Stanton Peele 
“The Great” Offers a Window Into a Non-Temperance Way of Being
Netflix is currently screening The Great, a 10-part series portraying the improbable, nay astounding, ...
So Alcoholics Anonymous Is “Proven” to Work After All? Not So Fast
Alcoholics Anonymous and its 12 Steps, with their prescription of abstinence, have dominated America’s ...
Beyond Harm Reduction: Encouraging Positive Drug Use
A traditional anecdote tells of a congressman answering a constituent’s inquiry about his position ...
In Defense of the Concept of Addiction
The term—and concept of—“addiction” is regularly frowned upon or even attacked by people in ...
Disease Model Proponents Are the Climate Change Deniers of Our Field
Our cognitive biases, per Nobel-winner Daniel Kahneman and colleague Amos Tversky, cause us to ...
Joe Biden’s Marijuana Comments Fit All We Know About Him
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden confirmed on November 16 that ...
Almodóvar and Portman’s New Films Illuminate Love, Heroin and Addiction
Two current films wonder about the nature of addiction—one involving obsessive love, the other ...
The Optimism Gap: Class-Tailored Addiction Messaging Fuels Inequality
When people speak of inequality in America, they miss one of its powerful drivers: ...
Elton John and Bob Weir’s Recovery Routes Are Closer Than They Seem
Two superluminary rock stars, Elton John and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, have in ...
Coercion Into Addiction Treatment Is Ubiquitous: Five Ways It Happens
The range and intensity of coercion in addiction treatment isn’t well recognized. Yet coercion ...
