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Russian Doll, the acclaimed Netflix comedy-drama built around Natasha Lyonne, tackles loss, trauma, self-destruction and addiction. But most importantly, it…
The first large, systematic study of whether e-cigarettes help people to quit smoking was published January 30 in the New…
Remember when Lohan was portrayed as the incorrigible bad-girl alcoholic who would never change—i.e., enter recovery? She may not now…
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At this point, we don’t need to introduce Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee so credibly accused of multiple sexual…
In Temperance America and beyond, it seems no amount of evidence will be accepted as proving the health benefits of…
Our society—even some of its most progressive elements—vilifies alcohol. This stands in opposition to public health, enables government suppression of…