best known in the harm reduction movement as the founder ...
“We Will Strap You Down”—A Hospital Illegally Forced Me Into a Detox Ward
It will go easier on you if you cooperate with them,” said the nursing ...
Coerced Into Rehab? Here’s a 28-Day Survival Guide
January traditionally sees a surge in rehab admission rates. And if you’re going to ...
Alcohol Must Be Part of the Harm Reduction Conversation
Alcohol is our favorite recreational drug besides caffeine. According to SAMHSA’s National Survey on ...
Deprogramming From AA—When a Fellowship Resembles a Cult
Katherine was on the subway home from a meeting with her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor ...
Women Imprisoned: When Substance Use and Treatment Become Means of Control
Are you sure he’s not cheating on you?” I asked the woman next to ...
