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Rate of Opioid-Related Deaths Will “Substantially Worsen” Under Current Conditions, Study Projects

Current drug and health policy is clearly not doing enough to end the crisis of opioid-related deaths. But worse, "under…

February 13, 2019

“Russian Doll” Is a Case Study of Existential Recovery

Russian Doll, the acclaimed Netflix comedy-drama built around Natasha Lyonne, tackles loss, trauma, self-destruction and addiction. But most importantly, it…

February 13, 2019

Why Philly’s Smoking Ban at Addiction Treatment Centers Will Be Harmful

Late last year, public health officials in Philadelphia—which ranks second among large cities hit hardest by the US overdose and…

February 12, 2019

El Paso Resolution Pushes Back Against Trump’s False Border Claims

President Donald Trump rallied his base in the southern border city of El Paso, Texas on February 11, continuing to…

February 12, 2019

The DEA’s Cringeworthy Twitter Hashtags Exemplify Drug War Logic

Surprisingly and unfortunately, prohibition enjoys some trendy branding. Look no further than DARE—the 1980s anti-drug curriculum taught by police in…

February 12, 2019

Trump Should Know How US Drug Policy Drives Migration From Honduras

Flor Del Campo (“Flower of the Field”) is one of the most dangerous areas in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. Many…

February 12, 2019

Love and Limerence

A low point for me was when I photoshopped a picture of my face over his girlfriend’s in a picture…

February 11, 2019

Sure, Cannabis Is a “Gateway Drug”—Toward Less Use of Other Drugs

As more and more prohibitionist cannabis policies are reversed in North America, a long-peddled, if long-debunked, perception that weed is a "gateway…

February 7, 2019

Feds Take First Formal Swing at Stopping Supervised Consumption Space

The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania launched a preemptive strike February 6 against what the harm…

February 7, 2019

What a Breakthrough E-Cigarette Study Illustrates About Addiction

The first large, systematic study of whether e-cigarettes help people to quit smoking was published January 30 in the New…

February 7, 2019